Siena Love

It is the town I love. Period.
Siena is of course famous for the piazza, and the festival, and may be the toscan cuisine, or perhaps the bank.  But it was the streets that captures you and try to bring you back there.

Since how long ago people ventured through these narrow paths and looked up the sky?  What did they feel?

シエナ、大好き。
カンポ広場やお祭りや、トスカーナの料理や、もしかしたら金融で有名なのかもしれないけど。でもシエナの細い通りや曲がり角に魅惑されて、またシエナに戻りたいと思う。

どれくらい昔から、どんな人がこの通りを通って空を見上げていたのだろう？そのとき、何を考えていたのだろう？

We stayed in the city overnight, and dined at this restaurant.  It could be the best food we'd had in Italy this time.  I cannot remember the name of the place, but if you ever visit the town, this is the place to go.
このレストラン。名前は忘れちゃったんだけど、今回イタリアで食べたご飯の中で一番おいしかった。シエナに行ったら是非ここでご飯。

And the evenings.

The cathedral in Siena seems to be often compared to the one in Florence.  They are completely different, and incomparable.  It is mind-blowingly decorative, I didn't know what to say - whether it was great, beautiful, or banal or grotesque.
聖堂はよくフィレンツェとも比較されるということなのだけど、あまりにも違うので比べようがない。装飾が多すぎて、凄いのか格好わるいのか、センスいいのか悪いのか、全然わからない。でも、全体としてみて迫力があるし、完成度が高い。

I loved these Harry Potter-ish books in their museum.

Toscan land.