Weekend 1
Saturday was the Festa della donna (Women's festival). That meant that all state museums were free to women, women were being handed flowers left and right, etc. Mark that day on your calenders because I plan on celebrating from here on out.
I went to Siena yesterday with a few other girls. We hopped on a train around 11am. We did not know that there was a big soccer match between Siena and Firenze (ancient rivalry continued). We sat across the train from a very roudy group of young people that sang, yelled and cheered the length of the 1 1/2 hour train ride. We could only understand a little of what they were saying but none of it was appropriate. As we wondered around the beautiful city we could hear the screams of the crowd everywhere we went. We were able to watch a few minutes of the game from a hight point on the other side of the fence from the stadium. These fans were amazingly into it, makes me want to watch one here in town. Turned out Firenze lost.
Siena's duomo was an unbelievable experience. I have never seen anything like it. It was very very beautiful. Although I love Firenze, Siena was a wonderful change to the hustle and bustle here, it was peacefully quiet and very "old italian" feeling. That could have been from a combo of a cold, rainy day and it being a match day. Hard to know...
We got to the train station 5 minutes too late to catch the train we thought we wanted. So we had to wait nearly 2 hours before the next train. While there, we bought a couple of cheap bottles of wine (thankfully I always have an opener ready) and asked for some plastic cups. Not 15 seconds after we opened the first bottle, another traveler (American) came up and asked if he could join us. He was also headed to Firenze and we enjoyed a couple of bottles of wine with him while we waited. While on the train we also shared some wine with some Sicilians that were on their way to Firenze, also. Wine really brings people together. :)
Life here is good and busy. Every day a new activity... today I bought a leather purse and later visita al Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.
Ciao!
I went to Siena yesterday with a few other girls. We hopped on a train around 11am. We did not know that there was a big soccer match between Siena and Firenze (ancient rivalry continued). We sat across the train from a very roudy group of young people that sang, yelled and cheered the length of the 1 1/2 hour train ride. We could only understand a little of what they were saying but none of it was appropriate. As we wondered around the beautiful city we could hear the screams of the crowd everywhere we went. We were able to watch a few minutes of the game from a hight point on the other side of the fence from the stadium. These fans were amazingly into it, makes me want to watch one here in town. Turned out Firenze lost.
Siena's duomo was an unbelievable experience. I have never seen anything like it. It was very very beautiful. Although I love Firenze, Siena was a wonderful change to the hustle and bustle here, it was peacefully quiet and very "old italian" feeling. That could have been from a combo of a cold, rainy day and it being a match day. Hard to know...
We got to the train station 5 minutes too late to catch the train we thought we wanted. So we had to wait nearly 2 hours before the next train. While there, we bought a couple of cheap bottles of wine (thankfully I always have an opener ready) and asked for some plastic cups. Not 15 seconds after we opened the first bottle, another traveler (American) came up and asked if he could join us. He was also headed to Firenze and we enjoyed a couple of bottles of wine with him while we waited. While on the train we also shared some wine with some Sicilians that were on their way to Firenze, also. Wine really brings people together. :)
Life here is good and busy. Every day a new activity... today I bought a leather purse and later visita al Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.
Ciao!
posted by Deanna at 7:51 AM
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