Sienna was a stop we hadn’t planned on originally, however we decided a few weeks before we visited, that we would stop on in. The 2 nights we spent there were enough, Siena is a town you can do in a day really. We did manage to check out a few sights of course, mainly the town square. Siena has one of the most famous town squares in Italy as it is massive and shaped like an amphitheatre that slopes downwards towards the town hall, it was pretty amazing. It can be hit and miss sometimes when you stay in 2-3 star hotels, some can be great, others can be like this one that is more like a convent or grandmas house with floral bedspread, a desk and that talcum powder smell that always seems to waft around in the room.
A stop to an Italian city wouldn’t be complete without three essential things; pizza/pasta, gelati & a visit to a church... so naturally we did all three. Also of course, travel around Europe in August wouldn’t be the same without running into another festival. We think this was a political festival as there were banners and posters up (in Italian of course) mentioning about the candidates, oh and the fact there were more geriatrics at the festival then there are in my grandmas hostel! Amazingly however, Italy will always surprise and the festival turned from cheap dinner and drinks (one litre of wine for $AUD 3.00) to a battle of the bands concert. Pearl Jam, Muse and The Killers were all tunes belted out by some of the bands. A few too many drinks that night and we were off to Florence the next day, fortunately it was a day stop which meant a 1:00pm pickup, enough time to catch up on some sleep.
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