BAC Green Roads Of Tuscany 2009

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Funerary Urn in the Etruscan Museum

We got ready to ridethis morning doing a loop from San Gimignano to Volterraand back. When we got to our bicycles, it started to rain, not a hard rain but a pesky one. We decided to bag the ride and hire a couple of taxis to take us to Volterra. According to Wikipedia, "The town was a Neolithic settlement and an important Etruscan center with an original civilization...". (To see the complete write up, click on one of the links above). We got there around 11:00 and meandered through this Etruscan hilltop town. There was a Roman theater, a duomo and an Etruscan museum. The museum had an endless collection of funerary urns, lots of coins, some jewelry and many other things. Lots of the urns were carved alabaster.

Medici Palace/Prison

I had lunch in a cafeteria-style restaurant with John – bruschetta, lasagna and vegetables. We wandered through a park whose background was a Medici palace that has been turned into a maximum security prison. I also visited a workshop where they were making some alabaster art.

We left Volterra at 4:00 and came back to our hotel. Happy Hour was at 6:00 and dinner was at 7:30. Our restaurant tonight, Le Vecchie Mura had us sitting outside on the terrace (the rain had stopped). The view was exceptional. I had rabbit and grilled vegetables. Both were good, especially the sauce on the rabbit.

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