115 The Strand Aparthotel Sliema

I've just popped over to Malta for a day &amp; 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).<br><br>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).<br><br>Anyway, I'll keep this blog short so ciao for now!<br><br>Anita x

... Loved this city, and we all commented on how nice and polite the Spanish are (we are travelling with about 2000 Italians who have no concept of queuing or personal space). The Sagtrada Familia (neo-gothic style cathedral which is still being built) spectacular. Hopped on the underground, to visit a park with building designs inspired again by Gaudi, while the doors of the train were beeping, but only Olivia and Ryan managed to alight. Robyn ...

... without her. She speaks no English and I&#8217;m starting to envision the scenario when she is left behind. She didn&#8217;t want to come with us because she was tired after the Montserrat tour and she was already mad at Juju for bringing her. I run back to the cathedral where Juju last saw her and I come back without finding her. Somehow she just shows up a few minutes later. Later we head to a museum and into a theater to hear ...

We were slower than usual getting going this morning, John got a terrible sore throat yesterday, which seems to have turned into a cold, so I didn't wake him today and left him to sleep in - usually when we are away he asks me to wake him up, but I didn't cause I thought he'd benefit from the extra sleep. When I got up, it was raining and by the ...

... and was very happy to encounter them here. My regulator (new Sherwood equipment) malfunctioned today, causing a blow out, seconds before we descended, so I had to sit one dive out. (I was grateful that the malfunction happened at the surface instead of during the dive.) I`m very unhappy with Sherwood now, this is my second set which is causing me to have to rent regulators and sit dives ...

... met an Australian before and I only had some rudimentary knowledge of Russia, most of it historical information from early 20th century. Anyway we hit it off and spent a few hours in the afternoon swimming and chatting. We planned to meet again today and once again I really enjoyed her company and had a great time. Before I came to Malta I imagined I would meet a lot of Maltese girls however the parts of Malta where I spend most of my ...

... time bound for Birkirkara. All I had was a small photocopied A5 map of the town, with my mum's street, Triq L-Imnajjar, circled on it and a scribbled note saying '#49 Naxxar St.' This was the number of the bus I had to get, and where I had to jump off. I kept my eyes peeled, and after passing the 'Merhba Birkirkara' sign and seeing 'Triq in-Naxxar' on the side of an apartment I got off. It didn't take me too long to find where I was on the map, and I wandered down a ...

... to say I have been blessed in many ways with the cards I have been dealt in life, so even when things are not the best I tend to remember that and not complain. Anyway there I was sitting down at work one day when I just got up, walked downstairs to the Flight Centre office on the ground floor of our building and booked a trip to Malta on the spot. A one month trip, paid for immediately so there was no turning back. It was done, and I was returning to Malta for the first time in 30 ...

... and asked us if we would volunteer to stay behind and catch a flight 12 hours later and they would give us $600 AUD and an upgrade to first class to take at a later time. We decided we probably did not have enough time to loose over 12 hours as we only had one day to get the motor home registered and given the trouble we had last time we could not risk it. After our 13 our flight we eventually arrived at Heathrow at 10.00pm, and picked up our hire car and drove to ...

... such as homeless people when necessary. The harbour is sparking in the sunshine as I head for the ferry. Fantastic views looking back at Mgarr harbour. (I put the photos on the wrong page, I,ll move them later.) I,m back in Malta by 11 am and a strong tail wind helps me to get over the ridges. I have to keep stopping to look back at the view. Everything, St Paul,s Bay, Mellieha, the countryside looks so much better in the sunshine. Before returning to the Hibernian I go to ...