Michelle's Weekend Visit

Well it was another fun filled, site seeing, cappuccino drinking weekend!  My college roommate, teammate, and best friend Michelle came to visit.  She is currently visiting family friends in London, so she hopped on a plane and a couple hours later she was with us in Sassari :)  

Yay...Miche is here!

Tony actually headed out of town for his game basically right when she got here, so it was kind of a girl's weekend.  The first day Michelle got here we stayed close to home and explored Sassari, and watched some of Tony's practice.  Then we decided to just grab a pizza and relax at home.  I had been telling her about how good the pizza was here, and now she is a believer!

The next morning we headed off to Castelsardo ( I know...I have written about it before) but once again, it was an amazing city with it's quiet castle, churches, and views that make you want to stay awhile.  One of our favorite things about these little cities is that they have yet to start their tourist season, so they are so quiet!  It is so nice to walk the streets and see the lady (that is there every time) weaving her daily baskets that she sells in her little shop, then walking around the corner to see the men enjoying their morning caffe in the skinny little streets.  No one is in a hurry or on a schedule...a lifestyle that is so different then ours!

This view just never gets old

Then it was hot enough that we went back put on our swimsuits, crabbed some snacks, and headed to the beach!  It was the first day that has been hot enough to actually go to the beach...nice timing :)  We were the only ones there...but I promise it was hot...we even got a little sun burned!  

Platamona Beach

To finish off Saturday night we headed into one of our favorite restaurants, Tony's Pizzeria!  We had the best dinner, and time.  We were trying to go as slow as possible, to blend in with the Italians and their slow dinners, however the waiters kept trying to come over and clear out plates and move us on the next course.  I guess we have been there too many times when we eat fast, and leave fast...haha!  But we kept fending them off and actually got our dinner to last almost 2 hours, so we were happy :)

College Roomies :)

A little Lemon Sorbet to finish off our marathon dinner :)

The next morning we were up early again to head to Alghero where we toured the city and had some great stops!  We started off with a crepe, which we had been looking for...and while eating them in the sunny square, one of the waiters from a nearby restaurant showed up with two waters...we must have looked thirsty!  Then we hiked around the outside city wall and ended up at Kinds Pub (this is a bar that a player on Tony's team owns) so we took the lounge chairs in front and enjoyed a Sardegnian beer and snacks...not too bad!  We thought the class would be a good souvenir so we asked to buy them but they just gave them to us...so nice! Thanks Kings Pub and Alessandro :)

We heart ALGHERO!

Loungin'

Free Souvi's!

It was kind of windy so there were a ton of kite surfers out on the beach, so we pulled over to watch for a little bit.  I didn't realize what an amazing sport that is.  They were so good!  Then we headed off to Stintino, and even though we couldn't hang out on the beach it was still a place I wanted to show Michelle.  I just wish it would have been 15degrees warmer!  

Just a little windy...

Then back home to watch the game on the computer which Dinamo lost!  The were playing one of the top 4 teams and it was a great game till the very end, but we ended up losing by 2...bummer!!  They head out on the road again this week to play Veroli another top team in the league.  They seriously need a WIN!

Now it's back to just Tony and I, with no more visitors scheduled...sad :(  But I am so happy that we were blessed to have as many as we did!  There are three more regular season games in the season and then play offs will begin!

Have a great week...CIAO TUTTI!!