Freedom to Roam – Spiaggia La Caletta – Siniscola What home feels like💙Freedom to roam, the sea, nature, vast openness and a place where there’s friendliness and love. This is who I am when not bogged down by the demands of a job and a life that eats away energy and passion. Barefoot in the sands…
Sardinia
Hiking Punta La Marmora – Sardinia’s highest mountain
On Sardinia’s roof – a hike to the highest mountain on Sardinia. A ‘walk in the park’ that turned into more of an adventure than any of us imagined. Cows with fluffy ears, scary wasps and spiders. Unpredictable weather and a tumble down the ski-slope. But even so, being on the roof of Sardinia –…
Warm Cuddles at the Iglesias Cat Café
Kitties and cookies, coffees and cuddles. Coffee break with furry friends. Whether it’s for a quick coffee, an Italian breakfast, an afternoon coffee or a late evening snack. The home of the six cats at the Iglesias Cat Café is purringly purrfect for all of the above. On the Sardinian South-West coast, in Iglesias to…
Rainbow Hues – Multicoloured Bosa
Colours and winding lanes, tall narrow houses, gorgeous ice cream and a small angel with a water bowl. Bosa is, among other things, a town with a delightful medieval centre. It is filled with multicoloured houses, nestling at the foot of an old castle towering on the hill on one side and a quiet flowing…
Fontanamare beach – more than a holiday brochure
One long beach, four points – one place of fun – all year around ‘Sardinia’ to most people means white, sandy beaches, warm sun and clear, pleasant shallow water. The kind you see on holiday posters and in travel agent brochures. The beach of Fontanamare (made up of these points starting from the North: Fontanamare …
San Salvatore – Spaghetti Western and a church with a secret
Behind a row of what looks like old, rickety garage doors lies a hidden, little gem of a place. Complete with friendly kitties, a saloon and underground chambers The little village of San Salvatore is another of the hidden gems on Sardinia. Again as so many other places there are no good sign posts indicating…
The sacred well of Santa Cristina (Pozzo di Santa Cristina)
The magic and bewilderment of an ancient place. The well of Santa Cristina turned out to be a rather puzzling kind of place There is a slightly hidden gem close to one of the busy main roads on Sardinia. Only a small and rather faded sign points to ‘Pozzo di Santa Cristina’. As many other attractions…
Unsuspecting visitor to the Sardinian Carnival
A visit to a little mountain town in mid January – the festival of Saint Antonio and, unbeknownst to me, the beginning of the Sardinian carnival. To the ignorant traveller, it has hints to something that looks more like worshipping of another kind than anything related to a celebration on a catholic island Here I…
My Sardinian mum – La mia mamma Sarda
I have been lucky enough to have been included in another family and gained another mum A Sardinian mum at that. At 88, she’s still alert, with a sharp wit, quick in her head and with a sharp tongue when she wants to. She’s small, but with a posture that can be envied by people…
Dung beetle drama
Small scale drama on the ground. By stopping and noticing what was going on by our feet we got to witness an entertaining beetle battle On a cold and windy Saturday in June we took a bike ride through the Bellicai forrest. The Bellicai forest is a hilly, woodland place, with some farmland in between…