Ragazzis on Boats

To tip off the week, the group and I went sailing around Villasimius and made a few stops at some of the beaches along the way.  To date, it was one of the most memorable and fun experiences that we have had.  The water was crystal blue and you could see the bottom all the way from the surface no matter how deep the water was.  At our first stop, we swam in a little cove and passed around the snorkel masks to watch the fish and explore.  We stayed for about an hour and then headed back to the boat for some lunch.  We were served a generous amount of pasta and other food.  As we ate, we fed the occasional seagull as it passed by mid air or threw some bread to the fish and watched as they swarmed.  We made way for another small beach where some of us swam to shore and hung out exploring the rocks.  We stumbled upon some crabs and sea urchins.  After the beach, we swam back and headed home to conclude our day.

On Tuesday morning, I woke up early to finish my homework assignment and get the third and final project rolling with the rest of my group.  After lunch, we had two guest speakers; Dr. Tiziana Lai who spoke to us about ELV in Italy and Ing. Alessandro Murgia from the Sardinia EPA who talked to us about mining remediation across the island.  Both presentations were pretty interesting and it was cool to compare what we have learned from studying on our own or other guest speakers to what they presented.  After class, we headed back to continue to work on our projects.

Today, we went to Teulada for another one of our beach visits.  If you can believe it, the water here was even clearer than the water around Villasimius.  We did similar things like swim around and snorkel and explore the shoreline and rocks.  I caught up on some sleep and sun and had a blast.  Thankfully, Annalisa brought us food which I think everyone was extremely grateful for.  Tomorrow is back to school as our amazing experience here in Cagliari gets closer to the end.  I try not to think of it.

Various beach photos from Monday and Today:

 Villasimius

 Villasimius

 Villasimius

 Villasimius

  Teulada