After Rome we headed to Siena, we got there around 8pm but it was just in time for an evening at El Campo. El Campo, is one of there largest plazas in Italy and highly recommended by our Rick Steves guidebook.
We showered and got dressed for our second nice dinner in Italy. It was incredibly beautiful and costly. The square was full of people, thousands. Siena is a large college town but it feels very small. It reminded us of an Italian version of Chico. After dinner, we sat in the plaza to people watch. The later we stayed the more college students came out and drinking occured. We were serenaded by one of the more intoxicated groups. To the single ladies, the ratio of men was huge to women I this time.
This plaza is very different than others, much larger and more of a theatre style. It’s a huge half moon of brick that slopes down, no steps. The restaurants are on the upper rim looking over the people and the town civic center.
The next morning we spent a half day in Siena exploring the sites. If we didn’t have reservations in Florence for our hotel and all the museums we could have stayed much longer. We went to the El Duomo, my favorite church so far. It was darker, lots of black and white marble. The floors were insanely ornate. We climbed to the top of the church for an great vista of the tuscan area. We took lots of pictures up there. Afterwards, we went to the Siena El Duomo museum where we saw lots of religious relics, like ceremonial clothing.
Now we’re onto Florence!
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