As I am recalling this on December 24th, the first thing I wish to do is wish all of the blog readers a very Happy Christmas, and a peaceful, safe and even fun new year. I hope to make it back over to Volterra in the first half of 2021!
Anyway, back to the past.
No idea what we did when we got up, but I remember some time later that morning, I decided to buck my mild agoraphobia and reliance on my support person (Niamh), and head out to a tower at the end of our street. For the princely sum of €2 you can climb to its top and peek out at some fab views of the town.
Getting busy here! 
Medieval dress 
A smaller version of the pano 
Our local church, being renovated 
You can see a nice, big panorama shot of the town from this vantage point here. Open the image in a new tab, and remove the size tag at the end of the address to view it in full size!
Afterwards, when I’d come back to the apartment, we popped out for a small walk and a pizza in Quo Vadis (the improbably named Irish Bar in Volterra). I was really impressed by the white pizza I had – very tasty. I also had a virgin Mojita, which was amazingly refreshing!
Hmmm… busy! 
It doesn’t look like much, but honestly it was damn tasty!
On the way back to the apartment, we saw the theatre was open (Teatro Persio Flacco). We’d visited it before, but seeing as I had a new iPhone 11 Pro, I wanted to test out the wide-angle lens.
It’s a nice little theatre! 
View from a box
I was doubly-glad we went in, as this time they actually had the backstage partly opened for people to explore, which was pretty cool.
I love this shot of the Roman ruins through an open window in the Theatre’s backstage
And so back home, where we stayed until we decided to head out to La Taverna della Terra di Mezzo for dinner that night. We just had a single course each, as we’d had pizza earlier on. Niamh had one of her favourites here: Penna all’arrabiata, and I had one of the nicest plates of pasta in Volterra: pappardelle with a lemon ricotta sauce, pancetta, and topped with black truffle. So tasty. We shared a tiramisu too, and on the way home snuck in a gelato from Isola del Gusto!
My tummy and anxiety must have been behaving themselves that night!
The restaurant owner at work, cutting a Florentine Steak 
Award-winning mint gelato, with a side of chocolate 😉
Our Man In Volterra 
Enjoyed this blog Eoin and some fab photos. The thought of sunshine and gelato has brightened my day even though the chances of either are pretty slim at the moment😂😂
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