Siena and Montalcino

So after Mel's visit to Rome she was going to Siena and somehow managed to persuade me and Liv to go as well. I was missing university at the end of the week anyway to visit France so i decided that i may as well take the whole week off - it was only the second week of term to. So Monday morning we left for Siena. We very nearly ended up in Florence however as we did not realise we had to change trains! We were lucky that a nice women told us otherwise it would have been another night in Florence. I suppose there are worst places to end up. When we arrived we found a cafe with Wifi and booked some accommodation. I loved Siena so much, it is small but it is a very relaxed city and obviously so beautiful as well.

Piazza del Campo

Piazza del Campo

Il Duomo 

Il Duomo

Il Duomo 

On the Tuesday we took a coach to Montalcino. The journey was about an hour although it should have been about 2 but the driver was going so fast! Poor Liv and Mel got travel sickness. But we arrived in one piece and the hotel we booked was so lovely. We walked up to this viewing point but the weather was so cold.

So we ended up having a free wine tasting! We were just wandering around and a man that owned the vineyard offered us a tour of his holiday house and the winery. He didn't speak English so it was great practise for our italian and the wine was the nicest I have tasted by far - so nice we bought 3 bottles.

Montalcino at night

Coffee with a view 

So then it was back to Siena. We managed to leave our bags at a restaurant which was great as it meant we could go and visit the rest of the city before we left. We went up to fort and again another beautiful sunset

La Fortezza at dusk