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10 May 2016
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From there we continued on the small roads to arrive at Camping Siena. This is across the valley and with a view of the walled old city of Siena. We drove into town towards the stadium where we were told there was good parking. There is a 100 meter long stretch of road that is moto only parking and with easy access to the old city. Here there are narrow cobbled streets and a maze of roads to get to the centre where you will find the Duomo or Cathedral. Near by is the Piazza del Campo. This is a huge sunken plaza outside the city hall. They have held horse races around the plaza here several times a year for centuries.
“Siena, a city in Italy’s central Tuscany, is distinguished by its medieval brick buildings. The fan-shaped Piazza del Campo is dominated by the Palazzo Pubblico, the Gothic town hall, and Torre del Mangia, a slender 14th-century tower with sweeping views from its distinctive white crown. From this square at the center of town extend the city’s 17 historic contrade (wards)”.
 Pisa & Siena-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 Pisa & Siena-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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11 May 2016
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The tour involved some paved and some “white” roads.
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 Roberto by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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11 May 2016
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The guys decide to go off off road, but with street tires and ditch crossings and mud they turned back. Good thing, because the “ closed road” they were trying to go down was maybe 200 meters and met the main again!
 FILE1819 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
There were lots of stops for coffee and snacks at small out of the way spots.
 FILE1973 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 Roberto by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 Roberto by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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11 May 2016
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We were glad to meet up with Sergio, Mary, Sara, and Mario who were so excited about our trip.
 Roberto by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 Roberto by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
The guys decide to go thru the construction zone. To give Roberto credit he did ask this guy who said we could get thru….ahh not. We managed to make it home on Saturday 10 minutes before the torrential rain started, but 20 min after it did on Sunday!
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11 May 2016
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We have booked ferry tickets to Bastia,Corsica from Livorno, Italy. We chose this crossing since it is only 4 1/2 hours and leaves and arrives in the day time. The more southern crossing to Sardinia is an overnight ferry with the need for an expensive stateroom. The ferry is also a lot cheaper on Tuesday and so we have a day to ride in Tuscany instead of riding directly the 185 km to the ferry we did 346 km, which took 8 hours.
 corsica_ferries_map by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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12 May 2016
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From here we continued west to Termes di Saturnia, but did not visit as the smell of the sulphur from the road was enough for us. We did have to stop at an ATM to get cash since the unattended gas pumps sometimes will not take a chip card.
 FILE2095 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Then we went north again to visit the Abbey at San Galgano.
“The Abbey of Saint Galgano was a Cistercian Monastery found in the valley of the river Merse between the towns of Chiusdino and Monticiano, in Tuscany. Presently, the roofless walls of the Gothic style 13th-century Abbey church still stand. Nearby are the chapel or Eremo or Rotonda di Montesiepi (1185), the tomb of Saint Galgano and the purported site of his death in 1181, the sword said to have been planted in the ground by Galgano and a chapel with frescoes by Ambrogio Lorenzetti.”
 Roberto Villa-25 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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12 May 2016
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Now it was 530 and we had a 2 1/2 hour drive to Livorno. We were a bit frustrated as we had searched for a hotel and found only a very sketch one and finally found a Mc Donalds in Cecina , but their wifi was not working. We had had enough by just after 7 and found a hotel on the side of the road, with a nice view of the nuclear power plant! No really. Our hotel did have wifi briefly, but currently the internet is “off”. Frustrating when you are trying to get some work done.
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So we are just 35 km from the port and we managed to find some small roads to get us there. We got gas and food for a picnic on the ferry.
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We were told to follow the signs on the very circuitous route thru town to the port, but arrived in plenty of time. The boat was loaded by 1 for the 2 pm departure.
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12 May 2016
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We disembarked at 715 and so our plan to ride a bit was kiboshed by the time and the weather. We had a 23 km ride from the port of Bastia to the seaside town of Saint Florent, but this was over a high pass and took 45 minutes.
 FILE2298 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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The fog hampered visibility to the point I could not even see Daniel in front of me and this was over steep hairpin switchbacks. It was extremely windy as well making for a stressful half hour.
 FILE2332 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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On the other side of the pass the weather was still very windy, but much better. Arriving at the hotel we found a dozen other bike already parked there.
 FILE2347 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We did a small tour of the sea side and had cheese and crackers for dinner since we could not stomach another bad and expensive tourist meal in the local restaurants.
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