{"id":182,"date":"2008-09-19T10:26:28","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T16:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/?p=182"},"modified":"2025-09-11T04:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:23:06","slug":"volterra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/19\/volterra\/","title":{"rendered":"Volterra Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:55% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/italy2008-6-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6802 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/italy2008-6-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/italy2008-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/italy2008-6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/italy2008-6-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/italy2008-6-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Report #5 &#8212; On the recommendation of Rick Steves, we set out for Volterra, a good two million hours away. After a night of heavy eating and many, many mountain switchbacks, carsickness set in for some of our party. Patty navigated, Mike drove, and Liz lurched grimly from side to side. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We stopped for lunch (those who could eat!) in <strong>Colle di Val d&#8217;Elsa<\/strong> and then on to <strong>Volterra<\/strong>. Based on the recommendation of Rick Steves, Volterra is no longer a sleepy, undiscovered place. We walked the town streets (beautiful), shopped for a few mementos, and ate gelato &#8212; a daily requirement. The Roman ruins were wonderful. 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