We started the morning in northern Sardinia and were to end it all the way down south. It was a very long ride but luckily we broke it up a little along the way with a couple of stops. Bosa wasn’t on our list originally, but Giuseppe told us it was beautiful, and it wasn’t too far out of the way, so we took the detour. As you pull into town you see a castle topped hill with dozens of tiny faded pastel colored houses climbing up to reach it. They are pretty much all rectangular, no ornamentation, and I really do mean tiny. It’s an interesting site. Bosa sits on the banks of the closest thing to a river there is in Sardinia. The little boats and big palm trees make for a nice picture. We stood on the bridge and watched a man fish in a very strange way. He had a huge three pronged hook and would watch the water until he saw a fish. Then he’d throw the hook as close to the fish as he could, and then yank the pole and try to literally “hook” the fish. He had no success while we were there, but I imagine it must work or he wouldn’t be doing it.
There were people living on Sardinia long before there were people around to record them. They left behind buildings that are called “nuraghe” which are made of stacked stone. Apparently they were building domed roofs thousands of years before the Romans figured it out. There are 1000's of them all over the island in different states of ruin, but the better ones are all well marked and being kept up by the state. One of those is “nuraghi su nuraxi” just outside of Barumini. It’s very large, and almost completely intact. I’d love to know how these “prehistoric” people lifted these massive rocks and placed them perfectly where they needed to be. As I said there are Nuraghi all over, so if you are interested, look a few up and try to find the ones that are larger, or more complete. You couldn’t possibly see them all, but it would be nice to stop off and see a couple.
We tolled into Cagliari at around 6:30 which was a little late for sightseeing so we called the Villa Cao B&B www.villacao.it Silvana speaks great English and was very proud of her establishment. She showed us around the house, and the garden. There is a Villa next door with a very large garden where they often hold weddings and other events. It belongs to her sister, so if you ever thought about getting married in Cagliari here’s your connection. The room we stayed in is the family room with 1 double, and 2 single beds. There is a couch, TV, desk, and nice bathroom. She showed us a couple of the other rooms as well, and all were very well equipped. Actually the new rooms have some of the biggest showers we’ve seen. There are 2 units with kitchens for extended stays as well. The garden area is the nicest part of the house. There are a bunch of different places to sit outside and it’s covered with bouganvillea and other potted flowers. For us there were strings of chili peppers hanging out to dry. We didn’t know it yet, but there was a chili pepper jam waiting for us at breakfast. It was actually quite tasty.

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