My plan today was to visit a Roman/Carthaginian site on the southwest coast but it is close to a popular beach and being Sunday 90% of the population of Sardinia decided to go to that beach, after half an hour of travelling less than 200 metres I gave up and headed back to the hills to do what I missed yesterday. Despite being turned away from my first call at a medieval castle I remained optimistic and booked that for later in the day but I did take the advice of the castle ticket seller and go for lunch in a restaurant in the local park. I have supposedly had porcini mushrooms before, they were nothing like the meltingly tasty fungi I had with my tagliatelle today. Well fed and wined I went up to the plateau to try to find the horses, no such luck but the guy who sold me my admission ticket told me I was the only punter he had seen today (everyone else was at the beach) so I had the whole reserve to myself and what a brilliant experience it was, like being the only man left on earth, no outside noise just the sound of the wind in the aspens and birdsong, God I am getting to be quite the romantic.
I did keep my appointment at the castle and again I had the place to myself, wonderful.
Well only two more days of pizza and pasta, I will see if I can hit the Roman sites tomorrow.
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