After a couple of days in Matera, we drove east in the morning across the remainder of the Italian peninsula to drop off the car at the Bari airport and catch a flight to the Costa Rei at the southeastern tip of Sardinia. Our time in Matera brought a close to the Italian peninsula segment of the trip and beginning the next (albeit very brief) leg. (An overview of the trip sequencing is posted in the, uh, overview post.)
Unlike the other stops on our trip thus far, this would be focused only on chilling – no history, no exploration (other than beach walks each day). So, very little commentary – just some pics.
Okay – here’s some commentary: Sardinian oysters are outstanding. (They’ll be bested by the Normandy oysters we’d have a month and a half later, and also by the Wellfleet oysters we’d have on our New England road trip the following year, but still – really good!)
Decent digs with a pretty good view:
After a few days lounging around Costa Rei, we headed to the port and grabbed an overnight ferry to our next destination: Palermo and Sicily.
No bad digs here either – also a pretty efficient use of time to sleep en route to Sicily (just like our overnight train from Lisbon to Madrid on our very first European trip in 2002).
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