Sienne. Walking through narrow laneways and cobbled stone pathways past buildings that have accommodation upstairs and businesses on the ground floor; interesting, colourful, flower pots and ephemera. Reaching the piazza and one is overwhelmed yet again by the sheer size of the buildings, the architecture, gorgeous statues, fountains and marble. This piazza is the place for the annual horse race where thousands of people come to watch cramming into the centre and around the whole piazza. Lots of lovely little places to eat and here we found a tiny restaurant and had THE best gnocchi ever.
The clock tower was part of a fortress and different to others we had so far seen. the Clock was closer to the base of the tower and the tower went for about three stories high.
Just outside of the piazza was another glorious church with fantastic architecture, complex facade and beautiful workmanship and materials used throughout.
It was here we found a shop called Cherie.
We stopped on the way home to pick up some groceries and ate picky food at home. Wine, cheeses (parmesan and bufffalo), sardines, bread, tomato, oil and balsamic
No comments:
Post a Comment