Bel Sol Hotel Bugibba

... about the knights of Malta. We learned a lot. The knights are of the Order of St. John. They still exist. The Grand Inquisitor lived here. Most buildings here are because of their efforts. This place has been under siege so many times the people are almost apathetic. They are beautiful people, swarthy but refined. They speak Maltese, and Italian, and French and English. A bit of everything. They ...

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

... and was going to be towed. Had difficulty trying to communicate that we were sailing on a cruise - so when we return to Italy we may be maxed out in fines on the visa card and have to beg our way home!!!

We were certainly glad we did the cruises in the order we did, The Costa Pacific is only four months old, thus is new and gleaming. It has glass lifts in the in middle which ascend 12 stories all the way up to the retractable glass roof ...

... group. But it doesn’t help because I still can’t make out what she’s saying beneath her slushy pronunciation. After we walk out the cathedral we continue down a long street with shops, past street vendors, and then turn a sharp corner into a narrow sidewalk that leads to an outdoor seating area ringed with restaurants. Then we realize that Juma is missing. It is 1:45pm and I’m worried by 2:30pm the boat will ...

... J Végül meg strandoltunk egyet és még a komphoz visszafele vacsoráztunk Victoriában, ahol nagyon illetlen módon kifiguráztuk a falon lévő nagymester-képeket, mert mindegyik vagy kancsal volt, vagy nagyon érdekes arcot vágott. Voltunk hal és bolhapiacon, ahol csak olyan ruhákat vettünk, amiket itt minden gond nélkül hordunk, de otthon eszünkbe se jutna felvenni egy harisnya, vagy egy póló nélkül. Hétfőn, amíg Veráék a katedrálist nézték Vallettában, bementem a holt ...

... in Luxumbourg. We were driving into a giant fort. Rampart upon rampart, I was amazed. We jumped out of the taxi, found the B&B, then hit the streets. Inside the walls, you can't really get lost, everything is set out in a grid pattern, and as it was late, we decided to hit a wine bar. We'd never had Maltese wine before, but **** it was good, so we ordered another !!! Hitting the Streets We decided to follow the walls. Everywhere you looked there ...

I called my mum this morning as I knew her and dad would be excited about me meeting with my father's cousins today. Just like my brothers and I are with our cousins back home my father was quite close to his cousins in Malta. Also they were the families that I had spent most of my time with when I was last in Malta 30 years ago. It was going to be a surreal experience seeing them all today, I could tell on the phone that they were excited as I was about it. It was another ...

... the bay to see hundreds of others there. Luckily the beach is huge. A stunning beach it is indeed. Orange sand, a bay with cliffs on both sides, and no development in the area. The swimming was great and snorkelling even better. We hung around for most of the afternoon before heading off by foot back over the hill to Marsalforn. That evening was yet another delicious feast of Ravioli a La Kapitan, with our friend whos name I do not know. He had ...

... going to get a timeshare. After a while being in the presentation at a hotel he took us to, and had a bit of free wine, we stood up whilst a lady was talking and then shouted 'It's a con. Why you lied to us?' and then she left in an angry mood. LOL!!! We left soon after. After eating our evening meal at the hotel, we went onto a Malta By Night tour which First Choice organised. It was a brilliant tour where we saw most parts of Malta and saw spectacular ...

... s fun *nyw*y *nd * very multin*tion*l c*rri*ge, in with us were: Trevor (C*n*di*n), Yun Hyun (Kore*n), N*t*li* (Argentini*n) *nd Dustin (Americ*n). We *ll t*lked for *ges but did m*n*ge some sleep so we weren't zombies when we *rrived in Rome. We spent 2 nights in Rome *nd discovered it is much better to explore in the middle of the night when *ll the tourists h*ve gone to bed, *lso much cooler *nd very pretty bec*use everything is lit up! We ...