"If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything." Doc Brown, Back to the Future

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Sailing round the world

Even Jules Verne never imagined circumnavigating the world could be done in so little time, but for Dame Ellen MacArthur, sailing single-handedly around the globe in her trimaran, 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds will be remembered as the time of her life.
– TV documentary

Siena

Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. I have not been there (yet), but I'd like to go there some time. Every year they have a race called Il Palio (http://www.ilpalio.org). From the top of
Torre Mangia you can see the whole town.

Going to Siena
You can go by plane to Rome, Pisa, or Florence. From Rome it takes about three hours by train, changing trains at Chiusi. From Pisa it takes about two hours, and you must change trains at Empoli. From Florence the train goes directly and takes about 1,5 hours.