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Colourful Cagliari - capital of Sardinia

Today we looked around Cagliari, the capital of Sardinia with about 150,000 inhabitants (over 400,000 if you count the entire metropolitan area). This is a charming city with an old city centre where you can feel the wings of history. Right now it is incredibly hot and we have been shopping in shops with AC, having a pasta lunch in the shade and enjoying an ice cream indoors at an ice cream parlour with AC ...

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Shopping

We have been walking around the shops here in Cagliari and doing some shopping. There may not have been much shopping going on, but at least we have found some things that we really need. We managed to buy medicine for Peter's bad knee, a new cord for my computer (a broken cord seems to have been one of the problems!) and trainers and a pair of shorts for Peter.

I tried on a few summer dresses, but everything in size large (my size in this country!) was out of stock... On the other hand, it doesn't matter much. Perhaps the most important thing about shopping was being in air-conditioned rooms for a while!

Cagliari

Some reflections from Cagliari

Cagliari is a really cosy and charming city. But what can you say specifically about this city? Here are some reflections from the day:

  • You can buy a selfie stick on just about every street corner
  • There are plenty of guided tour groups with number tags on their chests (and a guide with the same number on a large sign) - think they came from a cruise ship.
  • The bathing fashion in shop windows is: yellow!

It has been damn hot today! Around 35 degrees and we are standing on an asphalt parking lot to wait for the ferry tomorrow to Sicily. We had to leave the motorhome and go shopping to get some coolness.

Trånga gränder - längst bort skymtas kryssningsfartyget
Crowded alleys - a cruise ship can be seen in the distance
Historiens vingslag - blandat med lite mer modern touch
The wings of history - mixed with a more modern touch
Vissa hus har varit med ett tag!
Some houses have been around for a while!
Italien, Sardinien, Cagliari
Cagliari from the sea
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