Lots of photos to share with you from our bus trip into Tuscany today. We traveled first to Siena where a local guide walked us around this lovely town. We learned all about the famous Palio horse race and how important it still is to the history of Siena. Our lunch at the wine farm was delicious and fun and then we were in San Gimignano to see what is left of the tall tower houses there. Riding through the countryside was beautiful on a bright sunny day. We arrived in Pisa as the sun was setting in time to see that the tower is indeed still leaning! A great day in Tuscany!
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Florence Walkabout - Oct 18
Today's mission was to get to the river and back so we could be out on our own with confidence! We toured the magnificient Duomo (catherdral) then down to Piazza Vecchio where the 1st Century Roman amphitheatre once stood. All the gold on Ponte Vecchio dazzeled our eyes and called out for our Euros! We stopped to rub the nose of the boar at Mercarto Nuovo for good luck and made it back to the Duomo. Everyone was on their own for the afternoon and we met for dinner together at Trattoria Guelfa.