DAY 2 in Tuscany Region

DAY 3 (29 Sept 07, SAT) : ROME -SIENA- PISA

Waiting for breakfast….hahaha… over here when they give u an allocated time for breakfast like 8 am, you can never get into the restaurant at 7.55am… This morning Nick ask me, “ today is Sunday so the kids wont be out in the street for school.” I was wondering why he said that when I suggested a stroll outside the hotel…..Hahaha…. Uncle Nick is scared of school children cos they robbed and steal! We din really strolled out there cos we are in the middle of hilly and a place where birds also dun want to lay eggs! And best of all, its chilling shiok!

 

Yesterday we traveled about 3 hours from Rome into the region of Tuscany. The ride was good. All the coached in Europe is controlled by this Taco-graph which physically record the speed while the coach is on move, (then if they speed, they can’t get the pass inot the next city) cos they need to produce this graph during the purchase of pass into a city.

 

2 nd day in Italy make us more relax and less tense. I told Nick, I realized staying in SG is live under extreme pressurize lifestyle which we dun realize. Even on holiday, it take us a day or so to relax the tension to really feel that we are on holiday!

 

Siena is a nice place. We din get to visit the entire town but only to the medieval Siena. Its like a small town enclosed in bricks of tall walls. Internally you see only see buildings on slopes that intercross and its like a mouse holes! Everywhere is opening which you can’t recognized!

 

The highlight was the Duomo, fully made of marble! It was an overwhelming sight. We appeared so small infront of the Duomo. We proceed to the middle of medieval Siena that lead us to the fan-shaped Piazza del Campo where we see huge square and the majestic Palazzo Vecchio. The main characteristic feature is the tower and the rustic outer look of the palace. We din really visit these 2 structures. We only take pictures.

 

Another 2 hours journey from Siena, we reach Pisa, where the famous leaning tower is. The entire area is called the “Square of Miracle” which consist of Battistero, cathedral, leaning tower. However everyone is only interested in the leaning tower. We had so much fun posing pictures! I still manage to get some time to sit on the grass and admire the structures, but Nick din. He was so busy with photo-taking and later on complain that time spend at the leaning tower is too short! He wanted more time to really take a closer look at the structure. Hahaha…..

 

Today is a much better day. At least I find the structures and buildings are more complete and ancient…. We are going for breakfast now….ciao!