♦Guest post by Kari Mayhew♦ After just a few days in Italy, it was very clear that the Italians liked to, well, test you a bit. Serve you bread early and see if you scarf it down or (the right way) save it to mop up your sauce. Have multiple buses narrowly miss mowing you down in the...
♦Guest Post by Kari Mayhew♦ After four fun filled days in Madrid (where I learned ham is its own food group, Real Madrid is more important than the Holy Trinity and hobo beers on a bridge while watching a pigeon take a bath was exactly where I wanted to be), I was primed for more good...
The famous Palio horse race in Siena only lasts about 90 seconds, but the memories will last a lifetime. Imagine a giant crowd squished into one of the most beautiful medieval town squares screaming in excitement as horses with jockeys riding bareback fly past you just an arms distance...
We’ve had friends and family comment on the volume of decadent food we are eating during our travels and wonder how we aren’t gaining weight. Other friends have expressed concern that we will be unrecognizable upon return to the US. So, as a companion post to our Siena cuisine blog, here...
We had numerous reasons for Siena to be our first month-long stop, and the Tuscan cuisine was high up on the list. With an extended stay in the city, we were able to experience a wide range of food – traditional Tuscan dinners, fast food, local sandwich shops, and plenty of treats. One of...
Siena has one of the most unique and striking cathedrals that we have ever seen. The Duomo di Siena is a masterpiece of Italian Romanesque-Gothic architecture and was built between 1215 and 1263. The extravagant façade is constructed of gorgeous white and pink marble. The interior is...