Beach Day

Day 3 in Alghero:
We woke up around 8.15 and had breakfast around 8.45. I had two cakes...the banana chocolate (two thumbs up!) and course, the ricotta coffee cake. 

We chatted with Bruno during breakfast about his career aspirations then came back to the room and P took a short nap while I got ready/social networked. Then it was on to the grocery store for more water (2L) and a plum = € .47! The funniest man came into the shop, listening to his music singing to all the shoppers in the checkout line! Peter managed to get some of it on video which gave us something to laugh about afterwards. Then it was on to the beach! There were so many beach options, but we ended up settling for a spot pretty close to the main hub. It didn't feel like it, but we stayed there, laid out and reading for nearly 4 hours!!! (I desperately needed that!)

We took a break and walked across the street for another focacceria sandwich and I ordered a coconut gelato in a cone after lunch...yum.We walked slowly through town and into the cathedral while taking tons of pictures. On our way back to the B&B we picked up our bus tickets for the following morning and saved €1 by getting them in advance! (So instead of €3, they were now only €2!!) We got back, took a quick nap, showered and got ready for our fancy dinner at Kings. We still had about €110 left since everything was so much cheaper than we budgeted for, so we decided we would treat ourselves a little tonight and we did. We ate through our basket of bread in no time at all then ordered our mains. In Italy, they have 5 course dinners...(another affirmation that I was secretly supposed to be Italian, haha) so we were kind of confused which number course we should be ordering from!! I ordered the tagliatelle with king prawns, peppers and tomatoes and P ordered the tagliatelle with lobster. Both were so delicious. We ordered Sardinian wine, too - I changed my mind at the last minute and switched from red to white to compliment the seafood - and it did. Both wines were truly amazing. The owner was there, sitting outside with his family and newborn baby girl, showing her off to his customers. We liked him. It was the best dinner, with an incredible view of the waterfront. I would go back in a shot.

 After our perfect dinner, we had a slow walk around town and stopped near the gelato place and couldn't decide what to do next - it was only 9.45. So...we shared two scoops of gelato and sat peacefully outside and just watched. If there's one thing I'm sure of, it's that I really wasn't ready to say goodbye and go back to the cold rain of the UK. It was absolutely the perfect getaway that I would recommend to anyone. We will definitely go back one day, and I already can't wait.