Breakfast at Saperdabianca is colossal (photo to follow next week)
The explorations started immediately after breakfast by taking the back roads towards Barumini, the first stop was in Sanluri. There was a market going on and because this is inland away from the posh Costa Smeralda and the tourist resorts of the south coast the prices where amazingly cheap especially for all the lovely fruit and veg, just when I have stopped self catering ah well I can still enjoy the cherries and peaches.
From Sanluri I picked up signs for the nuraghe trail and went to the Su Mulinu nuraghe at Villanovafranca. An informative introduction by a one on one guide but his halitosis could slay you at 20 metres. Su Nuraxi at Barumini is a World Heritage Site and the ticket gives guided access to the nuraghe and also an interpretation centre and the Casa Zapata museum in Barumini itself, this was a really interesting experience enlivened by an hour-long thunderstorm which had the locals out taking videos with their phones. My original plan for the day had been to go up to the Giara di Gesturi, an upland plateau area claimed to have the only wild horses left in Europe, maybe I will get there another day.
I tried a different cafe in the same area as last night for dinner. I ordered steak but Italians idea of medium rare is a little different from most places I have been, I think the nearest it had been to the grill was as the waitress passed through the kitchen on the way to my table. The grilled vegetables were a revelation especially the aubergine which I am not mad on at home, this one actually had taste.
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