Outside again, we headed for the next most well known feature of Siena, the Piazza Del Campo … Here twice a year (2nd July and 16th August) they have bare back races around the edge of the raked Piazza. They cover the surface with sand as it must be very slippy for the horses. The first race was only last Wednesday, but there wasn’t a trace of sand or anything else to show that the race had been held. Here we sat and had our afternoon ice cream, balancing on a stone seat at the side of the walkway, which led down to the main area. I took loads of photos to make into panoramas to try and convey the shape of the area. I not sure any will work, as the tower looked as though it could fall over! After resting our legs we set off again to explore the surrounding streets. As we made it back to the Piazza, Graham pleaded to be left to take photos of people and I went off in the opposite direction to look at all the shops. While I was away, I did miss a wedding, but found a group of boys being schooled in flag twirling!
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