Colle di Bal d’Elsa and Volterra Tuscany 

Today I was much happier and really enjoyed my day.

We explored the close by roads and towns today 

Firstly Colle Di Bal d’Esla

It is a walled town on a hill as they all seem to be ! 

This town seemed to be a long street stretching along the hill. The houses and shops were not touristy and I liked this. We saw a bakers shop and had coffee and a pastry there. Very tasty and cheap to buy too. Mine had custard inside and was enormous and delicious.

We walked along the streets a little and explored outside the portal entrance. 

Next we travelled towards Volterra and the scenery is stunning. The sun was shining and it reached 28*c

This is the countryside around Volterra. 

Volterra is well worth a visit. 

It is famous for alabaster work and we saw three shops selling carved alabaster. So pretty and skilful but surprisingly cold to the touch. 

We took many pics and treated ourselves to lunch 

Home made tagliatelle vince had a meat one and I had vegetarian with truffles… so delicious. We shared a salad with it and sat outside with our lunch and drinks in the shade…. Very pleasant. The waitress was nice and there was a lovely atmosphere . 

There was a huge square and narrow streets coming off and ending in portals to the outside of the town walls. The views from up there are stunning, red roofed tiles and stonework. We stayed there for quite a while. The tour buses do not seem to go there and it was much more easy to walk around. I loved it.

It looks like we are having dry hot weather for the next few days as Italy should have 😉