Wednesday

Wednesday morning we woke up to find snow on the ground!! It was so crazy because we had beautiful weather all week so far and was even warmer than we expected. We thought it was definitely Spring, but like they told us at our villa, "We say March is crazy!" So we had a relaxing morning, had some scrambled eggs with leeks (fresh from the garden). We didn't end up leaving the villa until the afternoon.

view of the snow from my window

We drove past Siena to some smaller towns that we wanted to see. First we saw San Giamignano, which was much more touristy than we thought it would be and we were freezing so we didn't spend much time there.

main square in San Giamignano

kinda cool automatic bathroom that we could not figure out

Then we drove back towards Siena and stopped at Moneriggioni, which is a really cool walled town on top of a hill. It is very small and it was after lunch so it was pretty deserted as well, but we loved it because it was very cute.

entrance to the walls of the city

the cute little church
the inside of the walls

someones house

leaving, this is the square (there is only one)

Then we continued on to Siena, spent about an hour to find the center and where to park, only to find out that we were in the center the whole time! We made a mistake in leaving Siena for last because it was dark by the time we got there, so our pictures didn't turn out very well and the Duomo was closed. But at least we got to see it and we ate dinner in Piazza del Campo, where they have the Palio, which I hope to be able to make a trip down to see this summer.

the whole side of the church was painted like this

front of the Duomo in the dark

Piazza del Campo

Piazza del Campo