Italy Trip Day 4 - Siena

After spending the morning sleeping in and relaxing a bit, we headed to Siena for the afternoon and evening. We were pretty excited about seeing Siena, but found ourselves a little disappointed by the city. The city’s Duomo (cathedral) was very impressive, as was the city hall tower and main square, but the city was so dirty it was kind of hard to enjoy walking around in it. We think maybe the city was a little bit dirty from the big Easter weekend. The Italians really get into their Easter celebration. Despite the filth, the big savior for the city, in our opinion, was the restaurant where we ate dinner. Once again, our travel guide author, Rick Steves, came through in a big way. The restaurant we ate at was very cool - built in a grotto-like wine cellar, with a fantastic (and huge) menu. Everything we ordered was excellent, including the desserts.
Mason is definitely getting into the swing of things here in Italy. Today after we were leaving a shop where we stopped to buy Mason some fruit, Mason gave the store clerk a wave of his hand and said, “Ciao, ciao!”