Sardegna 2006 Blog

This is a quick and dirty Italian to English translation of Gian's logbook of this trip. It's enough English to understand. Original Italian text can be found here.

Ven. 21/04 Miracles of the technology

They are the 15 when we receive a sms from our Dutch friends: time of estimated arrival 16.20. Two days before there are comes to an agreement to you via email: will be we find you to the area of Lario service the West, they arriving directly from Holland, we from house. He guides you from a Garmin 2720 arrive most punctual to the appointment, after a travel of approximately 1000 km. Kim still guides its inseparable Diversion 900 with beyond 190.000 km on the shoulders. Lida guides instead its Fazer 600 of 2001 with "hardly" 76,000 km all'.attivo.
The weather one is good, to discapito of the forecasts, therefore time a coffee and we put ourselves in march, Genoa destination. Although the absurd traffic of the tangential one of Milan we arrive to the ferry with not less than half hour than advance payment, that does not remove that the boarding operations are to good point and on the ship we find a stuolo of motion already "impacchettate", between which a discreet group of harley electra glide and many enduristi. The ship leaves punctual and after some photo from the external bridges to the port of Genoa we put ourselves in tail in order makes us to spennare from the edge self-service.
Although they have been covered not a lot more than 150 km the day has been long, therefore... It is gone endured to nanna!

Sab 22/4 Bosa-Alghero

We arrive to Torres Port to the 07,30 the sun shines but the air is frizzante. Knowing they have said to us, and it will come to us confirmed also after, than the time it has not been of the best ones and the spring has been late. We set off, wrapped from a green and rigogliosa Sardinia as I did not remember myself to have never seen it, towards Castelsardo and from here to Valledoria, by now historical base point for our gite ones in Sardinia. Along the road we stop ourselves in a kiosk on the river of the sea where the holder has the courage makes us to pay a pointed hood and one brioches of the Trunks the beauty of 2 and half! But only the sight of the first sun on the sea of it is worth the pain! We do not make time to unload the baggages that we put ourselves endured in saddleback. The day is splendid and one is not looked at cloud in sky. From Valledoria we take for S. Maria of the Coghinas, therefore we take the SP92 until meeting the SS127, a road where rectilinear the longest one does not exceed the 500 meters. We pass Laerru, Martis and Chiarimonti, therefore we come down on the SS672 for Ploaghe in order to graft on the SS131 Happy Carl, the "superhighway", if we want to define it therefore, that it crosses the Sardinia. With a fast transfer we arrive to Macomer, where we exit on the SS129bis for Bosa. We arrive to Marine Bosa for lunch, on the beach we find a most original restaurant (S' Hard Rock) where part of the structure is constituted from one reconstruction of one Caravella. Within the furnishing it is not less originates them but above all the kitchen is indeed made to respect. Advised! We remain to chat to the shadow of the trees of the terrace that they give on the beach, therefore we decide to make two steps the wharf long: we decide also to stop itself to take the first sun of the season!
It is shared ristorati from a healthy one pennichella and we take SP49 SP105 in Alghero direction then. This is one road to me much beloved, exceptional in as far as panorama, with the look continuously conteso between asphalt, mountains on the right and the sea on the left. We pass a chaotic Alghero laboriously in order to carry towards Fertilia and Capo Hunting, where sostiamo the time in order to catch up the income of the coves some hundred of scalini under the large square. We return on our steps and we take the way for Alghero, where we park little before that make buio. Two steps for the ways and renew bastions to you, but the hunger and the fatigue guide to us in pizzeria after little. They are nearly the 10 when we exit, in the course of the day there are comes to an agreement to you with Massimiliano (Maxxydc on the forum www.fjr1300.it) in order to find the day to us after for one gita to the South of the Sardinia, that it implies one levataccia! Via then towards house, still an abundant hour of slept road to the buio before a healthy one. We have made 350 km.

Dom 23/4 a turn in paradise

The wide awake sound to the 7.00... I open the window and with great sorrow I see that the day is veiled and coil a venticello tuttaltro that warm. In taking the famous motion that, horror, they rebuke has resumed to lose oil before although the change of the single packing 2500 km.
Stage to Valledoria for the breakfast and benzines, to the 8,20 we are already in march in order to catch up the SS131 that must condurci until to Arboreal, place of the appointment. The sky remains place setting partially, but the breeze in the meantime has become wind. We wait for Max in public square, where we arrive for the 10. Although it has threatened to us to come with the R1 cause smooth rubbers is introduced with a FJR 2005 silver storm that it seems exited from the display window of the concessionaire! With to he there is Cristina. After the due salutes of who Internet power is met for before the time () makes to make benzine us and begins the dances. I will make much hard work to adescrivere all l road that we have made (pack-saddles to know that to the end of the day we will have 710 km in more on the odometer) until when my Kim friend does not make me to have the tracking of the roads obtained through its Garmin. Before the stage is Tower of Flumentorgiu, from where beach spalleggiata from Dunes is controlled one. "one small Piscinas" tells Max and Cristina to us. From we take here for the Green Coast, until arriving to the shoulders of dunes of Piscinas, than we cannot catch up in how much the road, becoming sterrata, would force between the other things to... A guado! We re-enter therefore on our steps in order then to take one beautifulst panoramic in means to mounts until to Arbus. From we come here lead in a true one and just toboga, many are the curves that we cover the SS126 and then we turn aside on the SP83 in order to arrive to "Head Sheep". From to the reserved restaurant to Buggerru it is a moment here. We put the feet under to the table and we stuff oneself ourselves obviously of plates made up of fish (freschissimo) for 30 euro, therefore we resume the road. In the meantime it is exited the sun and it is returned the warmth. After a pause in one it fastens fabulous to ridosso of an abandoned mine we reach Teulada, where us inerpichiamo for the SP71 until Chia, therefore we resume the SS195, other paradise of the curves, and then the SS293, other designed road leaving house the righello! We greet Max and Cristina to Siliqua (where we wait for Kim for beyond half hour because of a pie from the service-station attendant) after to have covered beyond 310 km with and it are made us to guide for some of the beautifulr roads that can remember. Thanks Massimiliano and Cristina for the beautiful company, to good rendering! We re-enter on the 131 that is already buio and arrives to Valledoria that is already nearly the 23.00. We are still in time for a peak, than we taste ourselves commenting the beauty of the places that we have visited and that without the aid of Max difficultly we would have seen! It is last midnight when we find again ourselves to bed, tires but happy.

Lun 24/4 classic Sardinia

After the gita one of the previous day we opt for one wide awake soft. They are the 9,00 passages when we put ourselves in march. Mine they rebuke has continued to lose oil therefore we opt for a verification of the level, that he seems still acceptable. We make breakfast and we leave to the time of the Smeralda Coast. Siccome but the getlteman demands a Pò of life from beach opts in order to leave them little more south than Olbia, near the beach of the Old ones Goes up some. In the Kim meantime and I move myself towards south until arriving to Orosei, but without to find the time in order to push to us on mounts. Little badly, we re-enter to the beach where we find that in the meantime it has been popolata of boys who practice the kyte. We remain to observe charms the gesta to you of the athletes, therefore we recover in march. We direct towards the Smeralda Coast, covering those drawn of road that renders the Sardinia to all the world famous. From Capriccioli to Arzachena, Palau, S.Teresa di Gallura and therefore via along the coast until Valledoria, where we reach for supper. Once again we opt for the restaurant-pizzeria "the ciaccia" where a service much efficient one, a kitchen much good and of the civil prices have by now rendered it one of our preferred premises (to judge from people, however, it is not alone ours of preferred!). Finally to bed soon! We have 350 km on the shoulders.

Mar 25/4 Tears of Sardinia

We only raise ourselves in order to state that unfortunately the forecasts have seen just. The sky is gray, not threat still water but nearly there are. We distort going to make breakfast to the bar behind house, therefore attended the propitious sun beam, we decide to make one long walk the coast. We thread ourselves therefore on for the dirt road who has beginning just behind house. We push ourselves until the cape that hides alla.vista Castelsardo, than we find ourselves in all its beauty.
It re-enters you to the base we make the point and we opt in order to begin to move to us towards Torres Port although the sky has become gloomy and is sure too much soon in order to think to go up in ship. We continue therefore for Stintino, between two sufficient water drops to only soil of sand the motion, where we make much hard work in order to find, without, to succeed itself, a premises that gives us to eat to the 4 of the afternoon. We must ourselves be pleased of a sandwich in a bar...
Seen the timetable and the sky, that it seems to hold, we opt for a second shunting line, therefore we move ourselves in order to visit Argentiera, one mining locality nearly completely abandoned until little time makes and hour, apparently, in via of restructure. Joined E' our time and we approach ourselves Torres Port in order to embark to us. To edge we find the Harley of the gone one, that we have intercrossed in the days previous to Bosa and Arboreal, the enduristi and many others... Today we have made only 250 km, but once again ce we go some to malavoglia, aware but that soon we will have to return in order to make forehead to "badly of Sardinia" that takes to us systematically...

 

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