We arrived at a stunning B&B that was more suited for a honeymoon than a family holiday with a 7 month old baby, just on the outskirts of Siena. Any closer was stupidly expensive. Our place was a very modern and stylish and even had Kartel designer furniture, like Rachel had seen in Singapore. We spent the first afternoon walking around the old city streets after spending an age finding a carpark. The highlight was a nice lazy Italian lunch on a street off the main square away from the crass pizza places, Rach had some great ravioli and me some fancy courgette flowers stuffed with cheese.
The next day we adventured back into the old town and checked out the main church. Included in the ticket was chance to climb to the top of one of the old walls to check out the panorama. Back in the 14th century they had some ambitious plans to build the world largest church in Siena by adding a long wing to the existing church, they got as far as building the grand end wall before the plague killed off their ambition. Siena was a nice place and the accommodation, breakfast spread and swimming pool all very nice. Siena would be a nice base to explore more of southern Tuscany if it wasn't so pricey.
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