Siena, 2013

It's difficult to leave Florence, but our clock is running down, and we wanted to ensure plenty of time for Rome and all the wonderful places on the Bay of Naples. So we decamped and headed for Siena, Florence's great rival in days of yore, a place we visited in 2011 (http://roadeveron.blogspot.it/2011/06/siena.html), and earlier too. Our goal was simply to walk around and take in the historical center, then to visit the great cathedral with all its art.

In the great central piazza

Thus; we skipped a great deal, satisfied with our 2011 visit

Including the Baptistry and its Donatellos, et al.

And the Duomo Museum (are they returning to work on the
14th century expansion plans?!) with 

Duccio's Maesta and other masterpieces

Content to take in sights en route to and from the Duomo

Thus