Wednesday 3.11.12
Siena Field Trip
Siena Field Trip
We took a bus to Siena for our weekly field trip. Upon arrival, it began to pour down rain. Luckily, most of us brought umbrellas. We walked around with our tour guide and stopped at a few places but it rained the entire time.
Interesting fact about Siena: the city is dividing into ‘districts’ and each of the districts has a flag corresponding to the elephant district, goose district, turtle district, etc. For one week of the year they are rivals. The rivalry revolves around horses races in their main piazza.
By the time they released us for lunch it was even worse, with hail at one point. We decided to find a pizzeria for lunch until the storm ended. By the time it was over it was time to go back to the bus (this is when the sun started to come out).
the district flags
hiding from the rain
look at it go!
my first calzone filled with mozzarella and bacon, yummy!
view of the city with the sun as we were leaving
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