Sardinia – Beyond ancient shepherding traditions lays a blossoming stalled future.
This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge – Beyond.
Can you see beyond the present to predict a positive future?
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Illumination
Sardinian Mirto is a popular liqueur made from myrtle and comes in two distinct flavours: Mirto rosso which is made from the myrtle berries and Mirto bianco which is made from the leaves of the myrtle plant. Mirto is often served as an after dinner digestive and is served chilled. Most restaurants will offer a homemade mirto which is stronger and has less sugar.
This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Illumination.
Have you tried Sardinian mirto?
Travel Theme: Multiples
This is an un-edited photo for the weekly photo challenge by Ailsa over at Where’s my backpack.
Sardinia is a stunning island in the Mediterranean but at times, her blue sky is filled with chemtrails or contrails. I lean towards chemtrails as these do not dissipate in time, instead they grow wider and wider eventually changing a beautiful blue sky cloudy. It’s such a shame.
To read an earlier post on chemtrails click here.
What’s your take on this conspiracy? Are they chemical trails or contrails?
While you’re at it – I’m the author of a new blog; my life as taken me oversea’s to a new exotic location! Please follow me over at My Caymanian Life and see what all the fuss is in the Caribbean.
My Sardinian Life’s Top 12 Posts of 2012
It’s been a busy and exciting year at My Sardinian Life; I’ve witnessed traditional festivals high up in the mountains and had the pleasure of being crushed by i Candelieri at the fantastic, energetic festival in Sassari, Sardinia. I’ve virtually met some of the most fantastic bloggers out there today and you’ve all inspired me to blog on; you’ve humbled me and made me laugh out loud one too many times and you’ve even made me shed a few tears. Thank you.
I’ve put this little post together to highlight My Sardinian Life’s top posts and pages of 2012. I’ve already done a year review of my favourite photos from 2012 and you can see it here. According to the wonderful stats by WordPress, here are …
My Sardinian Life’s Top 12 posts or pages of 2012.
1. Home page / Archives with 45,928 hits!
2. Top 7 Shirtless Italian Soccer Players with 5,283 hits.
3. The naked truth on nude beaches in Sardinia, Italy with 2,854 hits.
4. Aboot me (thanks for checking me out) with 2,413 hits.
5. A Mediterranean Medusa | Sardinia, Italy with 1,696 hits.
6. Cost of Living | Sardinia, Italy with 1,618 hits.
7. How to make tomato sauce like an Italian with 1,402 hits.
8. My Expat job struggles | Sardinia, Italy with 1,095 hits.
9. Contact page with 1,088 hits.
10. Start Here page with 1,053 hits.
11. Top 11 Reasons why Living in Sardinia Rocks with 869 hits.
12. The Raw Reality of Expat Life in Small Town Sardinia with 862 hits.
My Sardinian Life’s Top 12 Search Terms.
1. Medusa with 657 searches.
2. My Sardinian Life with 438 searches.
3. Living in Sardinia with 259 searches.
4. Rossella Urru with 207 searches.
5. Gianluigi Buffon with 164 searches.
6. life before the interner with 164 searches.
7. jennifer avventura with 153 searches.
8. Andrea Pirlo with 144 searches.
9. Andrea Pirlo shirtless with 143 searches.
10. Buffon with 141 searches.
11. Sardinia with 131 searches.
12. forza Italia 2012 with 129 searches.
I’m SUPER stoked that people searched more for me than Andrea Pirlo! Snaperiffic!
Wishing you all a safe and successful new year. Thank you for sticking with me these last two years – each day I learn something new.
What’s your most popular post? Drop the link in the comment section below.
A Year in Review – Top 12 Photos of 2012 | Sardinia, Italy
Let’s take a look back at some of My Sardinian Life’s best shots from the most spectacular island in the world – Sardinia!
The Kiss at i Candelieri
Friendly Sardinian Donkeys
Sardinian cork transport
Duomo di Sassari
Giants Tomb of Li Lolghi
Me at Li Feruli
View from the top of town
Cavalcata Sarda
Nuraghe Paddaggiu at Castlesardo
La Marinedda
Cala Tinnari – 7km by car
Stazzi e cussogghji
Wishing you all a safe and happy new year.
Thanks for sticking with me! 🙂
To check out more awesome photos from 2012 – be sure to check out the Weekly Photo Challenge.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate
Delicate is the hand that paints beautiful, pensive Sardinian children.
Painting by Maria Caterina Satta.
This is my response to this weeks theme – delicate.
When is the best time to visit Sardinia?
Sardinia is known for its long summer, turquoise coloured warm waters, 200 days of sunshine and an average yearly temperature that will melt any Canadian’s heart. So, when is the best time to visit this magical island in the Mediterranean?
Average Monthly Climate in Sardinia, Italy
Let’s break the year up into groups of four to see what it really looks like in Sardinia.
January-March
These three months are the coldest, wettest and most windy of the year. Locals busy themselves collecting wood to keep them warm during the drabbest months of the year.
Clear skies in January 2012
Here comes the snow – Feb 2nd, 2012
Snow in Sardinia
Blinding whiteness
April – June
This is my favourite time of year in Sardinia, the birds are singing and the town is filled with smiling happy people and the temperatures are warm enough for jeans and a t-shirt. It’s also the time for my favourite Sardinian festival of the year – Cavalcata Sarda.
April 1st with Blue Skies
May 20th at Cavalcata Sarda in Sassari
June 1st Cork
July – September
These three months are undoubtably the hottest and busiest of the year. The sun is shining all day, every day and the beaches are filled with global beach goers. It’s the perfect time to chill seaside with the perfect novel.
July beach days at Isola Rossa
Freshly picked August figs
Sticky hot in September
October – December
October and November are iffy months. We’ve been known to spend an afternoon on the beach in November while the following day is filled with thunder, hail and lightning storms.
October in Sardinia
November in Sardinia
December in Sardinia
When will you visit Sardinia?
Travel Theme: Hot
Another great theme from Ailsa from Where’s my backpack? The theme this week is hot and I wish it were hot in Sardinia now. Instead of warm summer temperatures we’ve dipped below 10c! That’s shivering cold for us. I’m bundled up tight in my Canadian sweatshirt and wooly socks and dreaming of higher temps.
Hot on Li Feruli
How hot is too hot for you?
My best kept secret at My Sardinian Life
Besides my immediate family; only two of you, in the internet world know about my best kept secret. It’s been a secret for so long that I’m bursting at the seams with excitement, anticipation and nervousness. I mean – this is something I’ve done before, I’m no rookie. I know the ins and the outs of this game; I’ve played it many times in my career.
But now, it’s just a bit different – because my heart and soul are here, in Sardinia.
In the last several years I have struggled with finding decent employment to the point of frustration, tears and hopelessness. I have written about it several times in the past and you can read about it here and here.
This post is not about what happened in the past – it’s about what’s going to happen in the very near future.
My Sardinian Life’s best kept secret is …
1st Place for My Sardinian Life in the 2012 Canadian Blog Awards
The votes are in and My Sardinian Life takes 1st place in the 2012 Canadian Blog Awards – in the category of Best Travel & Expat Blog – snaperiffic! It was a close one; so close in fact that there was only a 3 vote difference between 1st & 2nd places!
And now, on with the acceptance speech:
Firstly, I would like to thank Jonathan Kleiman who took copious amounts of time to organize this award for Canadian bloggers across the globe. Jonathan is a Toronto Business Lawyer and a Small Claims Lawyer and his side gig is organizing fantastic blogging awards. I wonder how he does it? If you need a lawyer, be sure to click Jonathan’s name above – and I’m sure he can sort you right on out. So, thank you Jonathan. I appreciate all the hard work you’ve done in the last year to make this award a reality.
I would also like to thank all of those that took time out to vote for My Sardinian Life – you helped make this award a reality and to you I am grateful.
Thanks to you!
- My number one fan – my Mom.
- Every family member that voted.
- My virtual friends from Sardinia – grazie per il vostro continuo supporto. Ho imparato molto da voi in questi ultimi anni sulla tua terra, il tuo mare e delle vostre tradizioni. Grazie. La Sardegna è la nostra da scoprire.
- My Italian Reflections group – if it weren’t for you lot I would have gone bonkers long ago!
- The Virtual Tourist crew.
- My Twitter followers.
- My first real life blogging buddy in Bagni – you showed me that anything is possible.
- All my Facebook fans & friends and to all the expats around the world, who are living their dream.
Raise your glass high; I salute you.
From the bottom of my heart – thank you!
Jennifer Avventura
My Sardinian Life 