We arrived at Agriturismo il Caggio (http://www.ilcaggio.it/en/home.html), got all settled in and had the most wonderful meal prepared for us by Rebecca's mamma. I wish I had caught her name, we just called her Mamma. This is Rebecca & her Mamma.
Seriously, the best meal we've had so far in Italy. Four courses: bruschetta, linguini with ragu, steak & grilled potatoes, and a dessert I couldn't pronounce then and can't remember now. Accompanied by a lovely red wine.
The following morning, we had a nice breakfast and headed out with no particular direction in mind. We ended up heading toward Volterra, so we stopped there and walked around. The Roman ruins are neat, but a bit boring, to be honest. Maybe if we had walked in and around them they would have been better. Kind of hard to beat the Forum in Rome...
No sparkly vampires in sight.
Everywhere I looked, I said, "Ooooh, it's so pretty!"
Siena was a challenge. It's a big(ish) town and the center is all off-limits to cars. That means we had to park a bit of a distance away, but we weren't expecting to be this far away! OK, fine, we parked in the wrong place. But we had a great view of the cathedral!
Get back in the car, find a closer spot, and walk 10 minutes to this. What an incredible sight to see in person. It's just gorgeous. I think JJ Abrams would be proud of the lens flare there...
Not entirely sure why this parade was happening, but it was so much fun to see. As we were walking to the duomo, we heard drums, and then we saw some boys dressed up and throwing flags. As more and more people gathered, but nothing happened, we decided to continue to the duomo. As we returned, the parade was getting under way. There were a lot of people now and maybe two dozen boys and men with flags. There was also a very popular trio of pugs. One owner held his pug up so it could see the parade. TOO CUTE!
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