We began our day with a painting lesson in the garden. Everyone is painting really well, I am quite proud of them. After we finished painting we were starving from the exertion of painting so we went out to a delicious lunch at Ristorante 4 Contori. I had fish soup, Eileen had pizza and some had pasta.

After lunch, we stroll through Siena and discovered a shoe store that fit our styles and budgets. Even Rick bought a pair of new shoes. The shoe shop was run by a woman from Ethiopia. Our favorite resturant in Venice was run by a family from Egypt and this morning we had an enlighted chat with a couple from York, England. I love meeting people feom different countries and heariing their stories.

So this afternoon I decided to have my hair washed in an Italian beauty shop to save time. Francesco, from Sicily, washed and styled my hair. Then we were off to paint the scenes at the campo