Super Sienna

Our day started off when the rental car company guy came and picked us up. He drove us to Siena where our new and improved rental car would be. Luckily we wanted to go to Sienna anyways and now we didn't have to drive there! We parked outside of AC Siena's stadium. The stadium is very open compared to the Allianz Arena, Emirates Stadium, and Wembley. It's not very big and it has a track around the pitch, which keeps the fans farther away from the action. Although it's old, it still looks pretty nice and looks like it could hold at least 30,000. AC Siena was relegated this season though, and they'll play in Italy's 2nd division next year. This worked out for me later though, because the team store's jerseys were 50% off. Making an €80 purchase change to a €40 purchase. 

Sienna is actually a pretty big town. Very big compared to Volterra where we were yesterday. There are even more attractions here and many more places to shop. First we stopped at one of the more plainer churches in the town. Here we saw a 600 year old head and thumb. Yes a real thumb and a real human head. These 2 artifacts belonged to Saint Catherine. By belonged I mean on her body. Both the thumb and the head were expertly preserved and you could see the skin perfectly. These 2 items have been 2 of my favorites in Italy. 

Next we started our long walk towards the Duomo, passing many shops and food stops along the way. This town is Volterra on steroids. By the way: pistachio ice cream is amazing. The best ice cream I've  had in Europe so far. After walking for a while we reached the awesome dome churchy thing. The inside is filled to the top with detail. Sculptures and paintings from famous people like Donatello and Bernini line the walls and pop out at you. My favorite feature was the Pope heads stretching the length of the church building. The heads are expertly carved models of the real popes heads. All stare down at you from the top of the building. It's super cool. I would say that for a church, which churches are usually boring for me, that this was pretty good and probably a must stop. I liked it because it was more of a museum than a boring church.

Lastly we spent our time in what is supposedly the nicest plaza in Italy. There are a lot to choose from though. I'm not sure if I could tell whether it was the best or not, but it was full of space and different restaurants lined the square.

We exited the city and in our new Mercedes, and drove back towards our agritourismo! 

Today was another good day on my trip. Read till the last post!