After spending our first full day in Cortona lounging by the pool and making new friends we ventured out to Siena on our second day. GPS in hand – because I’m not sure we could ever find our way back here without one – we arrived in just over an hour. Il Palio had taken place three days prior. A bit of history on the event for your reading pleasure: “Piazza del Campo” is still used today for the well known Palio horse race which is one of the most famous popular Italian manif