Siena

          Today, we had our second art history tour in Siena. After a little over an hour bus ride (we were told it was going to be 30 min) we were dropped off, walked into a pasteria for coffee and a pastry, and made our way over to the Siena Cathedral. This church was incredibly beautiful! The façade was so detailed and contained colored stone! Inside was even more beautiful with the striping and blue ceiling (the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted the same way before Michelangelo painted it).

After seeing the cathedral, the baptristy, and the museum, it was time for lunch. We grabbed some pizza and gelato and walked around for a little bit before we had to meet at the Plazzo Publico. There, we saw more art.

When we were done, our group going to Cinque Terre got made our way over to the train station and headed to Florence. Finding the hotel we were staying in was super fun…not. We kind of got lost leaving the train station in Florence. Good thing I packed everything I needed in my backpack. 45 minutes and much complaining later, we finally got to the hotel, dropped our stuff off and headed to dinner. On our way to find dinner, I was..lets say irritable, snappy, hungry, annoyed, irritable (all words Amy came up with). She finally told me to shut up and handed me a granola bar. I was much happier after. Apparently, I am not very fun to be around when I’m hungry and tired.

We finally found a place to eat dinner and it was  once again delicious! After, we walked around a little bit and came across a place that had the soccer game on. What an experience that was! A bunch of Italians crammed into a small place, but it was fun!