Day 11 & 12
Siena and Tuscany
Leaving the Cinque Terre behind (though not any tour members, despite threats to the contrary), the group headed to Tuscany and the town of Siena, passing on the way through San Gimignano with its many medieval towers. In Siena we were treated to a stained glass workshop, a walking tour of the city, and a Tuscan dinner at one of the clubhouses of the city's 17 competing neighborhoods, or contrade.
San Gimignano
Above: Looking across the vineyards to San Gimignano, with its signature medieval towers.
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Right: The medieval towers up close in the main square.
Siena
Above: The Palazzo Pubblico overlooking the Piazza del Campo.
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Top right: The Piazza del Campo, where Siena's horse race is held every year.
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Right: The tour group at a stained glass workshop
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Clockwise from top left: the Duomo di Siena crowns one of the hills; what you get when you run out of money to keep building your church; a manuscript and frescos by Pinturicchio in the Piccolomini Library
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