Siena - cute city full of surprisesOn Monday we hitchhiked from Firenze to Siena. We arrived without any plan where to sleep. We tried to get accommodation through couchsurfing, but unfortunately nobody accepted us. We are a group of 3, so it is a bit more complicated. So we were thinking that, it was not so cold anyway, so we could sleep under the stars. We made a small city tour, visited Duomo di Siena, which is one of the most beautiful cathedral we have ever visited. After walking around for a while with our huge backpacks, we decided to take a rest and charge our phones. We entered a bar which looked like under construction, but never finished. It was an empty, but big hall with a small bar and a few tables where elderly men were playing cards. Nothing special about that place, so the wine cost 50 cents. When we got to the end of the place and opened a door for the terrace we were reminded of a very smart sentence - never judge the book by it's cover. The view what was released behind that door was breath taking. Meanwhile we announced on the couchsurfing page hangout section, that we are looking for a place to stay for 3 persons. We started receiving letters that maybe some people can host us, and some people just wanted to hang out and show us the city. After a few hours of chatting with different people we arranged to meet with someone on Piazza del Campo. Arrived 4 guys with 2 cars. From that moment everything went only uphill. They took us to one of the guy's home, which was just in the centre, a very beautiful house. They cooked us dinner, offered good wine and great company. Later we went out to a karaoke bar and had lots of fun. We were planning to stay just for one night, but the guys offered to show us around Tuscany the next day. Since our trip is not strictly planned (not planned at all), we decided to stay for another day. Unfortunately we woke up quite late the next day, so the guys didn't have so much time before work, but they took us to a place near Siena, close to Castello di Leonina where we found an incredible view of Tuscany. The rest of the day we were discovering Siena and met a nice indian guy from couch surfing, who took us to the university mensa (caffeteria) for lunch. In the evening our dear hosts took us to a fancy party. It was the opening of the summer terrace of a place called Cantina. That evening we slept in a cute and cosy house in the region of Chianti. We arrived at night, so in the morning it was amazing to look out of the window. Such a pleasure seeing the grape fields surrounding us. We really loved Siena. Tuscany is amazing and we hope to go back there during our stay in Italy. We are thankful for everybody who helped us to get there, starting from the busdriver in Firenze who showed us the way to the right road for hitchhiking, the 2 car drivers and super grateful to everyone who opened their homes for us and made our stay in Siena unforgettably incredible. This morning we hitchhiked to Firenze and from there we are now on the way to Genova.
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firenze is amazingWe arrived to Firenze around 5 pm. We made a selfie in front of Santa Maria Novella and found a park to hang out while waiting for our host. In Firenze we were staying with a lovely hungarian family who had a beautiful house with an incredible view of the city. In the evening we met a sweet Lithuanian girl who made us a small city tour. We found a couchsurfers meeting event on the CS page and went to check it out. It took place in a bar named Slowly. There weren't many people but we had a nice aperitivo and met a local guy Monju, with who we continued the evening in a nightclub called Space. Firenze is full of americans, it seems like there are more of them than the italians. Also the nightclub was loaded with them. We felt like pieces of meat in there but apart from that we had lots of fun dancing for hours. Day 4 Since it was the first Sunday of the month most of the museums were for free. We visited Galleria Palatina and Giardino Boboli - huuuge garden, we didn't even manage to see half of it. To go there you should bring good shoes and food for picnic. Would be lovely. Lastly we visited Galleria di Uffici. For dinner we stood 10 mins in the line to buy a panino (sandwich) from a place called All'Antico Vinaio. Very nice and big panini for 5€. A little bit dry, but probably could have asked for some sauce. By the time of the sunset we went on top of a hill where were loads of people sitting on the stairs enjoying the view. From there we could see a beautiful panorama of the city. Somewhere up there The evening continued with a beach party next to the river with good dance music. When we finally arrived to our house Sofi managed to bend the key inside the lock, she is just so strong. When Tairi tried to make it straight again, the key broke into two pieces. What a joke! We started to think about staying up all night, hanging around somewhere, but in the end decided to ring the neighbours and finally got into the house. This is our story of Firenze. We really loved that city and our home there. Firenze is beautiful and full of surprises, and the nightlife is great. It's probably a city where you never get bored. Today we hitchhiked to Siena. We were very lucky because one lady took us to the car road to Siena and immediately another one picked us up and brought to the destination.
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