The sun is not exactly hot, but at the end of the morning it is still close to 15 degrees, the sea looks like a palette of blue colors, a light breeze (after the strong Mistral) and for the bravest even an out-of-season dive: it is Thursday 26 December, St. Stephen's Day, but at Poetto it almost seems like late spring.

There are those who do not give up a run to work off the food binges of the last three days, those who organize a yoga session, those who take advantage of it for a tan or just for a walk on the seafront. Unpublished seaside postcards that spread on social networks, pulling the sprint to a New Year's Eve that promises to be lucky.

Already before noon the large dirt parking lot next to Marina Piccola is packed. It is almost impossible to find a "hole". Viale Poetto is a long snake of cars that has its head in Marina Piccola and its tail in Amsicora. Respecting tradition, there are thousands of Cagliari residents at the Prima Fermata for Santo Stefano.

Mauro Madeddu