Siena Palio

After a bit of a rest we went to the provo Palio in the square and had to run the last 100 yards or so to get in as the gates were closing. Surprisingly,  an unprecedented event occured. On the first trial run, a rider was hospitalized and a horse severely injured. After some time, seven of the ten contratas were allowed to race. We then joined Emmanuelle's contrata and attempted to sing and celebrate with roughly 1000 italians in their section of town. We also got to meet again with the priest that performed Aiden's baptism!