Sand Dunes and Pasta

This past weekend we explored a lot more of the sardinian culture and had a great time doing it. After a week of classes, a technical visit and a guest speaker, you would expect that we would all want to take a break and relax in the sun but that clearly wasn't the case this weekend.

We started Saturday bright and early at 9am and went to a geomining park on the western coast of the island called Porto Flavia. Walking through some of the old mine shafts and seeing what it was like to work in such cold and dark conditions was really interesting, and the amazing view didn't hurt either. After walking around the mine site and the beach on the coast, we made our way inland through some steep mountains on some even steeper roads to end up in an Agriturismo. This was a farm that we stayed at and ate amazing food and even learned how to make traditional sardinian pasta and dessert, which we then proceeded to eat once they were cooked. The last place we explored this weekend was the piscinas sand dunes and beach. This was a surreal experience where when you looked down the coast there where sandy beaches and huge sand dunes that could pass for small mountains, but when you looked back towards the mainland there were even huger mountains that towered over the surrounding landscapes. This weekend was amazing and I learned a lot about the culture too!