. Eight journeys abroad. e picniced alone, with a very oldpeasant and some dogs. We were most of the time on veryhigh ground so the views were fine and very distant. As wewent by the Roman road we used the Porta Romana, a veryinteresting double gate of mediaeval times. A big auto arrived at the Hotel just as we were coming inand a quite young American couple got out of it. We arecurious to know who they are, the young man is very handsomeand very tall. So many of the people here are in their ownautos. What a delightful way to travel through the dust. As usual bright sunshine and very warm. We
. Eight journeys abroad. e picniced alone, with a very oldpeasant and some dogs. We were most of the time on veryhigh ground so the views were fine and very distant. As wewent by the Roman road we used the Porta Romana, a veryinteresting double gate of mediaeval times. A big auto arrived at the Hotel just as we were coming inand a quite young American couple got out of it. We arecurious to know who they are, the young man is very handsomeand very tall. So many of the people here are in their ownautos. What a delightful way to travel through the dust. As usual bright sunshine and very warm. We have had 573 EIGHT JOURNEYS ABROAD our windows wide open all day and it is as warm as a Mayday. The rains were sadly needed to lay the dust which hadbecome very trying. Everywhere we meet automobiles. I hope to arrange to go to Monte Olivcto in one on Mon-day. We did not hurry out today but when we were quiteready went out on foot up the main Corso which has manyinteresting mediaeval palaces on little piazzas and finally. SIENA came to a flight of steps leading down to the great Piazzawhere is the centre of life here, and renamed as everything inItaly is, Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele. Here is the famousPalazzo Publico which has always been the seat of Govern-ment and has fine old halls with great frescoes and carvedseats in the Council Hall of Siena. It is a Gothic build-ing with a fine tower at one end and called the Maugia and 574 ITALY a beautiful chapel in the form of a loggia. In the place is alovely fountain by Delia Querela from 1409. They have re-moved the original to the Cathedral Museum and the presentone is only a copy. Also the pictures have been removedfrom the Cathedral to this same Museum, which we shall seeto-morrow. We shall attend the Easter service there and see theLibrary which is filled with Pinturicchios finest frescoes. Inthe Academia delle Belle Arte is a whole history of ItalianPainting, or rather Sienese, beginning with the earliest By-zantine Madonnas an
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