Shardana Hotel
Travel Blogs from Santa Teresa di Gallura
Any Porto (Vecchio) in a Storm
Weather defeats us. Porto Vecchio, Corsica, France, is shrouded in clouds, the horizon alternately veiled and not. Thunder echoes across the choppy water as the sea plays a rocking horse game with the tenders. Then, the rain becomes a sprinkle and the water rests. Then, the cycle repeats. Tours are canceled due to flooding on the island. We chat with James and Ricky, friends made on the last cruise who hail from Brisbane, and plan to meet them for ...
Porto-vecchio Corsica
... the ship cam WTO Melbourne so I left my number for him. Our bags are packed and we head off to the pool deck for a cook yourself hot rock steak. Delicious. We are both tired and dinner is finished at 8.30pm so we head to the panorama room for a final drink and relax before heading back. Ka had a voile of baileys and wa shirts Ed. Moh kept herself nice with cappuccino. At about 9 pm we called it quits even though ka wanted to go to the karaoke she couldn't make ...
Arrivederci Sardinia…
... Besides sitting around watching beautiful boats sailing by, swimming, reading and eating… (Reminds me so much of Grosvenor holidays.)
Since all the visitors left I have done a considerable amount of reading (finished 4 books) and am now totally hooked on 1Q84 – the latest Haruki Marukami novel. He is such an incredible storyteller. I wanted to wait till I was totally chilled out and settled in before starting it so that there would ...
Peace at last...
... time I see him he’ll be a dad!!
We did a bit more work this afternoon and then chilled out on the beach – I really do love catching the last of the sun, on a lounger, reading my book. The light is so beautiful then and it is definitely my best time of the day. After promising that we’d have an alcohol free week, we all cracked and ended the day with a chilled glass of white wine – a perfect end to a wonderful ...
Hot hot hot…
... drenched in sweat and the only thing stopping me from diving into the sea in my clothes was the fact that I had an hour walk back! But I did find some gorgeous beaches and coves – see my best photo! Realised that I didn't bring my camera cable so can only upload iPhone photos at the moment. But I did have the most delicious gelato to cool me down – mind you I had to drink most of it as it ...