26/05/18
Summer has arrived on the island! Blue skies and temperature rising. The rain is a thing of the past and as the green fields are becoming yellow-gold, the thinking of people here is that now they will be facing 2 or 3 months of very hot weather. My brothers have been busy cutting the high grass, as soon there will be danger of potential fires. (This is a recurrent problem in Sardinia as every year numerous fires start, burning hundreds of hectares of Mediterranean macchia.)
Bosa from the Castle
Time is up for us and we are ready to return. The one day trip to Bosa finally took place and the weather this time was clement. The little town on the west coast is a pretty place and the B&B where we stayed was situated on a hill slope overlooking the Castle above Bosa. The place is called
"Giardini Malaspina" and the family who run it is originally from south Sardinia and now they have established themselves there running three different businesses. They were very nice to us and our stay was comfortable and pleasant.
We visited the museum of leather making (tannery). It was interesting to find out that to make a piece of it would take between 6 and 8 months in a long laborious process.
After Bosa we went to see a small village on the top of a hill called " Monteleone Rocca Doria ". This is a place I always wanted to see, and after reading that the village is destined to disappear due to the young people leaving the place for a better chance to find jobs elsewhere, we discovered that it is a true reality. There are only 90 people living there and we bumped into one of the last old persons born there. He was sitting on his own enjoying the morning sun and we stopped for a chat. All his friends are dead and it was sad to see that also all his sons have moved away.
The village has a post office which opens 3 times a week for a few hours. No school as there are not enough young kids left. No shops but a delivery van comes once a week to deliver some food. The place is in a beautiful position but this is not enough to entertain people. Many villages are destined
to disappear and not just in Sardinia.
Bosa from the Castle
Time is up for us and we are ready to return. The one day trip to Bosa finally took place and the weather this time was clement. The little town on the west coast is a pretty place and the B&B where we stayed was situated on a hill slope overlooking the Castle above Bosa. The place is called
"Giardini Malaspina" and the family who run it is originally from south Sardinia and now they have established themselves there running three different businesses. They were very nice to us and our stay was comfortable and pleasant.
The B&B Giardini Malaspina seen from the Castle
We visited the museum of leather making (tannery). It was interesting to find out that to make a piece of it would take between 6 and 8 months in a long laborious process.
Tomato tins made into flower pots along the streets of Bosa
Narrow streets of Bosa
One of the ways down from the Castle
Fisherman on the river Temo in Bosa.
The view of the Castle
After Bosa we went to see a small village on the top of a hill called " Monteleone Rocca Doria ". This is a place I always wanted to see, and after reading that the village is destined to disappear due to the young people leaving the place for a better chance to find jobs elsewhere, we discovered that it is a true reality. There are only 90 people living there and we bumped into one of the last old persons born there. He was sitting on his own enjoying the morning sun and we stopped for a chat. All his friends are dead and it was sad to see that also all his sons have moved away.
Giovanni Piras, one of the oldest in the village of Rocca Doria
The lake below Rocca Doria and the escavated corrie of tufo where Giovanni Piras used to work making bricks.
A small church in Rocca Doria
lesley and a gigantic plant (as yet unidentified)
The village has a post office which opens 3 times a week for a few hours. No school as there are not enough young kids left. No shops but a delivery van comes once a week to deliver some food. The place is in a beautiful position but this is not enough to entertain people. Many villages are destined
to disappear and not just in Sardinia.
An old house with carved stones from the corrie
