We only stopped for a quick look as we had to catch the metro to Tiburtina in order the get the bus to Siena. We arrived to find out that contrary to the online timetable and that given to us at the tourist office, our bus was not at 2pm but 3.30pm. So we had to settle for lunch in cafe Gemini next to the station which is the best looking of a bad bunch. We try to take as much time over our paninis as possible so as to have somewhere to sit whilst waiting, away from the exhaust fumes and smokers. They don't look bad, we have bread with sesame seeds and olives, and a filling of grilled courgettes and aubergines, cheese and salad accompanied by a cold peroni. They are certainly not the most thrilling of sandwiches I have ever eaten, particularly compared with the ones we had near the forum. We can't decide whether it is a good thing that they are only hot on the outside due to the salad in the filling or whether the cold grilled vegetables are worse that hot salad.
We eventually arrived in Siena and Senem had kindly taken the four quails from the freezer for me. I wanted to make the same dish as I had done before with Josh, of ginger, lemon and vin santo but I didn't have fresh ginger or lemons so substituted garlic and ground ginger. I then very inexpertly prepared the quails with the other ingredients and made a stock from their necks and an onion. As you might expect, the same brilliant effect could never be recreated with ground ginger but it wasn't a bad dinner accompanied by peas ( the only vegetables in the house) and a glass of vin santo.
Lessons learnt and ready for bed!
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