Sardinia

Our trip to Sardinia was lovely in every way. Hard to put into words you know. A perfect marriage of earth and sea. It's breath taking.
What's cool, is that it wasn't really discovered until 1964, as far as tourists go anyway. They have strict building codes and so all the homes just blend into the earth and no high rises to make you want to puke. There is much that is completely undeveloped. The agriculture meets the forest, that meets the beach that meets the sea. No buildings in sight. We found a beach that we walked for over 4 hours and saw only 2 other human beings. I am NOT kidding! And there was a reason we even saw those 2 human beings. Here is the story. We were walking along that deserted beach when we came upon a paddle boat. Why not? We pushed it into the sea and had a good couple of hours tooling around. We decided to take it back, and that's when we saw those 2 other people. And they were yelling at us. Yep, they were the owners. Since we hadn't seen any form of life, how in the world did they know we had their paddle boat??? We took the yelling in stride, b/c we really were in the wrong. But no damage done and we parted.
Oh, and Steve saw his first real snake! It was basking in the sun on the patio of our hotel. Yes, this place is wild and very natural! We were pretty sure it was just a garden snake, but then we aren't experts, so we didn't hang around too long!
We found a tower and we climbed it. On top was a 360 degree sweeping, stunning, view. I have to put it at the top of all the views I have ever seen. WHAT??? Number ONE?? Yep. Better than Bellagio, Lake Como. Better than the alps. Mountains, water of all hues of blue/green, islands, harbor towns, boats, white sand beaches, greenery and wild flowers galore in absolutely every direction you could look! Just imagine! OHH, AHHH! And b/c it was early spring the entire island was covered in wild flowers. It smelled like a garden of Eden and looked like one too! Big whiffs of incredible smells. I would be talking to Dad and we would have to stop in mid sentence just to take a deeper breath! Now that's a nice change from the Belgian metro!
Granted, we were there too early to go into the water. That's not all bad in Europe. That means there wasn't any topless girls on the beach. In fact, that meant there was no one on the beach! We had the place to ourselves.
Oh, and Dad was dubbed, Eagle Eye Herway. He found a beach that left us breathless. And it was hidden! You had to find this hidden path, and then walk quite a way, and then TA DA, there it was, in all it's splendor. It made my jaw drop. I would have never found it on my own.
I loved spending a week with no TV, or phone, or responsibilities, and chillaxing with Dad and Steve. The Lord blessed us tremendously.