We then went down to the harbour to catch the Trottolo panoramic open top bus. It went once round the edge of the old town, out to Piazza Balagner then back to the sea front and along the lido before going off into the countryside to Capo Caccia. There were lots of spectacular views and a short stop at the Nuraghe Palmavera neolithic village on the way there. The bus dropped us back at the harbour at 1150, just in time for lunch. The trip had cost us €12 each rather than the advertised €18 as we had been given discount vouchers when we ate at the Placa Civica Ristorante (27th June lunch).
I visited the Banc National de Paris branch on Via Vittoria Emanuelle, opposite the cafe where we spent our first afternoon. With €120 in my wallet we went for a wander until we found a pizzeria on Piazza Municipo. Sonia had a cheeseless pizza while I had ham & mushroom. We enjoyed a half bottle of local white wine and finished with limoncello dessert for me and lemon sorbet for Sonia. We hat a chat with young Jack from Dundalk in Ireland who was looking forward to his train ride that afternoon - and his Mum & Dad were looking forward to a rest...
Then back to the hotel for a siesta for me while Sonia sat in the cloisters to read the paper. It was a short siesta until 1500 when I joined her. I did my good samaritan act for the day...a famous Sardinian singer was being interviewed for TV in the lower courtyard but they were locked in. I eventually worked out what they were asking me to do and went down to reception where I struggled to explain that the TV people were trapped, only to find that it had been sorted out in the 2 minutes it had taken me to get down there. I returned to the cloister and finished the Observer crossword & sudoko while listening to the interview being recorded below.
Once we had tidied up, we went for a walk up to a park in the new town on Via Alessandro Massini where we had a Callipo ice lolly each before walking back to the Bastioni Magellano.
We went looking for a light evening meal and ended up trying the Golfo holiday complex as the menu said they served burgers which Sonia wanted. Unfortunately these were undercooked despite being sent back once.
We cheered ourselves up after this disappointing meal by revisited the stalls on the sea front and bought a couple of feshly made amoretti biscuits. They were delicious - "esquisito!" and didn't make it to the end of the sea front. The consensus was that we would need to go back for some more tomorrow.
We decided to head back to the old town with the aim of having a drink at the Mill Inn (the obligatory Irish Bar) but it was shut so we went to another one further down Via Majorca. I managed a Bierra Rosso (red German beer at 7.6%) while Sonia had a dark rum and coke. We eventually left and headed back to the hotel at 2130, stopping to buy a bottle of water from a vending machine in a side street for €1.
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