Normal Day

We didn't know when or if it would happen, but today was the day. We had a normal day...a normal, non-touristy, non-frantic, regular mom with her two kids living in Siena day. We started our day with cappuccino for me, milk for the kids and a doughnut at Cafe Impero.

Then we went to the market. Every Wednesday in Siena is market day. We went in search of tomatoes for tomato salad, curtains for my Mom and gummy worms for Anna. We didn't take any pictures at the market, but we did take some pictures on the merry-go-round when we finished our shopping.

We also spent some time with the swans and the turtles at the pond on the way back to the bus stop.

On Wednesdays we are forced to ride the bus into the city because all of the parking spaces are taken up by the market carts. It's a nice change of pace for us and the kids seem to enjoy the ride.

After nap we went for a swim.

And we ended the day by going out to dinner. We had the best pizza we have had yet and ate gelato at the park at Piazza Amendola.

Perhaps something else that made us feel normal today was that we received our first piece of mail. That's right, it took almost 6 weeks, but we finally had a letter waiting for us when we got home. The perfect ending to our normal day.