In under an hour we arrived in Volterra and once again dealt with parking outside the walls and hiking into the walled city. Walk,walk,walk makes the gelato more enjoyable and I can convince myself that I will walk this one off……..we’ll see how tight the pants are later but enjoying it all ‘in the moment’ as they say! Volterra is less touristry than San G but still there are busloads of tourists, mainly Japanese and Americans. We spent our time here touring the sites, ie. main square and duomo, the etruscan arch and of course window shopping in the many stores. We haven’t shopped much really, partly because I am really working on buying less (don’t need anything)and also because it is quite expensive overall.  No doubt before the journey is over we will find a few things to bring home either as gifts or for ourselves but basically saving that until the end so I won’t have to lug it around.   Didn’t take a picture inside the walls of Volterr, but just outside the view of the rolling hills of Tuscany is spectacular and our goal is to find a way to have a good hike in ‘them there hills’ – stay tuned!

Just outside the walls of Volterra