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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Sardinia Port Day

We have just returned from our port day in Cagliari, Sardinia after spending the day ashore. This was a new sop for us so it too a few minutes to get all the appropriate maps and directions but once that was done we were off to the town. Our first stop was the old Roman Amphitheatre which is one of the best examples of 2 nd century building in the area. It was not constructed so much as hewn out of the limestone rock into the side of the hill. The only problem was that they hold modern concerts there (originally seated 10,000) and then have constructed platforms and put in new seats. A bit of a disappointment from that point of view. From there it was up into the old walled city and wandering the narrow streets. We stopped at the Torre di San Pancrazio which was a Pisian designed tower. Of course we had to climb to the top (only about 5 stories) but it afforded the best views of the city. I think the pics from there will be good. The Duomo was next, the "oldest" preserved church but there was a wedding going on so we did not spend much time there. We wandered to the Bastione Saint Remy which affords good views of the city where we met the Radovich's again and just sat and talked a bit.
The afternoon was spend wandering and looking at some of the other towers as we made our way out of the walled city, stopped at a really old (closed) church and settled at a sidewalk cafe (again) where we enjoyed the wine the beer and the local pasta. Very good break before coming back to the ship.
After a rest we will enjoy drinks on the 17 th deck before getting ready for dinner and the country western night. We need to relax a bit as tomorrow we visit Rome. The bus leaves around 8 and returns at about 5:30 so it will be a long day. Oh I should tell you that be had our first gelatto. Excellente! Cheers!

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