Assisi and Siena

This weekend was a blast!!! Rebekah and I left for Assisi on Thursday around 5. We got there around 8 and couldn't find our hostel, so we basically hiked around town until we found it. The place was beautiful but kind of off the main road, so walking down there in the dark was kinda creepy. We spent the next day exploring the place and caught a train in the evening for Siena. That was quite the adventure!! Rebekah and I ended up hiking down Assisi because we couldn't find the bus station that the lady at the hostel told us about (beautiful view of Assisi at the bottom). Rebekah and I went to what we thought was a pizzeria but it was the next building (it had all guys) so the workers said we could stay and they heated up some pizzas and french fries for us!! We had this restaurant all to ourselves and we were able to practice our Italian:) We got into Siena around 9 and had the same problem finding our hostel again. We ended up wandering around for 45 min. trying to find it because everyone kept giving us different directions. We stayed up and waited for Jenna who missed her train because her cooking class ran late and didn't show up until 12ish.

We had planned on renting vespas the next day but found out that we couldn't because none of us had driven one before, so that was a bummer:/ We toured the city and saw Saint Catherine's and Saint Domenico's Cathedral. The latter had the thumb and head of Saint Catherine's, so that was kind of neat. The Catholics really like to preserve their saints for some reason! We also saw the outside of the Duomo Church but didn't want to pay to go inside. We went and climbed the town hall with its 382 steps, for an incredible view of Tuscany:) Got back around 9ish on Sat and that was the conclusion to an awesome weekend.
Went to church on Sunday like normal and have some reading to do for classes tomorrow. Florence and parents come this weekend!!!