Trafalgar Day 9 - Rome to Florence via Siena

Today was another travelling day - to Firenze (Florence) via Siena. We arrived at Siena around lunchtime - walking around the city fortifications to St Catherine's cathedral. It was nowhere near as big as St Peter's, but still quite large. Meredith found it quite moving, as the patron saint of this particular church died when she was only 33. More walking through the streets till we found ourselves at Il Campo, the centre of the town where they hold a massive horse race each year. It was quite hot here, so we headed back to the side streets to find lunch. Will had their local speciality (pici pasta - thick handmade pasta with a meat sauce) & Meredith had a pork chop. The pasta was not so good - because it is so thick it is still quite gluggy in the middle. Gelati for dessert, then back on the bus, destination Florence!
Arriving at Florence our hotel was in a one-way street that had no parking for the bus - our driver wasn't happy! We held up the traffic while we all piled off, then he did a lap of the block before unloading our bags up the road. A short time to freshen up then in to town for our included dinner - a pizza party. A variety of pizzas were brought out, followed by panna cotta for dessert. Then back to the hotel!