We are on the road for the 100km or so to Siena, the last two nights were spent camping atop a hillside 5km from Florence. We rode our bikes into town yesterday and it seems we are suffering from cultural overload as well as summer-tourist-rip-off syndrome, as we were quite exhausted at the prospect of all the sights one has to see. So we didn't see the real David, but numerous copies served well enough I think; the Duomo is breathtaking, and there are so many old churches and palazzo's scattered around that we could have stayed a week (and spent a fortune). After the hike up to the Piazalle Michelangelo and having a last look at the gorgeous city however, we headed back to the camp with a quick stop at a deli for some parma ham and bread, which was so good we cycled back down to it later for more ham and some well-deserved beers! It has been nice and cool up on the hill until this morning- it mustve been 35 degrees by 10am - so we are hoping that the Landy handles it ok! So far so good apart from a few warning jerks a few minutes ago and we can see Siena already so we should be ok! Eeek!
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