Orvieto

Day trip to Orvieto

We went to Orvieto today. It is an old city built upon volcanic fallout, that has a labyrinth of underground tunnels underneath, dug by the Etruscans. Many of the caves haven't all been excavated yet, but they believe they run under the whole city and were meant as a form of escape for the towns people during a siege. It was extremely nice to go down into the caves, cuz it was about 15 degrees cooler down there. This is where they made the olive oil and stored their wine, because of the temperature.

It was a pretty small town, there wasn't too much to see. The Duomo was very, very dramatic. The inside and the sides of the outside are all done in a black and white stripe, which was very striking. Also the rose window was quite intricate and beautiful.

Other that those two things, we didn't do too much more. We window shopped and my roommate, Sam, and I had a fabulous dinner at this little cafe on the main strip. It was very chic and the food was the best I've had so far. Plus our waiter was soooo Italian, we loved it. Then we made a gelato run and I had the best kiwi gelato of my life :) mmmmmm

I love Gelato!!!!