Earl Sees the World!

Fausto......It's great to see Earl out and about. From the looks of the grub so far, I think he's going to gain a little weight, maybe he'll be as big as a granddaddy barlow by the time he leaves you. I can't wait for some touristy pictures.
 
Everyone gains weight in Italy :D
Anyway, Earl will need the extra calories here...and proteins are good for building muscles ;)

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Fausto
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Oh that sausage and cheese looks wonderful!

After looking at the pictures of your beautiful area I am envious and now the food!!

Are you closer to Sassari or Alghero?

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mqqn
 
Sassari, but bear in mind that it's less than half an hour from one to the other. I know that for the average American, that's a heartbeat :)
Earl will visit Alghero pretty soon though. Yes, this island has many wonderful spots. The plan is to take Earl around and show him a bit of everything (seaside, countryside, a local fair (maybe two, in different partsof the island), a nuraghe, and so on.
The meat is Tuscan (meaning it literally came from Tuscany) and pizza is from Naples (well, the one Earl had was made here of course), but that cheese and sausage are very Sardinian ;)

Fausto
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Thank you, Fausto!

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mqqn (Andy)
 
A sunny morning in Alghero is a nice opportunity to take a walk, enjoy the early spring weather, and take Earl to discover a nice cozy place. Alghero is the most Spanish town in Sardinia, and still keeps a very strong bond with the Catalan Region; the local dialect is actually very different from Sardinian language (or Italian, for that matter) and is in fact a variant of the Catalan language. The city centre is filled with aragonese towers and a nice muralla (seawall) protecting it from the Mediterranean sea.

Seawall, harbor front:
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Earl enjoying the sun in front of a tower along the muralla:
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City theatre and streets:
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Earl checking the (restored) weapons on the muralla:
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A couple more views:
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Earl and Fausto
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Great pictures Fausto, what a beautiful and interesting town. That Earl is such a ham, he may be the youngest subject in all of the photos, the bicycle may even be older than him.
 
clutchcarter said:
he may be the youngest subject in all of the photos, the bicycle may even be older than him.
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You mean the Flying pigeon? :D
Thank you for your words folks. Earl seems to be enjoying Sardinia quite alot ;)
Hopefully tomorrow he'll be able to dig deeper into history and visit a nuraghe :)

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quattromori said:
So...... :rolleyes:
After a perilous crossing of the Tyrrhenian Sea, on a small motorboat with a Panama flag, Earl managed to touch land safely in a small and quiet bay of Northwestern Sardinia. Tired of the short but very uncomfortable sea trip, he decided to take advantage of a warm, quiet afternoon and take a nap. When he got up, the sun was setting and Earl felt restored but hungry. Apparently, the food during his journey had been pretty bad...so I promised him I would let him try something for the very first time. Well in the beginning, he said it wasn't his first time...then after his first bite, he changed his mind, told me he had never thought a pizza could be so tasty, and ate it all voraciously...
Welcome to my homeland ;)

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Fausto
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Fausto, thanks for welcoming EARL with open arms and an open pizza box! :thumbup:

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Undortunately, the weather today is too cloudy to really enjoy the sea...so a change of plana brought Earl to a nice brunch with new local (sharp) acquaintances and some local products :)

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Fausto
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Looks like EARL is enjoying the local delicacies. :cool: That other knife in the photo is very appealing! :eek::thumbup::thumbup:

quattromori said:
A sunny morning in Alghero is a nice opportunity to take a walk, enjoy the early spring weather, and take Earl to discover a nice cozy place. Alghero is the most Spanish town in Sardinia, and still keeps a very strong bond with the Catalan Region; the local dialect is actually very different from Sardinian language (or Italian, for that matter) and is in fact a variant of the Catalan language. The city centre is filled with aragonese towers and a nice muralla (seawall) protecting it from the Mediterranean sea.
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Earl enjoying the sun in front of a tower along the muralla:
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Earl and Fausto
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Fantastic photos of Alghero!! :thumbup: Thanks for taking us along with you. :cool:

- GT
 
Hi folks,
after a few days of fever and throat aching, Earl is back on track. The spring weather in sardinia can be tricky, I had warned him about the northwestern wind, and I'm sorry he had to spend a couple days at home, drinking hot tea and resting...yet, as we all know, Earl is a healthy gentleman (despite his age) and he's back in action just as strong as before. He had been asking me about the promontory of Capo Caccia, so I decided to take him around on a sunny morning.
First, we had a walk among the bush on a short trail which starts in Cala Dragunara:
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and we walked along the coast until we managed to get to the old watchtower overlooking the bay of Porto Conte:
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The morning was filled with the typical Mediterranean bush perfumes, mastic, myrtle, euphorbias, juniper, and Earl was very happy to breathe the salty air and enjoy the view:
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Then we headed towards the Capo Caccia lighthouse, the tallest working one in Italy at 186 metres:
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Earl was willing to climb up to the lighthouse: unfortunately, it's in a military zone so instead of going up towards the lighthouse, we decided to go down to the Escala del Cabirol, a 653 stairs descent from the top of the Capo Caccia promontory to the entrance (sea level) to the Neptune's Grotto, a beautiful complex of carsic caves and stalactites flooded by sea water. The stairway flanks the rocky promontory and is a challenge for tourists and locals. I knew Earl was just recovering from flu, but he said he'd give it a try, so we started the descent:
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Halfway through the stairway, though, Earl and I had to stop to help an old lady who was evidently having a hard time on her way up. Being the lady American, Earl used all his manners (and language skills) to cheer up the tired traveller, while I was checking her physical state. The lady still had about 300 steps to climb, but the path behind her had obviously taken her to the edge of her strength. She was, nevertheless, enjoying the view behind her, and so was Earl:
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As we took advantage of some shadow from the mid-day sun. When the old lady seemed to have gathered the strength to climb a bit more, I started going further down, but then Earl stopped me by saying in his low voice that we should rather climb back up to see how the lady and her husband would get back to the parking lot. I suspect he was slightly afraid that he wouldn't be able to go down and up himself...but don't tell him, he would deny it anyway ;)

So here's a last picture of the rough coast and the stairway, with the island of Foradada. Next time, we'll make it all the way to the caves...yet I know earl did enjoy the morning walk, and I hope you folks did too :)
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Fausto
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A grand adventure, Fausto! You are a very gracious host to Earl. Thanks for taking us along for the walk around your very beautiful part of the World! Earl is ever the gentleman even when not feeling his best!
 
Wonderful photos Fausto! That's truly a paradise!
 
I did enjoy that morning walk Fausto, thanks,:thumbup: beautiful pics of some stunning landscapes. Atta be Earl!
 
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