Erith says:
This morning we woke up early at about 4:30 and got packed and were ready to go on the trains. On the way to the Metro, we looked for a swimming costume for me. We didn't get one because they were all too small. We took the Metro to Termini and switched to a different train. The train we had was quite good and we got our own separate room. There was also a man in our room that had no money or ticket. He had to hide in the men's toilets when the ticket conductor came around.
When we got off that train, we got onto another one. It was very dirty and had rubbish behind the seats. On the way up, my dad saw a deer's head poking up out of a grain field. The towns looked very old and the buildings were old brick. When we finally got off the train, Cel picked us up from the train station. She brought us back to her flat and that's where we are now.
Marcus says:
Well, we packed up this morning and headed to Statzione Termini to buy tickets to Siena. As seems to be the way here, the details of of train included everything except the platform number until 5 minutes before it was due to board, but it induced more annoyance than panic - it seems to be the way things are done and I'm getting used to not really knowing what's going on.
We boarded a train for Milan knowing that we had to transfer at Chiusi for Siena. The train ride to Chiusi was in a fast and very nice train - our only complaint was that there were too many tunnels interrupting what was otherwise an beautiful view. I love the hot, dry landscape, the old buildings, the farmland growing corn, sunflowers, and grain giving way to olives and grapes as we got further north. For some reason it invoked images of old movies - Doris Day or Elvis tearing around in little red convertibles. I know that doesn't do it justice, but I guess I found the scenery to be the most memorable part of those movies. I didn't take any photos partly because I suspected that the waterspots on the outside of the window would distort them and partly because I felt like just sitting back and enjoying it. Erith and I both put on our music and got into our own grooves.
We got to Siena mid-afternoon (I don't know what time - I struggle with what day it is) and Cel picked us up at the station. For those who may not know, My sister Celene and her husband Blain currently live in Siena, as Cel works for Novartis. The photos on this posting are from their flat - it's huge, very nice and directly across the street from the wall around the town centre. It's been great catching up with Cel so far, but Blain left this morning for Canada to tow their caravan from Vancouver Island off the West coast to their farm in New Brunswick on the east coast. It was a pity that we missed him, but we're planning to meet on the highway in the Canadian Rockies as we'll be traveling in opposite directions on the same highway.
Clearly not a lot to report today, but I couldn't resist getting on a computer that at least has a familiar keyboard. We're planning to take things a little bit slow tomorrow, probably just wandering around inside the walled part of the city. We've been racing around for days and were up at 4:30 this again this morning (no, I don't know why...), so it's going to be nice to slow down just a bit. We're planning to head into Florence and out to Pisa over the next couple of days - just day trips.
We boarded a train for Milan knowing that we had to transfer at Chiusi for Siena. The train ride to Chiusi was in a fast and very nice train - our only complaint was that there were too many tunnels interrupting what was otherwise an beautiful view. I love the hot, dry landscape, the old buildings, the farmland growing corn, sunflowers, and grain giving way to olives and grapes as we got further north. For some reason it invoked images of old movies - Doris Day or Elvis tearing around in little red convertibles. I know that doesn't do it justice, but I guess I found the scenery to be the most memorable part of those movies. I didn't take any photos partly because I suspected that the waterspots on the outside of the window would distort them and partly because I felt like just sitting back and enjoying it. Erith and I both put on our music and got into our own grooves.
We got to Siena mid-afternoon (I don't know what time - I struggle with what day it is) and Cel picked us up at the station. For those who may not know, My sister Celene and her husband Blain currently live in Siena, as Cel works for Novartis. The photos on this posting are from their flat - it's huge, very nice and directly across the street from the wall around the town centre. It's been great catching up with Cel so far, but Blain left this morning for Canada to tow their caravan from Vancouver Island off the West coast to their farm in New Brunswick on the east coast. It was a pity that we missed him, but we're planning to meet on the highway in the Canadian Rockies as we'll be traveling in opposite directions on the same highway.
Clearly not a lot to report today, but I couldn't resist getting on a computer that at least has a familiar keyboard. We're planning to take things a little bit slow tomorrow, probably just wandering around inside the walled part of the city. We've been racing around for days and were up at 4:30 this again this morning (no, I don't know why...), so it's going to be nice to slow down just a bit. We're planning to head into Florence and out to Pisa over the next couple of days - just day trips.
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Hi Bridget, your comment worked. I hope you send others. Erith
Hi Erith, how is it going? do like the photos and i went to the movies
I saw bridge to terabithia.I like it but i won,t tell you all of it but the new girl takes the boy who lives next door to terabithia.
we are looking after audi to try make have babies
You can tell me as much as you want because I saw it before it came out in the movies on the flight up to Thailand.
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