"That's Amore"

"That's Amore" - Dean Martin

"When the moon hits your eye 
like a big pizza pie, that's amore. 
When the world Seems to shine 
like you've had too much wine, that's amore 
Bells will ring, ting-a-iing-a-ling, ting-a- ling-a-ling 
and you'll sing, "Vita bella" 
Hearts will play, tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay 
like a gay tarantella."

ALGHERO, SARDEGNIA, ITALIA: Well, I have officially failed with keeping up with blogs. I'm sitting in the airport waiting to leave Germany for good and I'm just know blogging about my Italy adventures almost a month ago. Anyway, I have once again fallen in love with Italy in every way: the food, the people, the sun, and the lifestyle! We only spent two days in Alghero but it was definitely impressionable. Most of our time was spent laying out underneath the sun that we hadn't seen in so long, but we did get a few other things in! Here's a little glimpse!

Friday:

Late night flight to Alghero. I'm pretty sure we were the ONLY Americans, or English speakers even,  on that flight. We were soon to find out that that's because most of the island was about the same. Alghero is situated on the island of Sardenia west of Italy. It's not necessarily remote, but  it's not to touristy either, just the perfect combination of both!

After being picked up by a driver, we were taken to the little "Inn" we booked.  Turns out it wasn't an Inn at all, we were brought to our own villi/flat! It was probably the most accommodation I've had during any of my travels in Europe! We even had our own kitchen!

Saturday

After a good night of sleep we were ready to go! We walked into town in the morning following along the city walls, it was gorgeous!. The waves were crashing, the air was fresh, and the flowers were blooming! 

Okay, so maybe in this picture the flowers were blooming, but I swear they were!

Down town of Alghero was so cute! It was decked out in cobblestone and all the classic Italian architecure which gave it an old time charm, like stepping back into ancient times. 

After a little shopping, fresh made Italian Pizza (Sooooo good!), and sight seeing we were ready to go to the beach! We didn't have bus passes so that mean walking the 2 miles down to the beach but we didn't mind! That is until the rain decided to come in..... There was a reason everything there was so green and lush, because it rains everyday.

An hour and a half later after thinking we were lost and almost giving up on it all together we decided to stumble through a little jungle to get dry. Low and behold, there was the beach in all it's glory! All of our frustrations instantly melted away and everyone's mood got about 10 times better!

About 500 pictures later and we were ready for the long walk back in the rain! We had picked up food earlier in the day to make an Italian feast back at our flat and we were ready for it! The only thing that I was still disappointed about was that I hadn't found a Cannoli yet. You see, my Dad and I have had this thing going on for year. We're on a mission to find the world's best cannoli and I didn't want to disappoint him and not try a Sardenian Cannoli. Fortunately for me, one the walk home we passed a bakery. Not only did it smell heavenly but they had Cannolis!!! I think I almost peed myself from excitement... You can ask Laura and Paige who were with me. That night we gorged ourselves. Italian Pasta, pesto, sausage, and cannolis! 

Sunday

The sun finally decided to show on our last day there and we went to soak up everybit of it! Sunday morning we set right out for the beach again! Of course on our way there I picked up one more Cannoli for the walk, can you blame me? It was a super relaxing day and a much needed breaj from the cold and snow of Germany. Even after we were headed back to the airport we managed to get a little more time in the sun. There was little tiny park right in front of the airport and we took the opportunity to get in a little more sunbathing. When you've been through a 4 month winter, there is no shame.  

All of us were sad to leave little Alghero, but we had another adventure to set off on the next day. The next morning at 5:00 we were heading off to Berlin!