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The first production trip of the 2004 season leads us for a week to Sardinia, the second largest island of the Mediterranean. While the north of Sardinia is quite strongly developed for tourists, the isolated southwest lives in a pronounced shadow. Even though one finds there actually everything a tourist could wish for: beautiful, secluded sandy beaches, a picturesque highland and original villages and towns. But, that's all the better for us
- at least no one disturbs us there!
Our path also leads to an almost completely unknown chapter in the history of this island: mining! Since early antiquity, Sardinia was one of the most productive mining areas for coal and ore in all of Italy. The mining was not discontinued until during the 20th century, in most cases, because it was no longer profitable - what remains are ruins from mines, which today offer an image of morbid romanticism in all their different stages of decay. On a trip scouting for locations last year, I found several of these which will provide a wonderful setting for our girls!
read more in the PDF file!
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