This morning early, our friend PierFrancesco and his wife came to surprise us with a chance to meet their beagle Snoopy. Snoopy was really soft and had a great bark, kind of like a howl! He has beautiful ears and a lot of nice colored spots on his tummy.

Then we hopped in the car and PierFrancesco took us for a visit to the town of Siena where we met two more friends, Francesco and his sister. First we went to have lunch at a restaurant where I had my favorite, penne pasta with tomato sauce. My mom tried a couple of really different things, she had chicken spleen pate on toast and wild boar in the sauce on her pasta! She really liked it!

After that, we walked around Siena and I got to see the place where they race horses in the summer. Each neighborhood in Siena has one horse and the rider doesn’t use a saddle. The rider isn’t the winner, the horse is! It’s a famous tradition in this area. It was a fun day.

On our way back, PierFrancesco told us about his most favorite gelato in Florence. So we stopped and my mom got the kind that I love, chocolate chip. After we got home I ate it and he is right, it is the BEST!

Then I went to bed.