Sudden weather changes, beautiful pink flamingos and sunset!

Just the other day it was slightly snowing - last time it snowed in Sardinia it was 1993!

Unfortunately it melted as soon as it touched the ground :(

 

I was lucky enough to manage to take some photos before snow could melt!

 

Not much, but it made my daughters happy, as it never snows here- they went out in the garden without a jacket on, and it was freezy cold! They're crazy!

 

Hope you can see some small snow flakes!

And look at what I was able to photograph, today!

 

 A beautiful day, isn't it?This is the "Stagno di Molentargius" ( a pond), a natural preserve..in fact it hosts...

Beautiful...

Pink...

  

Flamingos!

They migrate from Africa to the closest warm place, which is Sardinia..sometimes there are really so many, they look wonderful!I hope they will never go away from here, because that would be a bad sign!

I keep this post short, and leave you with the picture of a wonderful sunset..Seems that Spring's already here!

A journey to Barumini and the Ottana St. Antonio fire day

Today I want to share with you the wonderful journey I spent yesterday!First of all, I went to Barumini, a nice small location in central Sardinia, not too far away from where I live. I first visited  the Nuraxi (nuraghe) ...Why don't you go and find out more about it here and here ?

Su Nuraxi has been declared "world heritage" by UNESCO

 

 Spectacular...

 

History's everywhere!

 

And here, as you can see, a huge fire in the city central square, to celebrate St.Antonio..

 

They say he went down to Hell to take fire  and brought it to humans

 

 They dance around the fire... take ash from the logs,and dirty people's faces with it!!It's real fun!!!

 

 "They" are Merdules, shepherds, accompanied by Boes(representing animals)..another classical character of this beautiful and mysterious carnival..its origins lie far back in the prehistory!

 

 I had a wonderful journey there in Ottana, and I thought I could share with you!I love this carnival,I think it's one of the most beautiful in the world especially because of its meaning!

Hope you enjoyed...and, last but not the least, some interesting links!

Ottana's carnival  -the website is in italian, but you can enjoy looking at the photos!

Boes e Merdules   -again, in italian, but there's allot to see..It's about these two main characters of the carnival!

Barumini  about the city of Barumini, lots of photos and history!

Hope you liked!