On the day after the opera we started with a visit to the Bastion area and from there to the Archeological Museum. The museum had a wonderful collection of bronze figures from prehistoric Sardinia and a group of stone figures whose provenance is the subject of scholarly dispute.
For lunch we fell back on Sa Domu Sarda after our first choice, Martinelli's, turned out to be closed for lunch. Nap and drinks at Liberium with Fancesca and Paolo, manager and owner of the house where we stayed. Liberium was a lovely terrace bar, high up, with panoramic sunset view.
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| Snails with tomato sauce |
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| Lamb, steak and sausage |
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| Excellent red |
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| The law requires that menus list all foods with allergy potential |
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| Stone giants depict, boxers, soldiers and archers |
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| This commemorates the museum's water-vending machine which accepts 10-euro notes but, as we later learned, can only return no more than 7 Euros in change. So we had to buy 5 bottles of water. |
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| Late Bronze age "Bronzetta" (4 inches high) - Mother and dead warrior. |
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| More bronzettas |
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| Chieftain |
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| Wrestlers |
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| Warrior? |
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| Wedding in the Santa Maria church in the Bastion on the way to the museum. |
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And a final Cagliari miscellany.
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| Street cleaner has self-propelled vacuum |
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| Dusk view from the bar Liberium |
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| Ice cream selection from Venchi the famous chocolate maker - to be sampled when we return on our last day. |
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| Remains of breakfast |
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| Street scene |
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| Church where wedding was held |
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| Selfie from bastion |
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| Lace street decorations |
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Marvelous photos! I'm getting hungry!
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That church is gorgeous. Why couldn’t you have had gelato at Venchi then AND when you return?
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