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The Delights and Sights of Malta
... August and December. We enjoyed a meal of lampuki the other day...delicious! The luzzu all have a mythical eye painted on both sides of the prow, which should protect the fisherman and his family from evil. Like all seafarers around the world, the Maltese fisherman are very superstitious and the eye of Osiris is believed to be a protection from the evil eye, which many Maltese of the older generation, but especially fishermen, still believe ...
A trip to Mgarr
... egg story. I wonder if they cover it in colorful foil at Easter? If anyone would, it would be the Maltese! We were lucky enough to attend one of the festas when we were in Valetta a few days later - MASSIVE event, and one that is repeated for churches all over Malta during Summer. More on that later... After the church, we went for a tour through the air raid shelters of Mgarr - a network of tunnels dug out under the town that the population would take ...
Malta.....Ah, the water!!
... 5 days, and a great way to wind down from our touring around.
On the plane on the way out of Malta, Chris met some ladies who not only were Maltese, but came from Mackay, and also know his family, and said they just saw Sam, (Chris' Dad) last week!! What a small world!
Anyway, must go, will be called to board soon, but we just loved the little piece of Malta that we saw, and one day,we would love to return.
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Sun, sea & food.
... happily smoking & admiring the beautiful view.
We carried on our walk along the coastal road, ending up in Dr Juice's for a spot of lunch. There are times when only a salad will hit the spot. And boy were we in the right place at the right time. Fresh salad graced our dishes, accompanied by a delicious super juice comprised of strawberries, bananas, pears, apples & an “energising boost” (whatever that was!). It was a moment of sheer pleasure: ...
First port... Malta!
Today was our first day in port. It seems like we have been gone so long already but it has only been a few days. Our arrival into port was delayed a couple of course because some kind of generator blew and the ship was not going full speed for a while until we got a new one. So they changed our excursion times and we stayed a couple of extra hours in port to make up for it. Mom and I got up early, ate breakfast in the dining room and headed out as soon as we landed. We walked ...