The last large snow storm to hit Italy was in 1985. Records are meant to be broken and this weeks snow storm has snarled traffic, closed schools and office buildings and made a big white wintery wonderland all over Italy, and now finally … Sardinia.
Early morning runs have given way to cold, wintry mornings in; computer side. With my eight year old crocs keeping my elevens warm and toasty, I forget about the six kay and settle deeply into the wonders of the net.
I skim along the morning headlines and click a YouTube link, probably from one of the major social networks circling the many circles. I watch the cute, quirky, kind of annoying video of whatever and notice, in the upper right hand corner my social Gravatar, I click it in wonder. What’s behind that door?
UPLOAD!
So, I did it! Five times!
Watch the snow fall on Sardinia. Feb. 6th, 2012
Watch snow falling on Sardinia from a mountain top
Watch animals you meet on the roads of Sardinia
Watch 3 Sards and 1 Canadian
Watch a beautiful beach of Sardinia, on a windy day
What do you think?
Greetings from snowy Sardinia. The white fluff keeps falling closing schools, buses and offices. Farmers are left in frustration as their crops are frozen, giving rise to a price hike in fresh produce.
You never know what to expect on a drive, in the mountains of Sardinia.
Enough with the snow already! Here’s a little video of our favourite beach, Li Feruli. I hope this video brings some warmth to the rather cold winter days we’ve had.
3 Sards and 1 Canadian take a walk into the mountains. I would have never guessed that my Sardinian friends would be afraid of … cows! Two of my Sardinian friends climbed a tree, I hopped a fence with another Sard only to realize after that the field we were in was housing a bull!
Day three and we are still covered in snow!
Last week I wrote an article titled, Top 11 Reasons Why Living in Sardinia, Italy Rocks and my eleventh reason why I thought living in Sardinia is the bee’s knee’s is that Sardinia is one of the world’s healthiest places to live. Pretty fantastic, no?
I’ve dug a little deeper into the study of World’s Healthiest Places to Live and have learned that American explorer Dan Buettner, (who had cycled his way all over the world a few times) had started a study in demographics and longevity thus beginning his research into “the blue zones,” his idea of cultures that have the longest life expectancy.
He found himself in Sardinia at the beginning of the study and soon realized that Sardinia has, and always has had a large population of centenarian’s in the world. It is in these ‘blue zones’ that people reach the age of 100, ten times more than those in the United States.
The custom of wearing a ring on the third finger of the left hand dates back to ancient Egypt. The Egyptians believed that the vein in the ring finger, flowed straight to the heart. And through this vein sentiments of love and prosperity are carried.
Filigrana is the Spanish word for this lace-like type of work, in English it’s Filigree.
The traditional Sardinian wedding ring is said to bring wealth and prosperity. The globules on the Sardinian wedding ring are inspired by corn ears and it’s typically flat, decorated with small drops. It’s an intricate work that dates back centuries. The ring is made from gold or silver; using fine wires or minute globules which are soldered together to form a lace-like pattern.
I’ve befriended the local orafa or goldsmith a few months ago as I was in search of a new wedding ring. We spoke often throughout the weeks, planning my new filigrana Sarda. We went through many traditional ancient jewellery books looking for the one which resembled me best.
Today I’m dreaming of the Sardinian Summer.
You?
My Sardinian Life 