Tuesday 24 November We end up having breakfast at the same time as some ladies from Spain on holiday. While I get ready to go Malcolm goes and gets boarding passes and bus tickets printed. We walk to the coliseum. It's pretty impressive and after a few quick snaps we get in line to buy tickets. There are a lot of ppl trying to offer guide services. The prices are not correct we notice when we get to the ticket office. We join an English tour for a few euro extr...

Monday 23 November It's a good night. After breakfast we get ready to leave. the forecast isn't promising so we make sure we take umbrellas. Once we figure which direction to walk we head out. Eventually we get to the Spanish stairs and fountain unfortunately the stairs are fenced off for something. Repairs or cleaning I guess. So many monuments we have seen on this trip have been covered with scaffolding! We walk across the square and we see a black lump of fab...

Sunday 22 November It's a bit of an awful night. Noisy party somewhere. But we up and pack and eat breakfast. It's a gorgeous clear day out. From the high walls of Siena is a lovely view of Tuscany. We get to the station with good time. A train arrives to our platform but we can't figure if it's our train. Eventually we ask after a little fluffing around and it is. It's a lovely ride through the countryside except the bad fumes in the carriage. There is over an...

Saturday 21 November We enjoy a quiet day in. It's raining outside. In the afternoon we head out to the fortress again and enjoy the sunset behind the impressive clouds. It's so pretty. We make our way to the train station to buy our tickets for tomorrow. There are lots of escalators going down the hill. Makes the trip fun! We buy some cookies and enjoy them while we walk back to the b&b. We cook up a great dinner of make shift lasagna with veges and pasta...

Friday 20 November It's nice to have kitchen access and enjoy good food! Once I'm ready we head out to see Siena! It's a short walk to the main public square. It's a wide arch with a fountain at the top all gently sloping to a drain at the bottom. Inside a courtyard we see statues of very fat ladies in different poses. We see more all over the city. At the cathedral we have to wait around for the info centre to open. It appears that the town isn't an early rise...