I will never get used to Italian breakfasts. It is impossible to find bacon, it just does not seem to exist here. They eat a lot of pig, but most of it is in salami, so the cut of bacon cannot be found. There are some similar cuts that are ready to eat, some pancettas, smoked, but nothing raw. More concerning is the lack of savoury items for breakfast. Italians eat sweet pastries for breakfast, the most common in Siena being "cornetto con crema" - a kind of sweet croissant with a sweet custard filling, usually sugared on the outside. They are actually very nice, but I cannot get used to it. Dawn has embraced it but I stick to fruit, maybe some protein, and have an omlette on the weekends.
All the pasticceries sell these items in the morning. After 12 noon they will have sold out, or not be good to eat any more, they are made fresh and like all bready products in Tuscany seem to go off and hard almost immediately. The pasticceries are very good, and one of the most common chains here is "Sclavi" - complete with a great pictographic representation of Siena, complete with walls, porta romana (the main gate to the south - in the direction of rome, plus the tower in the main square and the tower of the duomo (the cathedral) - very pretty indeed.
However, I did have one this morning - but that was Dawn's fault, and it was only after my omlette with pancetta.
Buon appetito!
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