How to Live to 100

Here we are on the island of Sardinia! If you’ve ever heard of Blue Zones, then you know we were here to learn the secrets to happy longevity. Which is, if we learned correctly, sunbathing with friends, drinking wine and eating cheese, and walking up hills and down and up. (No, we weren’t in the exact right blue spot. We were only in Cagliari, a southern port town, the biggest city on the island, and a transportation hub. But maybe it was close enough for us to learn a few tips?)

We took it fairly easy here. Wandering streets abundant with flowers (holy jacarandas!) and marble.

Sheltering from rain storms within the grottoes and tree canopies of the botanic gardens. (And watching turtles belly flop off ledges into ponds!)

Sea and sun bathing on a huge, pristine, crowd-free (nearly person-free), sandy, clear-watered beach. (And no one got sunburned, thanks to the abundant umbrellas. With no one to sit underneath them except for us!)

And indulging in a guided tour of candle-lit underground bunkers and ruins. (Cagliari was one of the most bombed Italian cities during WWII. Much was destroyed and rebuilt. And that means artifacts from the Carthaginians to the Romans became discovered.)

We may not live to be centenarians based on a few days here. But it was quite a lovely (unpretentious and easily navigable) place to put up our feet for a moment!