Comfort Inn Sliema

... locally produced. We walked along the water, admiring the little fishing boats, all painted bright blue and yellow and green, each having a pair of eyes painted on the bow.
We made it back to the ship in plenty of time to dress for dinner. As we left the port after dark, the forts and walls were lit up. Simply magical.
Will try to send some pics with this.
Tomorrow a sea day. home Thursday.

I've just popped over to Malta for a day & a bit (as you do!) to say a quick hello / goodbye to my parents (and bring them lots of goodies over for the last time in a while).

The weather is a little warmer than the UK, but not as warm as it's going to be in a week's time (ha ha ha).

Anyway, I'll keep this blog short so ciao for now!

Anita x

... He went on to say and I quote “Those Italian’s they are just s—t”. At that stage thought it was time to take our leave, hoping the next unsuspecting visitors waiting to get in weren’t Italians. We left port at sunset and the views over the city, with the beautiful, unusual cloud formations, made for a spectacular exit.

Sicily

Not on our list of places to return to. Grimy, full of rubbish but to be ...

... churches. Amazing fact for 2008... Now if we could only convince everyone to take the buses and get out of there cars (everyone has cars here), the bus system is amazing and you really don't need a car AT ALL. Yet, maybe someone visited the us and came back with this stupid idea that cars liberate you and provides independence... ridiculous idea for an island that would take an average person a little over 2hours to walk across. All these cars lead to unpleasant sidewalks(or none at ...

Something I didn't go into too much detail about yesterday was that I met a girl on the rocks where I normally swim. She is a Russian lawyer who lives in Moscow and is studying English law in Malta, this is her 6th time here as she returns each summer for both a holiday and opportunity to improve her English. Her name is Olga (pronounced "Olega" apparently but I have not said it well enough for her liking yet!) and she is really nice. She had ...

... me the best part of 40 minutes to find the coast, just a kilometre from Marsaxlokk harbour. There were no roads here, and as a matter of fact I think I was on someone's private land, but the view over the bay of Hofra Iz-Zghira was stunning. The clear water was backed by white sandy cliffs, and I was amazed I hadn't seen the image on a single postcard. I sweated my way along unsealed roads and rocky trails, past what looked like a military training ground of sorts, before I ...

... certain exotic flavour to it, and is also sometimes a good conversation starter with the ladies. :) Without going into too much detail, my life had taken a few twists and turns the last 12 months. Nothing out of the ordinary and not anything that everyone hasn't gone through at some stage of their lives, but I did find myself taking a step back and considering where I was in my life as a result. I am 36 years old and I have enjoyed an extraordinary life up to this point. I am always ...

... that we were here, I kept thinking we were going to get kicked out of this room at any moment. Surely they would realize that they made a mistake and that we were not who they think we are, and move us to a regular room. But that never happened!! In fact, yesterday, someone from the hotel knocked on our door and gave us a free bottle of wine to "apologize" for the inconvenience caused by the early closing of the pool deck. Are you serious??? You can't ...

... Anyways, so far we've loved out time here..and we're staying til Monday! The weather has been wicked too...It's at least 30 degrees out today, our tans are coming along nicely.. Hope everyone is well!..on Monday we head back to Sicily where Devon will have exactly 37 hours to eat as much gelato as she can before we leave Italy for good and head to Alicante, Spain. (to visit Roz..yeah!) Should be good! talk to you soon!

Greek Islands (Athens too), Croatia and Malta So...the Greek Isles bring to mind scenes of? Whitewashed houses with blue roofs...narrow passageways of stairs winding through town...sundrenched seas of clear clear blue...Greek Salads of fresh fresh tomatoes, onions, green peppers, olives, olive oil... Yep! The Greek Isles were all that! First, they were much cleaner and more "boutique-ish" than I would've imagined. Coming from ultra-cheap Egypt, they also ...