Arrived early into Rome and picked up the rental car. Now that was an experience. Find your car by license plate number? Wow, that was easy. Made it to Siena with no problem. Stopped at an area servicio along the way and Bill had his first espresso of the day and the first Italian espresso in four years. The directions to the hotel were cryptic at best so I went into a coffee bar and asked for directions. Service with a smile! The non-English owner wrote down the directions in map format but we were still confused. Re-entered the coffee bar and the owner walked down to the roundabout and directed us to the hotel. Visited the main piazza in Siena and then Bill needed to find an internet point. Well we found one – in a scarf shop with 2 young Arab males running the business. 4 very old desk top computers and hundreds of silk scarfs. You can’t make this stuff up. I was worried that someone with a suspicious backpack would appear around the corner at any minute. We heard there was a special event in the piazza so we positioned ourselves in a café waiting for the music and the polo team to ride through but after 2 hours of drinking we decided it might be like Gado and never happen and went to a bike shop and purchased an official Italian biking jersey. Dinner followed and it was one grade above Mickey D’s. Long grain white rice for risotto? Ugh!
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