Side Trip Sardinia

After a day of Maltese tribulations, we were excited to embark on our side trip to Cagliari Sardinia, which seemed perfect being only a one hour 20 minute flight north from Malta…not so easy with several travel disruptions(again).

Having checked out the bus timetable we found a great connection to the airport, however arriving at bus stop, there was a notice to say it was not operating this week due to Paola feast road closures! So, what do you ? Call a Bolt taxi and arrive at the airport with three hours to kill… this turned into three and a half hours as good old Ryan air flight was disorganised, as usual, and left late…

Finally arrived at our destination around 4.30pm and my Bolt app informed me that bolt doesn’t operate in this part of Italy! Tried Uber and the fare price was $70 for a 9 minute drive!

Needless to say, public transport seemed rather appealing at this stage! We followed the signs to the train station…a little bit of a walk…and purchased our tickets for $5 for both of us, very proud of ourselves!

Arriving at the town was very simple, no steps or tunnels to navigate…

And a little bit of transport history to greet us!

Google walking maps took us on an interesting tour into the old town and to our hotel…

Gasping for refreshments…the receptionist was very nice but somewhat slow and confused when we realised we were expected to share the double bed! We finally got through to her that we did t sleep together and she made up the sofa bed…

Phew…then out the door, we came across a small corner shop…grabbed some milk and water and dropped back to our room fridge, at which point we realised the fridge was not cold (another malfunction) luckily we could only buy UHT milk which has survived the night in the aircon!

Finally out the door again…around a corner and into a street lined with cafe tables and very smiling young men who welcomed us and gave us several sample of wine (Jill) and beer (Sue) u til we found one we liked!!! That was us for the evening…

We relaxed…chatted to the locals, ate dinner and retreated back to our room after a stroll around the block or two….where by then the old town was buzzing with activity! Hundreds of street cafes…souvenir shops, and local businesses open…around 9.30pm… today we will maybe have a siesta in the afternoon and try to stay up later with the nightlife around us!