Last October we travelled to the Tuscany region of Italy. As I process my images from this trip, I will post blogs of our travels there.

This is the second posting about our Tuscan adventure.

T_24_1065Volterra sign Volterra, an Etruscan town, boasts this ancient Roman theatre.

T_24_1071Roman Theatre

T_24_1075 This small lizard I photographed above the theatre.

We then walked in the town. Here are a few random photos from there.

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What would a stroll in a Tuscan town be without browsing in a wine shop?

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P_24_0172 Lunch is another necessity, even if we do not always drink wine.

We then left Volterra to find lodgings that we had booked. But we were unable to find the place. By luck we had not paid any deposit, so as evening approached, we drove up to an agriturismo (working farms that also offer rooms and sometimes meals to travellers).

This was Agriturismo Santa Vittoria.

P_24_0175 Luigi, the owner, was able to accommodate us for the next two nights.

The views from its hilltop location were magnificent.

T_24_1087View from Agriturismo Santa Vittoria T_24_1089Cleaning wild mushrooms Luigi's wife was cleaning the day's picked wild mushrooms as we arrived.

T_24_1091View from Agriturismo Santa Vittoria

This was the view from the restaurant. T_24_1096View from Agriturismo Santa Vittoria We enjoyed a fine dinner with the requisite wine in Luigi's restaurant that first evening.

The following evening we dined on Florentine steak, one of the best meals of the trip.