Go--Siena

Siena.  This city is a travel paradise.  Many visitors crowd the lanes heading to the legendary Il Duomo.  There is also a crowded piazza that draws tourists like flies.  


Me?  I ran away.  I spent some time marveling at the beauty of the Il Duomo, but for me, Siena came alive in the lanes far away from the tourists.  The many streets that swirled into vast worlds constructed through time and loved by history.  For me, this will always be Siena:

Good food.  Great friends.  History so close that you can brush it with your fingertips.