We boarded a 10 am bus for our day trip to Siena - home of the famous Palio horseraces and St. Catherine (parts of her are still there!). It was a little cooler today even though we went south for about an hour and a half. Our first stop in Siena was San Domenica Church were we saw Catherine's mummified thumb and head! There were swarms of people in the beautiful Piazza Campo and we joined right in. The catheral (aka The Duomo) was glowing in the Italian sunshine with it's new face lift (it was under scaffleling when I was here in February). Inside the "zebra-striped" marble columns and the inlaid marble floors telling stories of the Bible were amazing. Tried some ribollita for lunch (a thick bean and bread soup) and it was just right! A winding walk through the steep streets took us back to the bus station for our ride back to Florence. The bus filled up quickly and some folks were left standing on the sidewalk - but we made it! Celebrated Bobbie Acker's birthday today! More later!