Italy Day 1 and 2

Off to Italy

 Our place for night 1 - just outside of Rome

 Dinner, poolside compliments of pizza from a local grocery store and italan wine (of course!) (resturaunts dont open for dinner until 8pm...and the kids were not going to wait after a day of traveling. :)

Swim time after dinner

 ready to hit the hay

in the garden

 ready to drive up to Siena in our cute little car

First stop was to a store to try to buy a GPS, we got lost on the way to the hotel, our cell phones dont work, even when we try to let them roam...(which at first was great bc Bret couldnt get work emails, (tee, hee) but...it was terrible too bc we planned to use it to navigate.) so a GPS was first on the list for the survival of our marriage and getting where we needed to go. We got lost getting to the store...or rather had a hard time finding it, depends who you ask...but we found it and it was the best Euro 100 spent. If we could have used maps we would have, but foreign countries seem so much more complex and signs are never what they seem they should be. anyway off we went to Siena.

This was just as we drove into Siena, Italy

just outside our place in Siena, perfect view :)

Waiting for the lady to arrive with the keys.

we opened the windows...to enjoy fresh air and a pigion flew in....this is the result, crash and spillage of fine italian wine. Bret was so brave (ha!) and get the bird out and we never again opened the windows ver far. lesson learned. birds win this one.

Piazza de Compo

Exploring the streets on day 1

climbing some steps

 Gelato time 

Strolling around Siena