Wednesday 1 June

Today we took a trip to Siena, the medieval city that sits on top of 7 hills in Tuscany (about 20 miles south of the villa). Here are some pictures.

The central square, where they have the palio horse races every year (yes they are flagsones and horses and people do get killed!)

These buildings are all about 700 years old.

This is the Siena Duomo (cathedral) which is one of the finest renaissance buildings in the world (after Florence, see later).

After all this culture, back to the villa for a spot of sun bathing and swimming!

Evening spent eating, drinking and playing cards (Helen won because she changed the rules as we went through the game as usual!).