Catherine’s Cagliari Travel Blog 2022

 Bosa For the first part of our travel we visited the city of Bosa, which is a little city in on the West side of the island. It is a small ancient town that is know for its beautifully painted houses and quaint streets. We took a stroll around the area and did a bit of shopping and sat in the town's old church before heading off to our lunch. After lunch we ventured off to the beautiful hotel that we were staying at that night. It was situated right on the ocean and our rooms looked out at the sea. It may have been one of the most beautiful hotels we have stayed at so far. We had access to the beach from the hotel so we made our way down there before dinner. We lounged and read on the beach for quite some time. Our dinner was a bit of a flop because I was indeed served plain boiled chicken😷. But it's ok because the hotel had the comfiest pillows I've ever slept on.  Sinis To start off our day we headed to the beach to take part in a mountain bike excursion. We went along ...

 Paper Recycling Plant On Wednesday we visited a paper recycling plant. We all looked very goofy in our helmets and vest. Above in the photos are goofball Alec and Bridget. Alec wasn't given a vest 😣 . Bridget loved the pulper💅.  We got to see the whole process of the paper going through sorters and then being mixed with water. We watched as the new recycled paper was made. At the end they showed us some of the products they make with the paper. Below is one of the bags they make. 

Barbagia We woke up bright and early at 8:30 am to begin our treacherous 4 hour long bus ride, which many of us were not prepared for. As you can see to the left, Elliot made himself quite comfortable in his bus seat. Our travels led us to an area of Sardegna called Barbagia. It is known for the rough hills and mountains and the lack of human presence. Barbagia is actually one of the least populated areas in all of Europe and due to this the natural beauties of the island are well preserved. This area is also home to many centenarians. Sardinia is one of the five regions with a high concentration of centenarians. In fact, for every 100,000 people there are about 34 centenarians. People think that this may be because of their fresh unprocessed diet as well as their ability to work all of their lives. Our first stop on the trip was at a small farm tucked away in the mountains where Shepards produce all of their food. The farm itself was full of fresh fruit like little cherry trees, lemon...

Trash Trucks Trash truck driving up the street on our walk to school Separate collection truck driving within city Waste to Energy Plant Pre energy recovery tour Separation Plant A little truck at the waste separation plant Part of the waste separation plant Conveyer belt with waste that will be separated Me next to loads and loads of trash