Our first stop was to Siena, a medieval city surrounded by a defensive wall. We took a tour around the city, which is divided into 17 areas. While in Siena the Mille Miglia was passing through. The Mille Miglia is a 1000 mile car race that happens once a year and travels all throughout Italy. While we were getting lunch we met a man who was taking a short break from driving in the race. He explained to us how only about 300 cars (ferraris and other italian classics) are eligible to enter the race and he had to charter a car from Milan in order to enter it. I'm not really into cars, but it was pretty cool. We ended our tour in one of the most beautiful churches I have ever been in, the Duomo di Siena. Everything was stunning; the floors, walls, ceilings.
San Gimignano was our next stop. Unfortunately, it was very rainy so we didn't really go site seeing, BUT we did go to the Gelateria di Piazza, which was voted the world champions of gelato in 2006. I wish it was sunny because the view from the city was a gorgeous country side.
That night was the championship "football" game, Bayern Munich vs. Chelsea. We decided to embrace the Italian culture and experience the atmosphere of a soccer championship. Not one person noticed when we walked into the bar. Everyone's face was glued to the television screen. I expected the atmosphere the be like that of a Superbowl party in America. A bunch of obnoxious fans screaming at the t.v. Nope. I guess Italians are much classier than us while watching sports. The only time anyone made a noise or moved their head was when a goal was scored. The game was intense; it went into double overtime and penalty kicks.
The highlight of my night was running into one of my friends who went to CLTC with me and haven't seen in 4 years. While him and his UGA friends gave me a hard time for being a Gator, he saved me from some creepy Italians.
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