I still remember the first time I set foot on Sardinia in 1975. It was so much different from my fast-paced life in Germany where I grew up. Here was a place where everything runs slow, traditions and family are first priority, and the food is amazingly genuine. I was fascinated by Sardinia’s breathtaking wild and unspoiled landscapes and the Mediterranean climate. I stayed.

I earned a master’s degree in foreign languages and literature at the University in Cagliari, Sardinia’s capital. My career later brought me back to Germany working as a public relations journalist for pharmaceutical companies. This is when I realized that preventative care is not given enough space in our healthcare system. So I got interested in alternative ways to stay healthy and the Sardinia bluezone project was born.We wanted to give other like-minded people the possibility to not just go on a trip to an island in the Mediterranean, but to introduce them to the benefits of the genuine life in the Sardinian bluezone.