Wednesday June 12th

Today was another travel day that began with some more classroom preparation for our trip to Sardinia.  After a short flight, we landed in beautiful and sunny Alghero. We grabbed a quick bite to eat and then headed to the Centro di Conservazione e Restauro Dei Beni Culturali to see the lab and the amazing sculptures of Monte Prama.  The sculptures of Monte Prama are large, free-standing, carved stone warriors which represent a small percentage of the 5178 fragments that were found at the site in the 1970s.  These beautiful sculptures have been dated as far back as the eighth century, B.C. and are an amazing and very important find. After leaving the Centro di Conservazione, we then settled into our hotel in Alghero and had an amazing Sardinian dinner outside with a view of the streets of the town and the sound of the ocean close by.  Of course, the evening ended in a trip to the gelato shop!