If it's Tuesday, this must be Siena

 The Piazza del Campo in the center of historic Siena... 
considered by many to be the most beautiful piazza in Italy

 If it's Tuesday, we're heading to Siena! We need to get a slightly earlier start this day, so we’ll have our coffee and juice bar and our Tuscan Beakfast Buffet open a little earlier. Today there will be an all day excursion into the amazingly beautiful medieval walled city of Siena… This is one Italy's most loved & visited cities! We’ll line up our cars rally style, turn on our private radios  and motor out of the Villa a little bit earlier this morning so we can beat the crowds & tour buses and find good parking… 

Our Adventures To Tuscany Tour Guide Stella will meet us at 9:30 at the  Bascilica San Domenico for an amazing 3  hour walking tour of Siena featuring the incredibly magical history, culture, art & architecture of one of Tuscany’s most famous and beautiful cities…  Stella is native Sienese and she knows how to bring the magical history of Siena alive for you! Siena is famous for "The Palio" - a truly amazing bareback horse race around the perimeter of The Piazza del Campo (if you've been following along, you know The Palio just ran a couple days ago). 

The Tour will include a half hour guided tour of the famous Duomo di Siena, so be sure to dress accordingly if you want to be admitted into the Cathedral... The official policy is "knees and shoulders covered" but you can usually get in with shorts if they're not "too short", but if you want to be sure, keep those knees & shoulders covered!  Many gals tuck a lightweight scarf into their bag to wear around their shoulders. Our private guided 3 hour Tour, your admission  tickets and Guided Tour of The Duomo are all included in your Adventures to Tuscany Tour.

This is one of Tuscany's premier Musical Duos & 
they will blow you away! They are so talented!

After the walking tour today, you'll have a couple hours in the afternoon as "free time" in Siena!  Lunch today, in Siena will be “on your own and at your leisure” and recommendations can be made for restaurants, sight-seeing, and shopping. You might choose to grab a simple Panini  or slice of pizza for a quick and inexpensive bite to eat...  or go all out for a nice Italian luncheon & some people watching at a Trattoria overlooking The Piazza del Campo… Many folks choose to forgo lunch in favor of doing a little shopping, and Siena is a wonderful town to shop for gifts, souvenirs, art, leather, shoes, clothing and pottery… And most shop keepers will gladly ship purchases back to the US.  

After Lunch, our day in Siena will end today with a very special VIP experience!  We've made arrangements for our group to visit and descend down into an ancient Etruscan Tomb recently discovered right in the historic center of Siena... And to top it off, we've arranged for some very special top shelf Super Tuscan & Brunello Guided Wine Tastings by one of Tuscany's premier Wine Experts.  This will be an amazing experience you'll never forget!

Our Chefs Angela & Giuseppe! You're gonna love this 
couple! Although if you wanna talk with Giuseppe, 
you better bone-up on your Italian, 
as he doesn't speak any English!

We'll all meet back at the Bascilicata San Domenico later this afternoon, jump in our cars and take the scenic route through the Chianti hills back to The Villa. For those that want to take a nap or freshen up, we’ll have a couple hours before this evening’s grand event, our Festival del Bianco! (The White Party – we encourage everyone to dress in white for tonight's party).   And tonight for Festival del Bianco, we have something really special planned at the Villa…. Our Wood Oven Pizza Party! Giuseppe will come over to The Villa to assist Angela with preparing and cooking Pizzas in the giant Wood Fired Bread Oven built into the Portico of the Villa! Feel free to jump in and toss a pie!  

We'll have incredible musical entertainment  for the party this evening: Aromatica Duo; the amazing Guitarist Davide Pepi with the fantastic vocals of Francesca Celati...  Davide (Da-vee-day) is an outstanding guitarist and Francesca has the voice of an Angel and sings in four languages!   We usually invite a handful of friends from up at the Wine Estate to come down & join us...    Festival del Bianco - Under The Tuscan Stars, will be a memory of Italy you’ll never forget… 

Our Celebration of The Tuscan Summer - White Party will kick off at around 6 pm with Happy Hours on the Terrace and around The pool at The Villa...  We've made all the arrangements for The White Decorations at the Villa, and Terese and I encourage each of you to join in the festivities and help us celebrate The Tuscan Summer  by wearing something white...  It's a totally casual affair, so whether you choose to go all out and bring that special white sundress, or just show up in a T-shirt and your "tighty whities", we're sure to have a magical evening!

Hope you guys are getting excited!!!  This is just the start of what will be an outrageous week of FUN!

I gotta feeling, it's gonna be a good night...