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You’re Going to Miss … Sardinia & Corsica

You’re Going to Miss … Sardinia & Corsica

by Calvin Sun | Oct 11, 2021 | Corsica, Sardinia, What Dreams May Come, You're Going to Miss It...

  Press play. No, I really mean it. PRESS play and read the post with the music . . .   Did you press play yet? Are you hearing music playing? OK, you can keep reading then.     You’re going to miss … …the moment you were invited to come on...
The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 4 – Regatta Day From Corsica to Isola Spargi

The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 4 – Regatta Day From Corsica to Isola Spargi

by Calvin Sun | Sep 7, 2021 | Italy, Sardinia, September 2021: The Tyrrhenian Sea

  This morning we kicked off with the Regatta; a TYW tradition where we race other boats for the coveted award of bragging rights and a free pair of Blenders sunglasses.Our group’s chosen theme for Regatta was Burning Man/Mad Max so we constumed up...
The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 2 – Olbia to Cala Gavetta

The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 2 – Olbia to Cala Gavetta

by Calvin Sun | Sep 5, 2021 | Italy, Sardinia, September 2021: The Tyrrhenian Sea, The Nightlife

 On day 2 most of us woke up to our long awaited shangri-la, aka 9:30am where all our yachts were already sailing in open waters towards the islands of the La Maddalena archipelago. Way better than yesterday’s start.  We didn’t miss a beat to...
Come “Olbia” from Cagliari!

Come “Olbia” from Cagliari!

by Calvin Sun | Sep 2, 2021 | Italy, Sardinia, September 2021: The Tyrrhenian Sea, The Nightlife

    From a little village by Oristano, we then headed out north towards the Punic and Roman archaeological sites of Tharros:     Climb to the top for views over western Sardinia:     There’s still active excavations going on here!...
“Cagliari” Take Me Away From Florence

“Cagliari” Take Me Away From Florence

by Calvin Sun | Sep 1, 2021 | Italy, Sardinia, September 2021: The Tyrrhenian Sea, Serendipitous!, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

 Another monsoon begins, and this time in Sardinia: the Italian island between where we were only 1 month ago among the Balearic Islands and the Italian peninsula.I finally got to redeem all the thousands of miles I accumulated over the year of the pandemic...

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