Today’s trip would be from Florence to Siena, 275km. After breakfast and the ride briefing we were saddled up and ready to go, after the 1st 15 minutes of riding we had a short rain, just enough to cool us off. From the winding roads down from Villa Pitiana, we got on the Autostrada, Italian for highway, towards Pisa. I was thankful for this, since I was unaccustomed to my new machine and the highway offered little distractions. At no time at all we were in Pisa, with a 45 minute stop. We quickly made our way to the ticket booth to be able to climb to the top, but unfortunately the next available time was 40 minutes away. From Pisa we went to the coast for lunch, I can’t remember the name of the town we stopped at for lunch, Marina de Pisa, I think. We ordered a mix of appetizers for everyone to share then dipped our toes/boots in the Mediterranean as our guide Christian sunbathed and the rest of us clung to an outcrop of rocks like sea lions. From the Mediterranean we made our way to San Gimignano, the further we went the better the roads became. At San Gimignano we had a short stop to walk around town and get a café. Soon we were on the road again and pulled into Siena around 7:00 PM. I was quite fatigued, it had been a long time since I spent a day in the saddle and was feeling a cold coming on from too much fun the following week. I decided to forgo dinner and call it a night; I was asleep by 8:30PM.