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I’m on my way to Sienna at the moment and am in somewhat of a stuper. I don’t really have a hangover but am just immensely tired. One more month of hardcore hi-octane travel action and then I will sleep for a week when back on English soil.

When I arrived I had to have a little power nap on a bench in an attempt to recover some vitality, a bit of a jakey thing to do but necessary regardless.

Sienna really is very pretty, it was well worth the visit and ideally I’d have spent a night or 2 here. As it was I only got a couple of hours but I squeezed a fair bit in during that time whole just trundling round the narrow streets.

Piazza del Campo is sometimes described as the most beautiful main square on the continent, I don’t think I’d go that far but it’s certainly very nice.

I’m stuggling to find different way to express all the different Cathedrals I keep seeing, Italy must easily have the best in the world. This one is no exception. Apparently upon first seeing it, Richard Wagner couldn’t hold back the tears. Get a grip soft lad.

The Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi is right next to the bus station and strangely you can just walk around it freely, it’s only a tiddler but imagine seeing AC Milan playing there. Wowzers.

When I got back to Firenze I purchased my train ticket, I managed to find a regional route that saved me about €20. I have to change a couple of times, go via Bolongna and it will take 90 minutes or so longer but it’s still worth it I reckon.

I duly spent the 20 Euros saved plus another 10 on a plain v-neck blue jumper from United ColoUrs of Benetton. It’s getting mighty nippy now at night and I’ve very little warn clothing. France in late November should be fun!

The agenda for tonight is to try to stay awake while swimming and then give this Turkish bath lark another whirl.

Prior to some front crawl action I had a salami and peppers pizza in the canteen, though I wish I’d gone for the lasanga the girls on the table next to me had, looked amazing.

I like Florence but with the day tips I’ve been on I haven’t actually seen that much of it, it gives me a good excuse to come back to Tuscany again though which is no hardship.

Venice tomorrow, fingers crossed my hostel won’t be as bad as I reckon it will be.