The Tea Room

Last night, 11 of the 14 of us crowded around a rather small table at the Tea Room, a fun tea place about 100 feet from my apartment. Its super dark, and it's pretty much a remodeled old brick basement-type place but I really liked it. We each got a pot of tea and a slice of cake, and it was delicious.

It was hard to get good pictures inside because it was dark, but really the point wasn't to take pictures, so you can imagine from the little bit I can show you :)

Cute though, eh?

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I also want to talk a little bit more about the fortress. I've been trying to run regularly up there. I think I've been doing pretty well considering that I spend most of my weekends away from Siena. I was told that one time around the fortress is 1km. This means, that to do my normal 3 miles, I have to go around 5 times. I don't usually make it five times, but whatever I do is good, and it's always gorgeous.

Check this out:

These pictures were (obviously) not all taken on the same day. I go at different times of day depending on my class schedule, so the view changes slightly. It's good because as stunning as it is, running in circles can get a little bit boring.

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Also, random fun fact for the Jewish readers out there. Apparently, my contrada is the historically Jewish contrada. I thought that was pretty cool. What are the odds? The synagogue in Siena is right near my house but I haven't ventured there yet. I would like to check it out at some point but I've still got a bit of time.

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Purely for entertainment value, here are some selfies that I took with Angelica last week. I thought they were pretty cute.

I feel like there was more I wanted to share, but this is all I can think of right now. Don't worry though, I try to keep my updates relatively frequent.

A presto!