Corinthia Palace Hotel Attard

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

... boiling anger and she left her parents in no uncertain terms concerning her feelings of abandonment. Managed to bribe the children to walk the 40 minutes back to the ship by offering them half the bus fare it would have cost us. Olivia spent hers on chocolate and well you don&#8217;t even need to guess what the boys did with theirs.<br><br>Palma de Mallorca<br><br>This is the administrative centre of the Balearic Islands and was warm and ...

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&#8217;t move for twenty minutes. I don&#8217;t think I got over that terrifying experience because even though the cabin&#8217;s ceiling was two feet over me I felt claustrophobic. When we rise at 6:00am from ...

... headed that way and even managed to guess correctly where to get off. No French tourists there luckily so it was just me and the really nice and helpful Maltese. Much like Valletta this town is up on a hill and surrounded by walls. Everywhere I went the buildings were made of heavy stone with a yellowish hue and were pocked with age from the centuries. The entire island has character and is just amazing.<br><br>Most people come here on package ...

... and Thursday I had exams. They were not what I expected, but I think they went alright. I really can't be sure because I feel like I wasn't being tested on what was covered in lecture. This system is so very different from the one I'm used to at home. Oh well, I guess there's nothing I can do now, I'm just glad they're mostly over. I'm down to one assignment and one exam. It was kind of a stressful week with studying and taking exams and looking ...

The night I got back from Egypt, as soon as I got back, there was a barbeque going on on the roof of our flat. We had tons of food and it was great to hang out with the girls from the flat and a few other visitors. It was Marbi's birthday a couple of days after mine, so it was kind of joint celebration for the two of us. They bought Marbi a bottle of alcohol and I got a tub of ice cream to eat with my Bailey's. Mmm. It was a nice little welcome home/birthday celebration/just for the ...

... normally at home in my lounge room alone at 2am watching premier league games trying my best to stay awake but here I was at 4 in the afternoon watching a game live! It was the best. There were a few English travellers there and some local football fanatics and I cheered my heart out when Liverpool scored, even getting a hug from an elderly Maltese chap next to me. It was the first time I have ever been able to watch a Premier League game live like that, I don't want to ...

... to sleep. It's nice not to think! Although they are still on the Lira (pound) even though the Euro is coming, so it is foreign but in English. I can do this. :D However now I leave Malta against my better judgement (I'd happily just move in) and head back to Sicily to think in Italian for a few more days before heading to Athens for Easter. Well, that's the plan anyways.... NOTE: Aislinn was very tired and ambitious this ...

... Traffic stopped, people stopped, a policeman walked over to make sure I was alright. I must have laid there a good 5 minutes because I was laughing so hard and still, was too weak to get back up. A few bruises still from that little spill but otherwise fully recovered. A couple of hours later we arrived on the island of Gozo, one of three islands of Malta, and where we spent the remainder of our time. Gozo reminded me a lot of Isle of Capri in southern Italy. We had beautiful weather ...