Monday started off with another early morning bus ride up
the southeastern coast of Sardegna to the coast of Villasimius where we
proceeded to board a large cruising sailboat. The captain took us out to a very
rocky island with a lighthouse on it. A few of us ended up climbing up to one
of the highest natural points on the island to enjoy the well earned view from
the top. We quickly made it back down to go swimming with the rest of the group
where we saw some smaller fish and sea urchins.
As we headed back to the boat for lunch we watched a large
lightning storm unleash its power over Cagliari way off in the distance. During
lunch we devoured the pasta they had cooked for us and learned how to feed the
crew’s favorite seagull as it flew down the length of the boat. Once lunch
concluded we landed on a secluded stretch of beach. As everyone went to swim
and explore the spit of land, Dylan and I decided to climb to the top of the
highest promontory just behind the beach. We were a bit concerned being on top
of one of the highest locations in the area while watching all of the lightning
off in the distance. So we headed down to the boat as quickly as possible and
enjoyed jumping off the rail of the boat with the rest of our class.
Dylan climbing up to the peak high above the beach.
On Tuesday we had Dr. Tiziana Lai and Alessandro Murgia come
talk to us about their respective work regarding end of life vehicles and the
remediation of various contaminated sites in Sardegna. Alessandro brought up
some rather interesting issues regarding the funding and resources that are
available to clean up such sites contaminated with many naturally occurring heavy
metals.
Wednesday was one of our last “free” days which we got to
spend at Tuerredda (another amazing beach) on the
southwestern corner of the island. I walked around the cove that we were in and
collected a pocket full of sea glass before joining the others and enjoying the
hot sun and crystal clear water.
Hopefully this wont be
our last trip to the beach while we are here. But if that is the case, then it
was definitely a great tip!
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