Sunday, 13 May, 2018
Our simple plan for the day was to wake up at some point from the ramifications of celebrating last night's win over the Crusaders and then explore Cagliari, population about 150,000 souls, a bit more.
The first thing we saw in the
morning on the street just
outside our apartment
The sights got better quickly thank goodness.
Nice enclosed entryway about
20 meters from that chair
On the wall of a church
Cagliari has a lot of churches in a small area even by normal Italian-Catholic standards.
For example, about a block from our apartment there are three Catholic churches. Two share the same back wall and the third is about 15 meters across the ally from the first two.
The parish wars here must be brutal!
Chiesa San Michele
We both love the colors
Inside Chiesa San Michele
Holy Water Font
Sarcophagus?
A REALLY old role up door
Shady, colorful streets
Sardinia's King Carlo Felice
Even in Sardinia,
rust NEVER rests
George and Laurie
Are we in business in Cagliari? Nobody told me.
Unfinished Bishops
A open air semi-church
Too early for lunch for us
But not too early for Laurie
to go shopping
Great old buildings in the historic core
In the upper left is the declaration
that this vending machine
only store is open
24 h
7/7
365/365 . . .
. . . selling beer among other things
this would never fly in the USA
Nice view back out to the street
from the Speedy Matic
Loving the little streets
to the max
The ruins of the
Chiesa di Santa Lucia di Marina
Laurie in the arcade near
Cagliari's harbor
We stopped for some wine and
eventually a café
I liked the shade . . .
. . . while Laurie opted for a seat in the Sun
Near the trash cans.
Our harbor view from
another sunny spot
Cagliari's Palazzo Civico
or City Hall
Peacocks are Cagliari's symbol
Nineteenth century war monument
Bastione di Saint Remy
A nice, small piazza near . . .
. . . the Cattedrale di Santa Maria
Inside the Cattedrale
What is this lion eating?
Santa Maria is big in these parts
A GREAT Holy Water font
Not one but TWO skulls
What is this lion doing?
Cattedrales are supposed to
be ornate
I just liked it on a
random piazza . . .
. . . below the Cattedrale
A view of the Stampace district
where we are staying
Note all of the church domes and/or towers in a small space.
Not sure what it says but this
ancient sign is on our apartment's
outer wall
In the evening we went out for a
nice, relaxed meal at the
Terra e Mari Ristorante
We each ordered a traditional Sardinian main dish and were not disappointed.
Meanwhile, our cracker-jack team photographers started posting photos from the Skorpions trip to Cagliari.
Apparently our boys did not stop enjoying the warm Sardinian night after we left them at 2:00 a.m.
With a scheduled Sunday, 8:00 a.m. return flight on EasyJet did anybody really think that they wouldn't pull an all-nighter?
WR Martino Piazzi and
RB Ema Della Bosca are buddies
So are WR Giacomo "Jack" Micheli
and Gianluca "Golden Arm" Arena
Fun at the airport at the expense
of WR Matteo Mozzanica
Our Pullman ride from the the
airport on Saturday
#30 Giulio Bonfanti and
#9 Stefano Granelli in hot pursuit
One Crusader Lineman had GREAT
get-off on this play
#68 Offensive Guard
Cesare Molteno
Laurie on the sidelines
Player/Coach Cristian "Bumba" Bianchi
With the Heart and Soul of the Skorpions
GM Giorgio Nardi
Former RB Bumba getting OL
pointers from Simone "Ciccio" Magnarelli
#87 Andrea Gorini, #9 Stefano Granelli
and #58 MLB Ivan "Swito" Raso
QB Omar Passera
Omar is just a WINNER pure and simple.
Stefano Granelli after scoring
the first TD of the game on a pass
from Omar Passera
DEFENSE!
#32 Tony Mitrano, #9 Stefano Granelli
and #21 Nicolas Principi
#87 Andrea Gorini and
#21 Nicolas Principi forcing an
apparent fumble
Too bad for us as Stefano Granelli was about to scoop and score points, just maybe not for us.
Think Roy Riegels and/or Jim Marshall.
FS Simone Tettamanti DID scoop
and score a TD for the Varese 11
Granelli on the loose again
with #57 Stefano "Lusu" Lusuriello
coming to his aid
OL Coach Leo Pozatto, DC Dani Donati
and that other coach
Post game thoughts
If Switio is smiling then
good things happened
I can't help the look, we live
near fashion conscious Milano
Having Andrea Gorini on your side
is ALWAYS a good thing
Andrea gives his all every time he steps onto the field.
What more can a coach ask of his players?
Bumba . . . WHAT A GREAT STORY!
Crusaders Head Coach Jarvis McGarrah
and his highly respected QB Andrea Meloni
All of the Skorpions have nothing but good things to say about this veteran QB whose career will end in two weeks after the Crusaders play the Varese Gorillas in the season ender for both squads.
Personally, I have grown to admire mental and physical toughness as he just competes down after down, game after game with no complaints. He is indeed a great leader and role model for all Italian QBs.
Poppo and Gigi
after the game taking in
what a BEAUTIFUL night it
truly was for American football!
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