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| The Diversity sitting grand alongside many other pretty yachts in Porto Cervo |
I have been in Sardinia for a week today, enjoyed being anchored a few hundred metres from the beach in water clear enough to see the sea bed 12 metres below, and generally taking in the view of Sardinia's coastline as we sailed between islands and bays. During some days, I've encountered such taxing engineering tasks as helping to construct this inflatable floating trampoline. On other days I've been dealing with minor problems like the ship's entire supply system failing.
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| We call this big sofa the "snugglebed". Sounds fairly appropriate... |
But, whatever the problem has been, it has been overcome, and that means I can continue to enjoy the fine food of our great german chef and the surroundings that we visit.
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| The vent to our home |
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| The door to our home |
I went on holiday for one-and-a-half hours today, in a part of Sardinia called Porto Cervo. As per my usual strategy, I decided to walk away from the ship for 45 minutes until I got somewhere, and then walk back, taking photos of stuff along the way (And now additionally asking people if they spoke portuguese- but nobody did). It's not hard to see why this place is popular with the wealthy yacht-owners. I think my photos illustrate some of the beauty of this place. There's lots of rocky mountains and greenery surrounding, with all the houses not built tall and jutting, but splendidly hidden and snuggled in amongst the shrubbery and grey. There is no constant direction of design, no continuity that you might find in a Bovis Homes estate- every home has it's unique features but all of them fit together in the same stylish and beautiful way that makes you think there is something new around every corner. And there is something new around every corner- after thinking I'd left everything commercial behind as I was walking up the hill in the baking hot sun, I came across a perfectly positioned Ice cream parlour! I did resist the temptations to spend any time in an estate agent... but perhaps there's still time to export a Vespa with side-car back to the UK?
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| This is a shopping mall. No, really. |
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| I really rather like this residence... |
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| That one on the end there- the one with the side car. Yes please! |
I have been in Sardinia for a week today, enjoyed being anchored a few hundred metres from the beach in water clear enough to see the sea bed 12 metres below, and generally taking in the view of Sardinia's coastline as we sailed between islands and bays. During some days, I've encountered such taxing engineering tasks as helping to construct this inflatable floating trampoline. On other days I've been dealing with minor problems like the ship's entire supply system failing. 
I went on holiday for one-and-a-half hours today, in a part of Sardinia called Porto Cervo. As per my usual strategy, I decided to walk away from the ship for 45 minutes until I got somewhere, and then walk back, taking photos of stuff along the way (And now additionally asking people if they spoke portuguese- but nobody did). It's not hard to see why this place is popular with the wealthy yacht-owners. I think my photos illustrate some of the beauty of this place. There's lots of rocky mountains and greenery surrounding, with all the houses not built tall and jutting, but splendidly hidden and snuggled in amongst the shrubbery and grey. There is no constant direction of design, no continuity that you might find in a Bovis Homes estate- every home has it's unique features but all of them fit together in the same stylish and beautiful way that makes you think there is something new around every corner. And there is something new around every corner- after thinking I'd left everything commercial behind as I was walking up the hill in the baking hot sun, I came across a perfectly positioned Ice cream parlour! I did resist the temptations to spend any time in an estate agent... but perhaps there's still time to export a Vespa with side-car back to the UK?
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