Our last run in Sardinia--the hills around Castello di San Michele in Cagliari
A view of the residential area where we stayed (this is near the airport)
Castello di San Michele
The B&B where we stayed was actually a cute little old lady's apartment and organized by her granddaughter. It was a little strange being in such close quarters with the owner but it was cozy and comfy, much like how I imagine it would be to stay with a grandma (or great-grandma).Breakfast
More breakfast in the little porch connected to our room
La Signora
We made it to the airport with lots of time to spare, which was good because we had to deal with the car rental place and explain how we scratched up their car. After managing dirt roads full of goats, tiny twisty city streets, and miles of hairpin roads, we had backed into a stone marking a parking spot in the luxory resort of Porto Cervo...A 500euro (over $700) scratch. This is partly why we had cold beans and tomato sauce two meals a day, every day.
We drove about 1300km (~800miles) over the 7 days. This really isn't that much but we could only drive between 40-60km/hr (about 25-40mi/hr) pretty much the entire way due to the twistiness of the roads. Also, we got really held up by the poorly marked (or rather overly and inefficiently marked) roads and had to do lots of stopping. At least we had a small little fuel efficient Lancia, which kept fuel costs down--we only had to put in about 110 euro ($170) for fuel (at about 1.50euro/liter, $8/gallon). Americans should not complain about their 'high cost' of fuel!
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