Day 1: West coast

After a rather poor start the day before it was extremely refreshing to wake up to this:

Cool, fresh air (the freshest we have had in a loooong time! Florence is famous for its male aria, or bad air), endless dirt trails on rolling hills and the bleating of hundreds of goats. It was a piece of heaven.

The goat farm agriturismo, L'Oasi dei Cervi (near Montevecchio and the Costa Verde)

During our run we were joined by a pair of friendly dogs. One had a bad leg but still followed Seth for a good 15k.
Breakfast of hot goats' milk acquired that morning, homemade coconut cake, apple pie, blood orange marmalade, and bread, fruit, and coffee. Our hostesses. I wish we could have stayed longer!

From the coast we headed inland

Wildflowers, cacti, and windmills

The ruins of Marmilla Castle, Las Plassas

We took a 'private' tour of the Nuragic site of Su Nuraxi near the town of Barumini. This consists of a Bronze Age (pre-Phoenician-Punic) settlement of stone huts and a fortress (1600BC-500BC)

Picnic lunch near the site

Our next stop was back towards the coast, at the Sinis Peninsula. Here is the Church of San Giovanni, from the 5th c. ad. Of course, it was closed.

Nearby, the Phoenician-Punic-Roman ruins of Tharros (800BC-1000AD). Also closed, but at least we could view it from afar.
The watchtower at the tip of the peninsula.

Down a dirt road, the remains of Cornus: an early Christian center of worship, packed with tiny little tombs.

By night we finally made it to the small coastal/riverside town of Bosa. After nearly getting stuck in a narrow street (this is when we were helped by those two fellows), we checked into a tower-themed B&B at the base of a hill-top castle. Oddly, the male owner was perhaps the only non-super friendly person we met on the trip, but it didn't surprise us when we learned that he was from Tuscany.

Despite the tower-theme, the B&B was immaculate and extremely cute.

A night time walk around the deserted town of Bosa.

The streets are not meant to be driven down!Cooking dinner (ie mixing a can of beans with a jar of tomato sauce)