We left Siena at 8 am. This was a long train day. We were on three different trains. They were all nice and not crowded. We had hour lay overs in two little cities - Chiusi and terontola. These two little towns were cute and clean. got to see lots of countryside. We saw many fields of sunflowers and corn along with the vineyards.
We arrived here about 1:30 pm. We took a taxi to the hotel. As the taxi wound up the hill toward the huge churches, we knew we were going to have another perfect location to sight see. The hotel is old but quite grand.
The view from our room is great.
We are off to see the sights. We are able to walk to several churches. One that we were looking forward to was the church that St Francis' body is buried. We seem to know more about him from our school days.
It is very big but more simple without so much gold and statutes. We saw three other churches too. Judy had said at the beginning of the trip we should limit ourselves to one church a day. We sure have not stuck to that. It is hard to imagine how there could be so many churches in such close vicinity. So grand and so old.
Some have asked about the wine.
We are drinking white,local and house wines. All have been good without much effect.Eileen likes to take pictures of them so she can try to find them when we get home.
We were not going to come here because of the added time and expense but now we are glad we did. This has been a very good experience. The area is wonderful, our room and breakfast was a wonderful European buffet. We love our cappuccinos.
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The sky looks so "blue"! Nice. I think your hotel room looks fabulous! quite upscale. It sounds like everything is still going great. I hope when you get to Rome it is not a let down!. The view from the hillside is very picturesque too. Continued happy trails.
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