Blogs from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, Europe

Yes. Last minute vacations can work. With due stress and the vagaries of trying to book cheap airline flights at ungodly hours and figure out how to get to the airport or hire cars and accommodation a few days before departure. All in all, last minute vacations are great. An unexpected spontaneous ray of mid week, much needed sunshine. On the beachfront. An entire week of glorious Sardinian sun; azure waters and open air showers. Despite my frequent posts to this blog and my profound love of words I am failing to describe how healing this week was for me. As if the sun seeped not only onto my skin, painting it several shades darker but also into my skin quenching an unidentifiable thirst for vitamins, for rest, for recuperation, for the idle joy of doing ... read more

Bastione Bacione - Cagliari 2014 (ATL) Ty Dolla $ign fr. B.o.B. - Paranoid Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Tyga - Loyal Kid Ink ft. Chris Brown - Show Me Calvin Harris - Summer Trevor Jackson - Drop It (Remix) Major Lazer ft. Sean Paul - Come On To Me Y.G. ft. Drake - Who Do You Love? DJ Snake & Lil Jon - Turn Down For What B.O.B. - We St... read more

Sardinia, We arrived here this morning to wet weather and how clouds and debated whether to stay onboard or not.. but you only come to a place like this once so decided to head offshore and see what we could make of the place. It's like a lot of the islands which are built on the mountainsides so uphill walks... killers, and eventually you find it's all worthwhile. No protests here but the usual Morrocans selling stuff and the high end shops are around too. We walked around the old city - which is up very, very high and eventually we found a way in and thank God we found a lift on the outside so we were able to get to the heights of the old city. Again amazing views of the sea and the ... read more

Sicily to Sardinia – the Hunt for Auntie Sally (Cameron) Dolphins: I was down below deck having a snore zzzzzz when mum shouts “dolphins!” I walked up on deck like a dozy teenager like when teenager’s mums say “get up you lazy boy”. Then I walked up as if I was an old man, and I saw two dolphin’s one baby one mum or dad they played and played and played as if there was a sign saying come here dolphins they then played at the bow and jumped and then when life itself seemed not to get any better they went. It was like “come on time for tea” like it had never happened but by the next day it was as if the latest film had just come out. Night watch: On ... read more

We were Cagliari for a few hours apparently, I don't really know because I slept the whole time! Mummy and daddy didn't really like the city, mummy was a bit annoyed about that because she's been to another part of Sardinia and absolutely loved it. Mummy wanted to take me to the beach again but instead we came back to the boat early and I splashed about in my pool. It was really hot in Italy.... read more