This weekend we went to a grape picking/wine festival in a small town called Milis and stayed in an even smaller town called Massama (if you blink, you might even miss it!!) We had the pleasure in staying in a renovated 1800's farm house that has been handed down to the Orrù family for generations. The youngest daughters recently decided to renovate and transform the Farmhouse and farmland (120 hectares; [1 ha =107,639 sq ft] 12,916.68 sq ft) into a Holiday Farm/ Farm Stay. It was really nice to eat what they grow and raise on their land, and to eat freshly picked veggies and fruit. Here are some of the pictures of the weekend:
Dining hall
details of the stone and brick wall
view from outside
the older dining area
with the old tiles
some of the rooms (including ours) were out side
recuperated from old hen houses and barns
Milis City/Town Hall the Boyl Palace.
with cheese inside topped off with orange honey)
All profit was donated to childern in Africa to help build wells
(click on the name Seadas and sardinian to get the recepie)
The women hard at work
The wonderful woman
in the middle is the project manager
Detail of a lamp post in Milis.
We all took turns on the bull.... yes we ALL did. (geeze)
The next day......
In the tini tiny town of Massama there is a HUGE church. The central façade belongs to the Church of The Assumption of the Virgin Mary while next to it is a smaller church named "small church of the souls" (I don't know where they get these names from, kinda creepy) Both the churches were built in the mid 13th century. Modifications and additions were made by later conquerers. You can see both
Roman and
Byzantine influence (even if they were the same Empire the different ages brought different styles ) The first, simple and linear, the second more rich in detail and decor. So in the pictures you can see the distinct contrast between the "old" and the "new". I think it's pretty cool!
tiny tiny bell tower door (I'm short like 5'2)
details
Entrance to the big chapel (too bad it was closed)
The land around the farm
Our room - the hen house
relaxing in the sun
nothing like laying on the grass...... ahhhhhhhhhh
Ring Master, birthday girl and Circus Lady "Moira Orfei"
