“If last week’s post about Sardinian maggot cheese Casu Marzu left a bad taste in your mouth, don’t worry, Sardinia has plenty of other great local food worth trying!”
“Cheese aficionados often liken the taste of Casu Marzu to a stronger type of Gorgonzola.”
“Barbagia is the true heart of Sardinia. It’s a place steeped in history and traditions, some dating back thousands of years.”
“Carloforte is most famous for their world-renowned bluefin tuna – the quality is so good that the fishermen actually ship a large amount of their tuna catch to Japan, to be used for sushi.”
“White quartz-stone beaches, Roman and Phoenician ruins, wild west villages, Byzantine churches, amazing mountains, waterfalls, and it’s the home of the last wild horses in Europe – with all of this in mind, it’s easy to see why Oristano is definitely up there as one of my favourite areas of Sardinia”
For my first chapter of ‘Viva La Dolce Vita’s Beginners Guide to Sardinia’, I’m starting with my favourite place on the island, and my wife’s hometown, Alghero.
“In four weeks, I haven’t gone much farther than 1 kilometre from my home – and that was only for shopping, or to go to the pharmacy – now we’re facing another three weeks of the same.”
“Closer to home, in my town of Decimomannu, with a population of 8,000 people, we have received news of our first confirmed case of the COVID-19 Coronavirus.”
“It’s only really been 18 days since the country went on lockdown, but it strangely feels like months ago.”
“If your country is just about to go on lockdown, and you find yourself afraid of what lies in store, don’t be – everything will be alright … it’s not so bad.”