I’m not sure what I like best about Siena, the fact that we took a day to relax, or that we really liked it. Our hotel was a pleasant surprise with a fair sized room, and a nice bathroom. The garden was the best thing.
After a great breakfast in the garden room, we took a walk around Old Siena. We went to the different museums, basillicas, and the tower that Rick went up. Now the tower and “panorama”view was a story in itself. As we approached it there were 2 old men sitting there and I’m sure the only english they knew were these instructions….Panorama view…1o minutes…then exit…they did however read the horror on my face….and as Rick and I entered I made a point of saying I might be back….this they understood.
We entered into this small staircase that really fit only one person and after a few minutes of climbing, the fear hit me, so Rick carried on and my scene played out like this. I went up a few steps and back a few steps and literally talking to myself out loud about how this tower wasn’t going to suddenly collapase because I was now in it. However, fear eventually overcame me, and I appeared to the 2 men at the front entrance. We had a good laugh, and I took my place at what I affectionately called the “failure chairs”. I waited patiently for Rick to come back…which…suprisingly…he did, safe and sound.
The best part of the day for me was taking a sandwich back to our hotel and eating it and having a bottle of wine in the garden. Under the Tuscan Sun. After we had lunch, we took a nap….imagine…a real nap…under covers….in the middle of the afternoon. Fabulous. All and all a relaxing day in Siena.
Gothic church. 
Panorama view that Rick went up and I sat in the failure chair and waited. 
Narrow passage leading to Panorama view. 
Views from the tower. 
View of Siena 
Bell tower of the gothic church. 
The top of the view tower. 
Rick at the top! 
Looking down at the roof tops of Siena. 
View of the Piazza. 
Stairs leading up the tower. 
Half way up the tower, looking up the arch. 
Walkway below the arch. 
Inside the gothic church. 
Organ in the gothic church. 
Altar. 
The dome of the church. 
Creepy faces looking down at you. 
From the entrance of the church. 
A door at the church looking up at the spiky knobs all over it. 
Me in front of the door resting. 
Lunch in the garden of our hotel. 
A random well. 
End of day, view from the garden.
Clearly Carla 
My favourite pictures so far…….