Blogs from Sardinia, Italy, Europe - page 2

Christmas presents this year for our parents were flights to Sardinia. The six of us, Magdalena and her parents plus my parents and I, would have six days exploring the north of the island. We definitely wanted to go to Italy; mum and dad had never been but had always wanted to and the rest of us had been and like it a lot. But we wanted to go somewhere new for all of us. Puglia or Sicily proved impossible to find flights from both the UK and Poland that landed at the same airport on the same day whereas in Sardinia, Olbia to be precise, we could land within a few hours of each other. The title of the blog, “holiday”, suggests some type of escape from stresses of everyday life. However, I needed a ... read more

For a long time, my fiancé and I kept planning to go on a romantic vacation but we had no idea where would make for the perfect destination. We didn’t want to visit any of the usual suspects like Hawaii or Belize or Ibiza, and we were really stuck until we found out about Sardinia. It’s a little island in Italy and since we’d never heard of it and all the reviews we came across sounded promising, we started making plans to visit Sardinia. After that first visit, we intend on going there at least once every year until we’ve had enough and I doubt that’s going to happen. Since accommodationreally nice resort Le Dune in Forte Villages down on the South Coast below Cagliari. Cagliari is the capital of Sardinia and we figured by staying ... read more

Blog 3 – The Guymers at Bourg d’oisans in the Rhone Alps (near Grenoble France) and then onto Chamonix, Sardinia and Geneva The mighty journey continues and of course the boys by now had developed a taste for their favourite food. Lucas became a baguette fan, Liam just drank litres and litres of 'nilk' and Flynn ate any chocolate that was available. Across the week the Bike Culture riding outfit was spotted a few times as our houseful of riders attacked the Alpe d’Huez mountain climb that is regularly part of the Tour de France. Tim and Jodie, Carla, Scott and Adele all managed the13 kilometers, climbing approx 1,000 meters vertically via 21 hairpin bends. The climb is relentless and when the riders reach the final bend the headwinds usually start. At this point they are ... read more

en op de 5e dag schiep God het binnenland ... gestart met een wat langer tafelen (wa gaan we met ons huis doen, nu t dak en de keukenapparaten dienen vervangen te worden etc), pas later vertrokken, op t gemakske. Vandaag stond o.a. op de menu; een groot meer, de typische kurkboomplantages, de wijngaarden en nog wat leuke WWOT-plaatskes (Welke We Ook Tegenkomen). Ter land, ter zee en in het dorp dus. Eerste halte; lago di coghinas, waar de Sardienen blijkbaar hun drinkwater (???) vandaan halen. Kijkt is goe naar de foto s, zoudtddttd gij daar van drinken? Wij durfden er zelfs ons botrammekes ni op te eten! Op een bepaald ogenblik zagen we er een bootje op varen met 2 opvarenden die voor onze ogen (spijtig, ik had mijne camera ni direct in de aanslag) ... read more

Ook vandaag lag de proper onderbroek weer klaar en korte broek deze keer want ... goe weer! Vandaag rijje we "iet verder"; t begon met Budoni, onderweg wijzigden onze plannen naar Posada maar we zijn met jeugdige overmoed tot in Olieni en Dorgali doorgereden (zie kaart)! Tja, as ge ene keer bezig zijt en ge zijt al twee keer twee keer jeugdig ... In Oliena zochten we de bron van Su Gologone, die met 300 liter per uur uit de kalkrotsen gutst. Apart sfeerke daar. Voor zover we begrijpen, komt dat water uit de aarde en als ge er in kijkt (in de bron), wilt ge daar precies toch ni invallen. God weet zitten er onderaardse Sardinese monsters die u mee richting beneden trekken, brrrrrrr ....!!! Van Oliena, via Dorgali (een stadje dat in Katmandu zou ... read more