Clover Holiday Complex Apartments Qawra

... 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

... war, as a spit fire pilot. He was given money, a new set of clothes and the offer to immigrate when the war finished. He turned Australia down as he was scared of snakes and NZ down as he was scared of the 14000 sheep that existed at that time. He wanted to just stay in Malta and has remained there ever since. He really liked us because NZer's were allies in the war and just before we left told he did not like the Italians who fought beside the ...

Sleeping on the upper bunk of the ship's cabin reminds me of having an MRI. When I went in for the procedure a month ago, I was rolled under a flat plate two inches above my face and my head was secured to the table so I couldn’t move for twenty minutes. I don’t think I got over that terrifying experience because even though the cabin’s ceiling was two feet over me I felt claustrophobic. When we rise at 6:00am from ...

... the island wine. When it was time for Michael and Lorlinda to leave, Joe was very sad, as he still wanted to show them his home and pet birds. So, Mike and Lorlinda promised they would return some day, and Michael gave Joe his watch to add to his collection. Joe was so happy that he hugged and kissed both of them, and would not let them go until they promised to return and stay with him at his home and meet all of his family. THE END.

... and Mnajdra temples. In truth we felt totally ripped off by this visit - there was hardly any information at all on site, so we learnt nothing and the Mndajdra temples part was actually closed, so you could get a small glimpse of it through a fence and that was about it. It only took around 10- 15 minutes to look round and that was doing it at a very slow pace - and having just been charged 10 euros, we were very disappointed. Oh well, time to move further up the coast ...

... 1565-ős, a franciák feletti 1791-es és a németek feletti 1943-as győzelmeket ünneplik. Ennek örömére meglepő módon nem lőttek, hanem a min. és a közt. elnök koszorúzott, ünnepi misét tartottak, meg koncerteket és Luzzu-regattát a Grand harbour-ban. Sajnos ebből kimaradtam, mert du. 1:30-kor kezdték a versenyt és nem volt kedvem a 100%-os párában, napon 40 fokban, tömegben hajóversenyt nézni. Akkor inkább szívesebben néztem volna légkondis kávézóból olimpiai ...

... fashion, there were no signs. Now this time, I would have asked, but there was not one person on the street as they were all in church !!! So we caught a bus back to Valletta. Once there, we jumped on another bus and headed over to Mdina Mdina Once again, no signs, but there is no mistaking the twin towns of Mdina and Rabat. Rabat has some catacombs, but in true Maltese fashion, it was Sunday, so everything was closed. Actually, they say the ...

... every street corner, and the waters are a pristine blue. We took a ferry out to Comino, the smallest of the Maltese Islands and lounged on a somewhat hidden beach and swam in the warmth of the sea. It was much needed and much relaxing. Later that night we ran into one of the guests at the B&B, Rex, at a pub in the middle of Valetta. He had alerted us to this place at breakfast earlier in the ...

We *re in M*lt*!! Almost didn't m*ke it here bec*use we thought we were running out of time but the flights lined up *nd we m*de it!! C*lled Nicky from Rome, s*id 'we *re coming tomorrow ok*y?!' *nd she s*id um then Yee**hhhh so we *rrived on Frid*y night *nd h*ve been h*ving * superf*nt*stico time! We met Nicky *nd M*tt *nd Nicky-B in Sum*tr* in 2002 *nd then l*ter, when they c*me *nd st*yed *t our house *t M*rcus Be*ch, Nicky *nd I worked out we ...