Sienna

Miriam is right, sometimes a little Fareed Zakaria goes a long way. After the kiss-my-ass ride from Railitalia yesterday, getting into the hotel, checking in, and turning on a station that carried CNN just in time to catch every one's favorite Newsweek foreign desk editor can be rather soothing. Sienna is quite a cool place. There is an absolutely lovely medieval central square, a nice duomo, which Miriam says essentially means cathedral, and many a winding turning street.We got some beer and gelato (guess who had which) after getting out of the museum, crypt, and dome, We got to climb to the top of the tower attached to the cathedral and looked out over the whole town. From up there it is really a picture of like every medieval town or every Tuscan town I've seen in a movie.Following the beer and sweets we wander through the old city of Sienna for about 2 hours, which I think I found funner than Miriam did. We found a pizzeria with a pretty decently priced dinner place upstairs. Eating chopped boar bits stuffed into an unidentified stomach thing can be quite exhilarating. Our hotel is quite nice and has a free breakfast buffet, which I intend to fully take advantage of tomorrow. then of to Florence and Pisa!