Our first shipmates for 2011 - Sally Slap and Ange (Chuck!) from the Guardia de Finanzia. Despite the iffy weather we managed to play tourists at the fantastic Sardiglia horse festival at Oristano. A definite must if you are ever visiting at this time of year. It consists of 117 horses and riders parading on very narrow streets and racing to lance a dangling metal star. The procession before included hundreds of men, women and children dressed in traditional sard costumes which vary from village to village; plus trumpets and drum bands... it is wonderful and goes on well into the night.
We also visited a few of Sardinias beautiful coves and beaches; went off roading along Europes largest sand dunes.
There are 7000 nuraghic remains in Sadinia so we journeyed inland to another nuraghe settlement. Also worth seeing are the roman remains at Nora. A smaller version of Pompeii but without other tourists or the charred people and babies... Its would be prime real estate now with wonderful sea views from the Thermae. Its still being excavated and apparently there are more mosaics under the sea... snorkels out next time.