On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:21:58 +0200, "Marc" wrote:

Planning on sailing around Sardinie - on a trip to Spain - last week of sep
/ first week op oktober looks as if I am having to pay 500 euro for a few
dails of saling with a yacht just over 14 meter :-(

Cheers Marc

On the Northern West Coast, Alghero is a must to visit as is the town
of Carloforte on the island of Saint Peter on the South western
corner. Carloforte has a very interesting history and the few tourists
there are Italian. Seek out the small museum which has lots of photos
and exhibits of tuna 'matanzas' where the tuna were led into traps and
killed in single orgies of killing as well as mining, shipping and
peasant culture. They still sell a great dried tuna which is delicious
sliced very thin and eaten on small torn off pieces of such as pita
bread with a little butter. (Something like dried tuna needs a bland
accompaniment and that is the role of the butter).

If you do go there, don't miss the daily 9.30am mass held at a small
church in town, not the larger one off the Piaza. There is no organ
and the mainly women worshippers have such beautiful voices that carry
out onto the street. We used to go almost every day to hear them sing.
The men seem to hang around on the street outside, talking to their
friends until their owners claim them and walk them home. a wander
about the narrow back streets is a must, the streets being too narrow
to drive a car. During the day, housewives are scrubbing steps and
watering pot plants but are never to busy to respond to a greeting
with a smile. Later, the older ones sit their geriatric spouses
outside on dining chairs in the street for airing and to keep the
mildew from settling on them.

The main church of San Peitro (??) has beautifully executed locally
made paper mache life sized statues of the saints such as Theresa with
the obligatory roses, Francis and Joseph. It is difficult to think
that they are made of wet paper.

The pizzarias open in the evening. As pizza in italy changes with the
region, Carloforte's pizza is thick soft crust. The best is calzone
with a very soft crust which you have to order and wait in the street
until they make them. My favourite is simply gorgonzola cheese filling
by itself.

Across the bay on the mainland is a Carthaginian site that is being
excavated.

We stayed there for three weeks awaiting favourable winds to make the
crossing to Minorca or at least that was the excuse.

Hope that you enjoy the visit.

cheers
Peter