A hearty welcome to my friend Vern N. who arrived this past weekend and he and I have had access to a car and explored many parts of northern Lazio and southern Tuscany. On this day, our first stop was Vulci, which is an Etruscan excavation site.
Out in the countryside, what looks to be just a high plateau.....
....turns out to be an Etruscan city from the 7th century BC. Much of it still needs to be excavated, but here is what is probably an entrance into the city.
This wall is some 2700 years old.
This picture is specifically for MOM!!! Notice that I'm wearing the shoes? They are now comfortable.
The Etruscans logically built Vulci on a plateau that had natural defenses, one side is bounded by high cliffs and this beautiful lake, which I hope to come back and swim in sometime soon.
The Etruscans constructed this bridge to easily access areas away from their city.
The area in later times (1200's) was a retreat for popes, who built this castle to defend something of which I'm not really sure or why.
Vern makes the blog!
After Vulci, we headed up along the coast to the "blob" jutting out from the coast. I've always looked at maps and wondered what was there, so we drove to the town of Orbetello which sits right next to Monte Argentario. It's an hour from Viterbo which is located on the right edge above the triangles.
The coastline -- gorgeous, as it seems the entire coastline of Italy is.
Someday.....
Above the town of Porto Santo Stefano was a wildfire.
That explained why so many helicopters and planes were buzzing around.
The helicopter makes the water drop.
Add one to the "Italian Men" series.
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