S had a busy day at her conference, so I decided to bus over to Castelsardo. Easy one-hour ride on the ARST where you can buy a day pass on your phone for e7.

There are several ways to ascend to the castle in order of decreasing directness — climb stairs straight up the hill from new-town, take the service road, or walk the old-town streets on the sea-side of the castle hill.

I explored old town on the way down and spent some time looking out over the city and sea over the several tiers of battlements and layers of apartments.

On returning back to Sassari, I met up with M, fresh off her hike of the East coast of Sardinia, for appertivo and dinner with S, which turned out to be a bit of a travail. L’Assissino had come highly recommended from several sources and they sat us. After perusing the tripe and veal-brain stocked menu for an hour, the staff refused to acknowledge us. Pizza around the corner for us!