Monday/Tuesday, April 19th/20th, 2011: Arrival.
We (Barbara and yours truly) take advantage of the Easter Holidays and go biking in Sardinia for 8 days. It is a continuation of the partial round-trip at Corsica and the tour from Orvieto to Trento we did last year.
We started the evening before yesterday at 9.02 p.m. at Munich, taking the night train to Rome. Our bikes travelled in a capacious bike compartment (that is a novelty), we travelled in the sleeping compartment. Almost exactly 12 hours later, we arrive at Rome Termini. It is a railway station as they should be: full of life and activity
Thinking of S21, I feel something is wrong. To be sure, Stuttgart is not Rome, but perhaps our concept of mobility will again tend towards public transport and railways in the future – and that would mean you will really need a railway station that deserves the name.
In Rome, we had enough time to change into the next local passenger train to Civitavechio. Although the train looks modern enough, not everything is in working order. To make up for it, it is very cheap to go by train in Italy. The entire way of more than 75 kilometres costs considerably less than 10 Euros for two people.
The train even has an electronic display. We can see that it actually occasionally reaches a speed of 135 km/h.
Still, the trip takes more than 80 minutes, because the train often stops at small and picturesque railway stations.
After a little less than half an hour, we reach the ocean. Now we know that it cannot be far to the ferry harbour of Civitavechio.
On arrival at the railway station, we first ride to the harbour in order to buy the tickets for the ferry to Olbia/Sardinia on the Moby Line. Then we inspect the small town. We eat a tasty pizza in the sun and return to the harbour.
Rear first, the colourful Moby ferry already appears at the quay. There is not much traffic, so it is quickly loaded and we can ride inside. We are permitted to park right there to the left, which means that we will be the first to disembark on arrival.
On the ship, it is quite apparent that the season has not yet begun. Neither the open-air bars and restaurant, nor the small pool are open. One deck for cars is completely unoccupied and otherwise everything also looks quite unhurried. At the onboard self-service restaurant, we get something to eat after all. There is no queue, everything is rather manageable.
We enjoy a totally uneventful trip. The approach to Sardinia is beautifully picturesque and at 8.30 p.m., we arrive at our hotel. After storing our bikes and some unpacking, we take a stroll through Olbia, drink a beer at a bar (watching the soccer match Roma – Inter on the TV screen – at the half-time break it is 0:1 for Inter) and then it is time for the bed. We will start early tomorrow – circling (?) all of Sardinia.
RMD
(Translated by EG)
P.S.
I send my love to all those who stayed behind. UTB is short for Vacation Diary. If you want to read more about my travels, just click on the category “travel diaries”…
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