Qawra Palace St. Paul's Bay

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

... his home there. Every day at 12.00pm the military perform a cannon fire salute, Robyn reckons she had prepared herself for it, but nearly jumped out of her skin when it actually happened. When we visited another church with the largest dome in the city we meet a lovely 86 year old Maltese man sitting as a guardian at the door. He found we were from NZ and proceeded to tell us how he had fought with the British against the Germans and Italians in ...

... group. But it doesn&#8217;t help because I still can&#8217;t make out what she&#8217;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&#8217;m worried by 2:30pm the boat will ...

... way. I figured the easiest thing to do would be to head the five minutes back to Valletta and start over again. I made my way back to the bus terminus there which is a actually a giant traffic rotary where buses come and go three layers deep. I found my way back the second time and had some better success after wandering around only ten minutes. <br><br>I finally asked for directions as much as it pained me and got pointed up the steep hill ...

... has evolved into, nor Trinidad's either, from what I hear. This one's definitely for kids, and they rise to the occasion, all dressed up in allegorical costume. The floats may be a bit pre-fab and lacking in individuality, but the community spirit behind it is good, and it may in fact be closer in fact to the original than any of them, hard to say now that Rome is only reinstituting its own after a long period of dormancy. It's ...

... r, hogy mennyire jól érezték magukat és köszönnek mindent. Máskor meg nem érkezik senki, és b&#337;ven van id&#337;m mászkálni a szigeten (bár a legtöbb érdekes helyet már bejártam), meg persze strandolni. Mindenki, aki aggódik, hogy nem vagyok elég barna, megnyugtatom, az vagyok (legalábbis a karjaim). Most egy kis pihi jön, kevesebb a vendég, de azert vannak. Bár, ahogy ismerem magam, úgyis történik valami extra. Azt meg majd úgyis megírom. Addig is pápá.

... is too rough to enter. Hagar Qim (temple structure dating about 3500BC) is also closed for restoration , but there seems to be some tourists there when we drive by?? Go to the Ghingli Cliffs, beautiful but the whole island is shrouded in a weird haze and can't see much. Buy some home made wine for EUR5, and a couple of prickly pear fruit to eat. Interesting. Instead of Hagar Qim we ...

... club and we just talked shop for a time. Every single guy that walked past, regardless of their age would say hello and shake Edwin's hand. He was the king. He introduced me to many of them ("Dan tifil ta Joe Galea...") and I felt real cool sitting there smashing the pastizzi into me and talking my best Maltese. Any time a bar staff would walk past Edwin would call out to bring us some more food or drink and he would say "Tell them it is for Edwin". :) Well the best was yet to come ...

... expecting us, and gave us an extremely warm greeting when we arrived. This guy was a legend. He gave us peanuts with our beer, got us anything we wanted, and provided lovely chat. He told us about his restaraunt, grand children, and all sorts of other Maltese things. I loved hanging out there throughout our time on Gozo. Monday morning we departed Gozo, heading back to the now seemingly huge Maltese mainland. I thoroughly enjoyed Gozo, with only the ...

... of fun *nd shen*****ns going on! Tod*y slept in *nd once D*vid (*k* ForestBoy) *nd Nicky finished *t work off to the Blue Grotto for * swim (*nd I got stung by * se* urchin!) followed by * visit to the oldest temple in the world!....the 5000 ye*r old Mn*jdr*! Who*h! L*ter we c*ught the bus into V*llett* for * w*nder *round the c*pit*l before coming home for *n incredible home cooked fe*st! Up *t five tomorrow morning (**rggh - it's *lre*dy *fter ...