Siena

It started out as a rainy day. It was cold and wet. I'm just glad that I've packed enough long sleeves and jackets for the trip. It's been cold most days. We had a tour guide to lead us through the town today.

 

This is Piazza Salimbeni

 Eventually it cleared up into a nice but still pretty chilly day. Far away on the right is St. Catherine's Basilica...where they keep her relics (her head and her right thumb) unfortunately, no pictures were allowed inside the church. It was very interesting.

Walking up the stair to Siena's cathedral (Duomo), you can notice the spot where St. Catherine fainted, fell down and lost her teeth. They have marked it on the steps.

Inside the Duomo. Notice the more muslim motifs! 

 Siena's Cathedral (Duomo)

Piazza del Campo where they have the horse races! 

 The fountain in Piazza del Campo

 Roommate picture! So...as I was walking around today a bird decided to poop on my head. Thank goodness one of my roommates had some wet wipes and the other helped me cleaned the bird poop off my hair. I decided that I deserved to eat gelato twice today.

 It ended up being a really nice day in Siena, even with the bird poop fiasco and all.