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  • Rallye di Italia Sardegna aftermath

    After finishing Sunday’s Tergu-Osilo stage it was time for some beach fun and washing all the dust off the body. The stage is located on Sardegna’s noth coast, the plane next day would leave from Cagliari, located on the south coast. To save time the other day, I went the half way down on Sunday and ended up on the famous white “rice grain” beaches on Sinis peninsula near Oristano. Nice place! Feels like Baltic Sea. Okay, “rice corn” sand is different to the sand at the Baltic Sea, but the perfect light blue water compensates this. Behind the dunes is nothing but a small and nice restaurant. Nothin else, pure nature. Didn’t expect this at the Mediterranean Sea. Perfect end of a great weekend.

    The photo was originally puplished on my Instagram account.

  • Monte Lerno sunrise

    The rising morning sun seen from my sleeping spot on Monte Lerno. I think this was the highest point on this stage, which, was probably the longest stage of the 2014 WRC season calendar with an total length of 59,13km. I slept directly at the pass, a few hundred meters behind famous Micky’s Jump. 

    The photo shows the marvelous view over the first 30 kilometers of the tage. I never had such a view before. You could see the dust rising from several cars on the stage at the same time and they still needed minutes to reach this spot. Beside having those 3 great spots for doing the photos showed earlier, I also had a view to Micky’s Jump after only a 200m walk through the fields.

    This view was a perfect beginning for a day full of rallye action. And imagine: while having this view, I had a breakfast like this one.

    The photo was originally puplished on my Instagram account.

  • Breakfast, Sardegna style

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    A    gain we used the days off at Withsun to celebrate another outdoor, wildlife and rallye weekend. When we heard that the famous and beloved Acropolis Rallye of Greece dropped off the WRC calendar in 2014, we looked out for another event to join. Undoubtedly second most famous rallye is Rallye Finland and it is still on our list. But Finland is in August and full of midges. So we decided to give Rally d’Italia Sardegna a try. Similar weather conditions like in Greece. Stages are more narrow but less loose rocks on the surface.

    It was a good decision and the weekend went well. Even though it isn’t that comfy as it is in Greece. The stages are in the “Outback” of Sardegna and starting late in the day. So it was tight to get some food after leaving the stages. Also it was impossible to go to the beach at the end of the day. We lived in the Outback all three days and went to the beach afterwards on Sunday. Much harder than in Greece where you have a daily visit to Loutraki for a cold beer and some beach fun at the end of the day. I was curious about the food in the small villages up in the mountains. But it was kind off disappointing. We had pasta which looked liked instant noodles and also pizza magharita because the chief was not in the mood to put some more stuff on it. Only on the last day we had a good Pizza and it was in a larger city. This point definately goes to Greece. In the villages up in the mountains, where no tourist will ever go, are the best taverns with Tzatziki made by Grandma.

    Anyway, this is how the days in Sardegna started: Salami, Peccorino, bun and wine. This is Italy!

  • Lunch time

    Luckily, in all my jobs, there has never been a dress code. Perfect weather for a lunch time ride wearing Flip-Flops.