These are photos from the area around us, but not strictly ON the
island of La Maddalena. Some of this is local, some is a little further
out. Sassari is about two to two and a half hours out, Olbia is about
30-45 minutes away (depending on which route you take and how your driving
habits are). The rest of the
stuff is about 15 minutes from Palau, where the La Maddalena ferry lands.
Many Americans live in Palau, and many think it is the way to go. We see
pros and cons to both sides of it and are completely happy in La Maddalena for
now. However, if I did it again, I would probably choose some little
cottage out in the countryside around Palau. Now, if you asked Katrina, I
think she'd rather stay in La Maddalena so that she'd have easy access to the
Cafe every morning.
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The Necropili near Arzachena.
This is thought to be a burial site from 3500BC (yep, that's 5500 years
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R-5 division did a night out at an
Agoritismo, where all the food is grown and prepared on site. Babe's last
photo :) |
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The children at the "Tomb of
the Giants", a 1500BC burial mound near Arzachena |
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R-5 division at the Agoritismo. |
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Zachary crawling into the tomb of
someone that is 3500 years dead. Someone stop that kid! |
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A very old and very beautiful
church outside of Sassari. It was build at the end of the eleventh
century. |
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Another view of the Tomb of the
giants. there's actually a few of these scattered around the immediate
area |
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This is the same church close
up. My Van is only 2 years old and the church appears to be in
better condition. |
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Yet another view of the
Tomb. What can I say? Old stuff interests me. (no, that's not a
Katrina joke) |
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A watchtower at Santa Teresa
Galluria, about 10 miles down the road from Palau |
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Another view of the
watchtower. Santa Teresa is where you catch the ferry to Corsica. |
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One of the hundreds of beaches
along the coast. I can't believe one ignorant american called the
scenery here "rocks" |
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The Cathedral in Sassari. this work was actually done later than the rest of
the cathedral. 16th century, I believe. |
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Some of the rolling hills and
pastures on the road to Sassari. |
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Windsurfing off of Porto Mano
beach, which is on "the other side of bear rock" |
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Ross took us out for
a day on his boat. Check out the look on Patrick's face as he gets
a turn at the wheel. |
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Taken from Ross'
boat. It's a photo of Sean
with a German pleasure yacht in close proximity. |
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One of the nuraghi scattering the
countryside in Sardenia. About 3000 years old. |
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Castelsardo. A neat town,
much like a mini- Bonifacio in Corsica. About 100Km from Palau |
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A very cool looking fishing net
laying on some steps in Castelsardo. |
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The Sardegnan countryside in the
mountains around Possada |
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The mountains near San Pataleno, a
small village on the road to Olibia |
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Castelle La Fava, about 60km south
of Olbia. Originally of Aragornese ownership. |
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The view from the top of Castelle
La Fava. |
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Another view from La Fava
Castle. This shows the coastline and the famous emerald waters of
Sardegna. |
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"The lost castle".
clearly visible from the autostrada near Olbia. it took us 2 Sundays to
find a dirt track through a farmer's back yard that led to this castle |
