Room with a View in Siena

I am in an idyllic spot in Siena. I am in the pilgrim hotel for St. Catherine of Siena right next to her home when she cut off her hair to avoid marriage and stayed in a small cell. The view you see from my balcony is the unfinished Duomo, started in the time Siena was a rival to Florence. I made the mistake of not asking my hotel person in Florence the best way to get to Siena and came by train instead of the preferred bus - and found a 1 hour delay on a 1.5 hr trip plus had to come up from train station to bus depot right next to my hotel. So many hours lost. C'est la vie! Other picture is Il Campo, with a tower higher than that of the Duomo, showing the rising civil power over religious power.