Villasimius, Sardinia

We made it to Sardinia, Villasimius, 4 days and nights from Reggio

It's very beautiful where we are, granite bolders, salt pans with flamingos. Anne is looking very happy to see land, partly because we haven't told her that the gale warning had just been updated to cover our area…. but we made it to sheltered waters before the wind, so she can keep smiling.

Spent two nights in the marina cleaning up and recovering, then moved just outside for a wonderful evening. Lauro, Francesco, Francesco, Roberto, Josephe and Fabrizio (hope we got the names right!) invited us over to their boat for spaghetti. They all work at a big petrochemical plant and were just out on the yacht for a weekend. Entertained us in magnificent style, wonderful simple food, great cheese and sausage, excellent home made wine, the best melon we've ever tasted and a heavenly drink, Myrto, made with some fruit and leaves of a bush from the forest. Best of all was their cheerful camaraderie. We will always remember Sardinia as a wonderful place now!