Blogs from Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, Europe - page 4

Let me just say this...Alghero was gorgeous...but this was probably the worst vacation we've ever had. Not because of anything in the town itself (except maybe our icky apartment) but it was just a bad vacation. We went with another couple, Mike and Maria. Mike works with Matt and Maria and I have gotten to be pretty good friends since we moved here. We planned this trip pretty last minute and, after we booked our flight, we discovered that this weekend was the height of high season in Italy because it was a public holiday. It's like trying to find a last-minute hotel in Daytona on Memorial Day weekend. So, we pretty much took whatever we could find that we could afford and I found an apartment that slept 4 right in town in Alghero. They ... read more

Things are great. We turned in our first mapping project and I am very proud of the map I made. Yesterday we had a day off to celebrating being done. We took it easy until around 3:30 when we went to a wine vineyard for a festival. It was great. Free food (salami, cheese, mini pizzas) and all the wine you could drink..for free. They gave red, white and sparkling. It was pretty good. There was also traditional Sardinian music and dancing and we went on a tour of the wine cellars. Huge barrels of wine!!! The rest of the night was spent recuperating. Today we had an easy day of lectures and then drove around looking at volcanic rocks for our next project. Ok, I am going into town today. Speak to you all later. ... read more

Hey Everyone, Just wanted to let you all know things are going well. We have started doing more itense geology work but it isn't too bad yet. Tomarrow we start our first big mapping project. THe past two days have been spent as review sessions of field techniques during the day, with the afternoons off. Usually, I have been spending that time at the beach. We have also been drinking lots of wine because the wine is very good here. On sunday we even go on a vinyard tour. Yummy. Still can't post pictures (probably can not for the next 2 weeks, until we go to our next location). I will try posting again later in the week. Hope all is well. Feel free to drop me an email. miss you all. ... read more

Geo: 40.6975, 8.16954More rain today! Apparently, it has been sunny for weeks until I showed up. I've been lucky so far this trip - very few rainy days overall, and more importantly, very few boring stretches like this. But of course, the boredom continued today. It does make you appreciate the good times more, however. Had breakfast then chatted with the group from last night. They are going to Alghero, too. I took a risk - going for the 12:00 bus that may or may not exist. I grabbed an olive/cheese panini (by accident; didn't notice the olives) before the bus. Also a banana. Haven't had much fruit recently so now was a good time, I figured. Walked through a market - mostly day-to-day goods like clothing. Ran into the group at the bus station - ... read more

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