Okay, okay. I can just hear some of you saying "you went all the way to Italy and you are just going to sit around on the beach the entire time? You guys are crazy!" We know which ones of you that are saying that so today we decided to make you happy! Actually we woke up to rain so we decided it was a good day to take a day trip to the ancient city of Siena. Siena, a fascinating city. This was a city we absolutely had to visit because our granddaughter, Elizabeth, has a friend who was named for this city. And we are so glad we did. Siena was a major banking and trade center around 1260-1350. Then the bubonic plague swept through the city and cut the population by more than
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