Siena

After looking at pictures of Siena you understand where the colors raw or  burnt sienna come from. The whole city is covered with this warm, reddish brown color. The contrast between that and the crazy Italian blue sky and the various trees was just breath taking. First we visited the main square called the Piazza del Campo which is where the commune building is located. The interesting thing about Siena is that it retains a "ward-centric" society which means that there are different areas of the city which are represented by animals or mascots. There only seems to be rivalries between the different areas during the famous Palio horse races which take place in the piazza del campo. After that we visited the great Cathedral of Siena which is huge and and the interior is all striped which looks oddly Egyptian. Finally we climbed to the top of the Cathedral museum where we got to see some great views of the city.