A longish bike ride to Volterra

It was a pretty hot day, but some nice riding.  Large sections were on major roads though, which was not quite as nice.  Volterra is a touristy but nice town

Here is chloe's new running outfit.  

We made pizzas on the grill

San Miniato

We drove to San Miniato for lunch.  This time it was pappardelle with wild boar ragu.

 One pasta shape you see a lot of in this area is "Pici", which I really like.  Definitely one of my favorites.  We also climbed the tower (which we can see from the villa, many miles away)



and visited a truffle-emporium.


 The area as a whole is known for truffles.  There is even a statue of a guy holding what looks like a rock with which he is about to club his dog with, but is actually a gigantic truffle:

And found the local slow food outpost, which is ALWAYS CLOSED