Sept 24 - Siena to Arezzo

 Sept 24 - Siena to Arezzo

A travel day. 


As Trenitalia, the train company, wanted to take us all the back up to Florence before bringing us back south again we decided that the bus was the best way to travel to Arezzo.  At half the time, half the cost, and travelling through some lovely rolling hills we didn’t regret it. 


Arezzo, renowned for its frescoes, has a lovely old historic centre and this is where we went exploring after offloading our luggage.  Certainly not spectacular, like Florence or Siena, but nice in a Olde Worlde, not-showy off sort of way!  😊  There were a couple of nice churches we stopped in on our travels and were fortunate to see some frescoes by Piero and a rather dilapidated baptismal font by Donatello. 

Planning to see a bit more of old town Arezzo this afternoon our plans got waylaid by the weather, or more correctly the rain.  Having managed to have a nice lunch sitting in the sun,  the heavens opened up, and it has been chucking it down ever since.  As I write this the rain is so heavy that we’ve decided not to go out for dinner and JEM’s positive she’s just seen Noah sail by! 🌧☔️🚣‍♀️ 😂

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