Siena!
Siena was our vacation from our vacation and its worked out realy well. The only down side is that its taken most of the week for Jody to get over her cold and my allergies are killing me slowly but surely (I've tried Claritan and some local allergy stuff - neither one is doing the trip so I tend to sneeze a lot).

One unique thing here are the road signs- specifically the signs telling you the distance to the next town. Yesterday we came to an intersection that had two signs for Siena pointing in opposite directions- one said 18km, the other 20km. Now this makes sense- two routes into Siena, one longer than the other. We take the 18km turn- about 0.5km later (and NO turns or exits) we see another sign that says Siena 24km. WTF?

Its been a very good week- we went to Frienze twice (once to shop, once to see the sights- trains here are dirt cheap and efficient). I bought an awesome leather bag and I got Jody's b-day present (she had to try it on so she knows what it is ). We also did a wine tour yesterday which let us soak in the tuscan country side. It's very beautiful!!! Molto Bueno! (I think BC wines are better though- I'm sure some people will think I've sinned by saying this but given that Jody and I are polishing off a bottle a night I know of what I speak).

Today is our last real day in Italy as we head to Pisa tomorrow to catch our flight to Paris! I'll miss Siena as its been a lot of fun (and the food is awesome).

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