Sat 14 Nov 2015

Siena was another city Natalie had on her wish list for a while and didn’t think we would ever get there! It was a beautiful city – almost better than Florence (but not quite). We arrived in the afternoon and again our hosts told us where the free parking was! The city itself is rather small with lots of rizty shops. The two main attractions were the campo (main square which was a semi-circle shape – very unique) and town hall. The duomo was absolutely stunning and perhaps the best cathedral we had ever seen. The outside was pink, black and white marble and the inside was so ornately decorated. We were lucky that we arrived just as they were letting a whole group of people in so we just tagged along. Come to find out that there was a private confirmation ceremony taking place so we quickly dashed about snapping pics. We stopped at a very special cafe for a lovely cappuccino with a cannoli and elcair. Then Matt saw the most delicious hot chocolate so we got one of those too (to share!).

We loved our four weeks in Tuscany. It was so great to explore different areas that we didn’t think we would get to see. We loved the famous towns and city and we loved our volunteering experiences.