Alfonso Hotel Saint Julian's

... 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

... fountains several times over, he ran out of time. Finally located the Avis office at 1.15pm to find it closed. Parked the car outside and thought about throwing the keys through the metal grid in the Avis internal parking area, but envisaged a resourceful person with a bit of wire……. so took them with him instead, and popped them in the post. He then headed off to the train station to catch the train to the ship, but while ...

... every alleyway and twist and turn that is there, coming across courtyards and various buildings of interest, before looking round the museum and St Pauls Cathedral. While we were walking around earlier we noticed a small opening that looked through into a courtyard with seating and at the back there was a restaurant, so we decided to find that again to have some lunch there. It was a good choice - the setting and food were impeccable - we ordered a ...

... then started the walk back to Ghajnsielem.  (As we were returning "our" taxi driver passed us going the other way.  Did I mention we were beginning to feel stalked ? He waved and blew kisses as he passed, so clearly no hard feelings.)  We took a few minutes to visit the church of "Our Lady of Loreto", before turning our feet in the direction of Bethlehem... Approaching the city, the were vendors, selling a variety of goods, wine, olive oil (and miscellaneous plastic stuff). We ...

... of the city. It took about 2 hours, mostly taking crazzzy photos of the waves and the rocks, to walk around the city, but well worth it. His family is from Morroco and loooooves Indian food, so after a couple of weeks of eating pasta, fresh fish, fresh veggies and basic med. spices(yes, it does get old)... we trekked around the city to find indian food. Found a great place, not the best but definitely well worth mentioning. It seemed weird to get really happy about some basic ...

... to be the usual case for me in Malta, I hadn't previously looked up the opening times, and found myself with a 90 minute wait. To occupy my time, I went for a walk about 2.5km from the centre of town in the hope of having a look at the Mosta Fort, part of the Victoria Lines. These fortifications were built by the British in the late 19th century, fearing a possible invasion from the north. Following the directions in my guidebook, I found ...

... 1078;е 90;, они знали секре 90;, как не испыт 99;вать клаус 90;рофоб& #1080;и и посто 03;нной охоты к пере ...

... I never did nap, or read, or stay still long. I ended up wandering around deck, keeping my good side to the sun and watched the comings and goings on shore and in the water around us. The little taxi boats that ply the water are kinda cool looking, with their Venician prows and colorful canopies. And there were a few people aboard to watch as well, one or two under 500 pounds and actually attractive to look at. At 1230, I ...

... home in Rabat, which sits on the hill in the middle of the island. Charlie's wife May and mother Paulie welcome us into their home, which is uncluttered, modest and cool. It's been years since Brian visited Malta and there are a lot of questions, but it's late and I'm grumpy from lack of sleep. Charlie has phoned hotels near Sliema inquiring about accommodation. However, I want to stay away from the tourist zone but still be central. After a cup of tea, our gracious host drives us ...