Olbia, Sardinia

Peyton at Madellana. You can see the boat that brought us to the beach in the background.














Beach at Madellana.

On our way to Sardinia.

Sardinia is INCREDIBLE! I must admit this is the prettiest place we have visited so far. This looks just like what you always imagined a little Italian village to look like – beautiful blue water, little homes dot the mountainside and flowers blooming everywhere.

We began the morning getting on a bus – the past 5 mornings have begun by getting on a bus! The hour drive crossed Sardinia to the city of Palau. The bus dropped us off at a marina where we boarded a boat (maybe 45 feet with a deck below and a deck out in the sun. The boat was nice and clean and I went up on the top deck with Peyton and Patrick to enjoy the sun. The boat ride was about 20 minutes to the island of Maddalena. We docked on a rocky outcropping and disembarked on a short walk to the beach. Our boat was pretty much the only inhabitants of the beach except for one topless sunbather – my guess from one of the small boats anchored nearby.

Peyton had a blast running around in the cool, blue water. You could see the bottom from at least 20 feet down. It took a little getting used to the cold water, but once you got in it was fine.

-Note to anyone going on this excursion – bring Mosquito repellant. They were not bad in the water, but they were DEADLY by the trees and rocks. I have a ton of bites on my legs and arms.

After our swim, we headed back to the boat for a nice lunch of pasta. After lunch, they brought around a hard white cheese, flatbread and salami. Everything was nice and tasty. The water, wine, coke and lemonade were free, but you could get something else from the snack bar if you had Euros on you.

The ride back to the dock was very nice and Peyton sat on my lap and we gazed out the window at the passing boats. Once we arrived, everyone was treated to a gelato at the local bar. It was very tasty, but get in line early because they run out of the popular flavors quickly.

We skipped dinner that night in favor of the snack bar and took Peyton to Disney’s new show – Art of the Story. It was very enjoyable and we headed to bed early since we would have a LONG day in Rome tomorrow.