Day One of Week 2 - Siena

Checking out of our Fantastic Florentine Flat, we rented a car and drove south into the Chianti region and on to Siena.  We found ourselves in the main square:

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I suddenly recognized this square as having an incredible crazy horse race every year.  I had seen a documentary on this tradition that has been going on for over 500 years 
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And then The Siena duomo and up to a fantastic lookout. 

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