special dinner :)

Like every year when first week of september arrives Fingers Porto Cervo Sardinia staff organize a special final dinner all togather with boss and everybody working in the restaurant, boss will make a speech and congratulate with everyone for good work of the summer, this time we are also present and the location choosed is an agritourism near home called LaKustera (click the link).
Pity for the day which in the vening turns bad with hard falling rain. The agritourism is really cute but as it is night and there are no lights around is difficult to make a precise idea about the place, located in the middle of nothing, among rocks and olive trees, a big building made of local stones comes out in the total black of the night.
To arrive inside the restaurant we proceed by feet along a stoney path surrounded by trees that cover all like passing inside a green tunnel, the inside is made of big stones and rocks kept togather giving the impression of really powerful walls.
A big particular chimney stay in a corner (foto on the left) and many tables fill the room.
We sit at our place and in a few minutes the waiters start to take us many appetizers (see foto), grilled vegetetables, cheese and honey, pasta, salami .... Momochan who is sitting on the knees of her new friend Yamachan (a friend and collegue of daddy), tries everything in small bits laughing, smiling and looking around all the people.
The main course is a tipical little roasted pork accompanied by pinzimonio veggies not bad but not too much, I just tasted it because there wasn't much pork to eat, the majority of food was composed by the appetizers and the pasta dishes (tortellini and gnocchi with tomato sauce and veggies).
After the pork comes the sweets: a strange white cream in mirto lilac sauce, strange but not bad and seadas, a tipical sardinia sweet, it is a kind of big tortellino fried, filled with cheese and covered by honey, the result is funny but tastes not bad, sweets are served with mirto, the tipical sardinia liquor and coffee.
Rain continuously fall until 23.00 PM, Momichan is really tired and fall asleep in my arms.
Boss is making his speech saying thanks to the staff and informing everybody this summer they have gained 15% more than what they thought, season has come out really good thanks to the efforts of everyone.
Waiter comes with the bill, we collect the money and pay, outside is still raining but less so we can reach the car. I am hugging Momochan still sleeping, when we arrive home I just take her pants off and put her to bed sweet little baby :)

seagull island :)

Today is our last day in Sardinia, tomorrow we will come back home, guys are free today, monday restaurant is closed so they have decided to go to the Seagull Island because is windy enought to make surf :)
Place is not bad but is really too windy and cold, anyway we start eating at the local bar, pizza and sandwiches :)
(left fotos Sampei with Momo and Yamachan, the second foto is the beach with the surf and Hiro in the corner)
Momochan sit with Yamachan a friend of daddy and also sushi chef at the restaurant, he is friendly and Momo likes him, he knows how to treat kids and behaves well, he helps Momo to eat and often plays with her, guess he would be a nice dad but since now he hasn't got a family on his own because he is alway travelling and he is never fix some place, so is hard to find some girl crazy as he is :)
Anyway, we eat then we go shore, it is still windy but is good for the guys, the two japanese Yamachan and Hiro take a surf while Roman and Luma stay on the towel taking sun, after a while Roman start to help Sampei and Momochan to build sand castles but seem Sampei and Roman are making a race for who is making the best castle, Momochan looks amused the two castles and help daddy :)
I am taking fotos and look around, Yamachan is good in surfing, wind is really strong but he never fall, Hiro has gone somewhere we cannot see, maybe he is far and not near the beach but there are many windsurf around so is not easy to recognize him.
After one hour, when guys have finished windsurfing we decide to come back home, I ma freezing and Momochan too (I haven't done any bath, water is warm but outside is too cold) also we have to prepare suitcases and change and wash for tonight because there is the final dinner alltogather with boss and all the collegues so we have plenty of things to do.

tche thcerechè :)

In Sardegna theese days there is a song that continuously is in the air, in the shops and in the restaurants you always can hear :)

The singer is a brasilian young guy named Gustavo Lima and his song Balada is at the top of the charts, Momochan gets crazy and wants to hear it every time. Here are the words :)


GUSTAVO LIMA - BALADA
Eu ja lavei o meu carro, regulei o som
Ja ta tudo preparado, vem que o brega e bom
Menina fica a vontade, entre e faca a festa
Me liga mais tarde, vou adorar, vamos nessa

Gata, me liga, mais tarde tem balada
Quero curtir com voce na madrugada
Dancar, pular ate o sol raiar.

Gata, me liga, mais tarde tem balada
Quero curtir com voce na madrugada
Dancar, pular que hoje vai rolar.

Tche tcherere tche tche,
Tcherere tche tche,
Tcherere tche tche,
Tchereretche
Tche, tche, tche,
Gustavo Lima e voce

Se voce me olhar vou querer te pegar
E depois namorar, curticao
Que hoje vai rolar…

Gata, me liga, mais tarde tem balada
Quero curtir com voce na madrugada
Dancar, pular ate o sol raiar.

Gata, me liga, mais tarde tem balada
Quero curtir com voce na madrugada
Dancar, pular que hoje vai rolar.

Tche tcherere tche tche,
Tcherere tche tche,
Tcherere tche tche,
Tchereretche
Tche, tche, tche,

lunch

Today no beach, we walk around for the shops to take some souvenir for mum and some post cards to send home and Japan.
First of all brakfast at our preferred coffee place and while we wait for coffee and croissants, Sampei writes the post cards for Japan, Momochan looks enthusiastic and wants to sign them too writing her name in hiragana :)
In one of the shops we have bought a souvenir for Momochan: a sheep shaped rucksack, the sheep is the mascotte of Sardinia isle and at home nobody have, Momochan wants to wear it and is happy because the sheep is so warm and soft :)
Lunch time is again at our preferred coffee/restaurant place, hamburger sandwich, big piadina and kebap dish wth fries for Momochan. Two friends reach us for coffee and is already time for daddy to go work but he has a sourprise: when tuesday we will come back home he will come back with us :)

brunch :)

Today friends have organized a brunch on the terrace, everyone is cooking something to eat alltogather, day is not fantastic, is sunny but not so warm, I guess we won't go seaside afterwards :)
On the menu today: wiener, scrambled eggs, salad, fruitjuice, coffee, potatoes baked with bacon, bomboloni, a carrot cake, at the table half world present HAHAHA: russian (Roman), brasilian a girl), japanese (Sampei, Momo and Yohei), italians (me and Stefania).
Lunch time is happy, music, chats, foof is good and soon arrive time to go work, some of the friends start later, some like Sampei have to go before 15.00 PM to prepare for dinnner.
I help washing the dishes (just to discover after having finished, the kitchen is equipped with a nice dishwasher and dishsoap :), Sampei makes shower and change to go work, Momo and I prepare to go on the beach, Momo wants to build some sand castles and bath, we will try, if is too cold we will come back home or give a look at the shops.
(A kiss-goodby-later to daddy and we are out. In the foto here on the left you see Momochan with a wellknown statue of a boat and Momochan going down to the beach). Just the time to make a sand castle and a quick bath and we realize is really cold, a little windy also, Momochan trembles and ask if we can go away so I take all our things and dress her again, put her on the towel to get her warmer and take some fotos, Momo start to make funny faces and I make many funny fotos, she is great :)
We climb the stairs to arrive at the plaza back and we take a look at the shops, there are many interesting things but most have too high prices, in a little shop however I find a cute pair of hearring for just a couple of euro, Momo says they are really cute, I pay and wear them, now is time for a yummy ice cream, strawberry and lemon for Momo and chokolate and mirto with cream for me.
We decide is time to come back home, wind is blowing hard now, I want to cook some veggies with meat balls, also Momo is a little tired.
Once home she seat in front of tv while I cook something for dinner, is easy to understand she is tired even if she doesn't want to admit, because she .... well, look at the foto, what is Momochan doing in your opinion ? HAHAHA
She really amuses here and is a pity that our vacation is ending, theese last day we cannot take sun and stay on the beach as much as we want to, temperature is going down and in the evening is really freezing, weather will get better next week and it will be hot again but tuesday we have to go back home in Milano :( who knows if we will have the occasion to come back again and have fun :)

windy day

This morning we woke up earlier but day was windy ... umm ... we went down to the shore coffee place to make breakfast and decided to try to go sea but before we went take a look at the shops near the coffee place searching for a new cossie (swimmsuit) for me because the one I have has got broken :(
Inside the shop prices were discountend 50 per cent, searching a cossie in the middle of all cute ones is difficult but at last I find one blue whixh Momo says make be beautiful HAHA ok then we buy this one also the owner of the store makes us a big discount and Sampei also buy a t-shirt for himself.
Because of the strong wind on the shore we could not open our tent, sea is deliciously warm but sand is flying everywere, a sand castle is nice to make alltogather and after some splish splash in the sea is also a good idea.
For lunch time we reach the boss at the local restaurant on the beach were all the other collegues of Sampei are already sitting and chatting, Momochan want spaguetti with tomato, daddy spaguetti with shells and a pizza for me.
At 14.00 PM everybody has to go work, Momo and I cannot return to the beach because wind is still blowing hard so I profit of the situation to take Momo home and let her have a nap, I will have time to read my book and play with pc :)

shore

Although we wanted to awake early we arrive at the shore around 11.30 AM, we seat at the same shore restaurant as yesterday and we take coffee and "bombolone" YUM YUM for breakfast, Momo has a juice.
After breakfast we go on the shore to play and we open our Ikea tent.
At this point I have to say something on this tent: the tent is really comfy but just half, it opens in two seconds and it keeps you clean, you do not need to dirty your towel with sand and in case of babies they can rest in the shadow, the problem is you always get crazy to close it but I'll tell you later ...
Today Sampei has not day free, just morning until 14.00 PM so in the evening we would be alone and I would have close the tent.
At lunch time we decided to go to the same place we had lunch yesterday with the sandwiches we loved so much and Momo wanted to eat again fries and kebab :)
It is funny to see Momo and her dad togather, I took some fotos, in some of them Momo seems to tell some secrets to daddy (look here the foto up) in some other she is just laughing like crazy or making some funny face :)
After meal with sandwich Sampei payed and runned away, he had to go home before to have shower, change and after run to the restaurant to start work, luckily home is just 50 meters from the shore now so he made quick.
Momo and I went to the shore again until six, she made sand castles and bathed a lot, swimmed and jumped happily until I said it started to get windy and was freezing to swm in the water and ... what about an ice cream ? YESSSSSSSSSSSS she said so I started to pack our things but when I arrived to pack the tent I got crazy ! I tried more than 30 times after wich someone came in aid because I was going totally mad and started to be funny, I tried to follow the instruction but they were absolutely not clear, fortunately there was another man with a tent similar to mine who helped a lot but the result was that my tend after all my efforts before was totally dusted !!! AAAHHHH ! Well I would have thought afterwards home.
After the ice cream we went home, Momo sat on the sofa to look cartoons, I had to organize for dinner and make laundry also I wanted to give a wash at the tent so I opened it also it was not folded properly, I washed it carefoully and washed around the balcony but after that I couln't fold it to close it again so after burning from fury I left it simply on the big table I had cleaned. We made shower, I put Momo a fresh pijama and left her see cartoon while I prepared dinner, meanwhile I made laundry, after dinner I put Momo to bed with her milk bottle and I went to see a film on tv.

home for the vacation :)

This morning we awake in the house Sampei is dividing with 6 collegues, the house can be cute and has a nice panorama but is far from the shore I cannot reach by feet and most of all there is no space for us ! home is a total disaster, dirty, no space for our things, bathroom is empty no furniture just a plain sink and a horrible shower, no shelves nothing at all and absolutely no place where to sleep !
Sampei divides a room with a guy and they have two beds, there is no bed for Momo (but luckily I have her camp bed in the car) and no bed for me except the sofa which is not comfortable ! luckily boss calls to say if we want to change to a better home ... YUPPIIIIIIIIIIIIII !
Two girls have to come back Milano so there is a room free in a cute home just 50 meters from the shore, clean, furnished and with a room with private bathroom all for us, we can stay all three of us togather in a double bed :)
The house had three bedrooms each one with private bathroom, a livingroom with a big sofa and a little table, table to eat for 8 people and in front a small kitchen equipped with oven, big fridge, cooking top and dishwasher !!! it has a big terrace with sight on the shore, it is near the supermarket, we can go by feet. Before Momochan got chickenpox, boss had organized for us and Sampei to stay in this home, Sampei had sent me by cell phone a foto of the panorama by night, but as Momo got ill and we couldn't come, the thing went wrong and here came two girls of the staff so, when yesterday we arrived, we had to stay in another house that was absolutely not suitabole for us, really it was a nightmare ! I slept on the sofa without even blankets, went to take in the car the camp bed for Momo and gave her her blanket and pillow I had taken from home so that she could sleep weel then I put her bed near the sofa so as to hide me a little, as another guy had to sleep in the living room but not Sampei because he slept in another room he had from the start.
In this house there are girle and normally where there are girls houses are cleaner. I guess I could have stayed in the other if Momo would not have been with us, I really cannot permit a child like her to stay in a dirty place, with no fixed place to sleep and dirty ! In this second house we can manage like home in Milan, in the evning I can prepare her dinner with what we like we can buy at the supermarket, (there are also kids plates and tools here), I prepare her the table, she can sit meanwhile on the sofa and watch cartoons or use the small table to colour her books, we can eat confortably and after I can make her shower and put to bed, close the door like home and sit my turn on the sofa to watch a film, then go to sleep and wait for Sampei to come and sleep with us.
I can also make the laundries and put outside to dry without fearing they would dirty, this is a normal house but really for us here is a dream, house it also equipped with air conditioned in every room!
Momochan too is happy to stay here, she smiled and said us the house was wonderful, she is neither 4 year old but she is so intelligent and clearly sees the differences from a place to another and appreciates the good things. (In the foto here left Momo chan is coming out of our private bedroom while in the other she has fallen asleep after a hard day :)