In the mountain town of Siena

Siena is a smaller city, maybe too small, so you can walk the whole city in almost half an hour-although it will take the same time to walk from the train station to the city. . It is also very rare that the train station is not in the city center.

As we all know, many cities in Europe radiate out around the railway station. Sometimes the railway station even functions as a municipal square. I think this is probably the reason why the Industrial Revolution started so early that there was enough time to change the railway station. On the other hand, the layout of Siena feels very similar to the city in my hometown. The train station is in the outskirts of the city, and other means of transportation are needed to enter the city center. This also shows that the history of this city is relatively long compared to the history of the opening of trains-for example, Siena had a train in 1849; on the other hand, it is very troublesome (tmd), we need to find a car to enter the city. The bus management here is the same as my home. It’s very chaotic. A four-story modern transportation hub stands in front of you. There are many shops with developed four links, but there are no buses, and no one even looks for a bus... In the end, there is no way. Can only take a taxi to the city honestly.

The hotel we stayed in had a great rooftop, with a panoramic view of almost the entire Siena, and the entire important landmarks such as the cathedral and the tower of the city hall were all within sight. Looking out of the gorge on the right, you can still vaguely see the scenery of the wilderness, which should be part of the Orcia wilderness. That is also part of our journey, and this is how the expectation arises.

Rooftop scenery-DUOMO

The hotel has a very interesting Chinese comment, "There is a church next door", "This is not a problem, the problem is that the church bell rings irregularly", hahaha, every time I discuss this, I laugh out loud. It was not until I moved in that I found out, oh, the quality of people is getting better and better now, and I never tell lies-there is really a church next door, and there is more than one, and none of them ring the bell regularly... We watched at the beginning As the Duomo (church) shines under the setting sun, the holy light rises above and is with me, with the clanging of bells in my ears, everything is so beautiful, and it makes you cry. After a few minutes (of course it's not so exaggerated, but the frequency is indeed a bit high..) It feels wrong, why the bell rings again? Even getting up early in the morning with sleepy eyes, the first sentence he said was "this fxxking church..."

On the night when I arrived in Siena, I ate pulled pork at the restaurant downstairs (forgot the name...), tasted Chianti wine, and continued to taste the wine, and then it was a bit floating... After eating, I went around the city, as before Said this place is very small, less than half an hour I feel "Haha Siena is mine". In the field square in the center, there are many people sitting on the ground to enjoy the cool, we also joined them, facing the city hall tower in the evening breeze, watching the stars and counting the moon, discussing whether the soil quality of the field square is suitable for horse running (because there are local A famous galloping festival, the venue is in Tianye Square), discuss how many euros can be put on the balcony on the side and so on.

Piazza del Campo (Piazza del Campo)

Siena is really a mountain city. The characteristic of the mountain city is that the houses are very crowded. As a result, it is very hot and airtight. At this time, it is very important to find a place to cool off. The square is such an excellent choice for cooling off. It’s windy and not depressing. Its characteristics are very similar to those cities in our hometown. After dinner at home, we always say to go out for a walk and sit out. In fact, it’s this way of going out to blow air and breathe. This trip in Siena, the pleasant summer evening breeze, the group of low red brick buildings, and the people who don’t know what they’re doing, all remind me that it’s a hot The summer night that just passed, let us take a break and welcome the same hot tomorrow.