Scenes of Siena, Italy

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Siena, down in "wine country" is serene and bucolic and filled with glimpses of life hundreds of years ago.

Our hotel: B & B Palazzo Bruchi ( a palace owned by very rich folks)...beautiful view; nice rooms; gorgeous breakfast room, complete with Venetian glass chandeliers.

The Square - center of town- and the palio race track.....the palio horse race is only a mile long ( 3 x around the square, but is a huge competition to see who gets the flag- palio; the contrade - "neighborhood" that wins is awarded the flag and much esteem.  "Our contrade" won it this year...yeah for us!!  Except that the party was the night before we arrived ; guess the invitation was lost in the mail:)

Toasting Siena..and the palio

And..David eating gelatto..yunmmy!