The Palio di Siena is a bi-annual horse race that takes place in Siena, Italy. The Piazza del Campo is transformed into a racetrack and thousands of spectators pack the square. The race I just missed was the Palio dell'Assunta that takes place on August 1
Oftentimes, it takes us buckets of tears, sweat and (literally) blood before we achieve what we want in life. But so long as it means waking up the next day to a morning as majestic and picturesque as this, I would not mind fighting till I shed the last b