Santana 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

... mouthed &#8220;get off at the next station&#8221; but all they could see as the train rushed into the tunnel was anxiety and horror written all over Olivia&#8217;s face (fortunately we had talked about this scenario happening when catching previous trains). Two minutes later we boarded a train and when arriving at the next station Robyn felt huge relief to see two children sitting waiting on the platform, however Olivia&#8217;s face was now one ...

... history of Malta, and head back on the bus to the ship before 2:30.<br><br> At dinner Jenny tells us that she and nine other people were abandoned by their tour guide in Malta, so they ended up taking a cab back to the boat. I doubt the parents would have thought to do that if they were lost; we probably would have ended up yelling at each other and in the process get robbed. I am so lucky to have survived another day on this trip.<br><br>

... that was there were old walls, an old church and some awesome views and architecture. My first stop in Malta left me wanting more so I headed back to Valletta.<br><br>Valletta claims to be the smallest capital in Europe and it is only 3/4 mile by 1/2. Vaduz in Liechtenstein also claims to be the smallest but either way I have it covered since I have now been to both. Like Mdina Valletta is also surrounded by a wall and is up on a cliff ...

<br>An erster Stelle ganz klar das faszinierende Meer (siehe Bilder). Die Anschaffung von einem guten Schnorchel und Taucherbrille lohnt sich wirklich. Es ist einfach ein wunderschönes Bild, wenn die Sonnenstrahlen sich wie Fäden durch das Wasser in die Tiefe ziehen. Ist schlecht zu beschreiben, muss man einfach selbst erleben und sehen.<br><br>Leider auch der viele Müll in den Straßen und am Strand. Wahrscheinlich ist er auch die Ursachen für den zum Teil echt unangenehmen Geruch ...

... egy az egyben. Vera? All right! A számok szinte egy az egyben az arabból jöttek, úgyhogy a hébernek köszönhet&#337;en sok mindent megértek. Meg persze az olasz és az angol miatt is. Szerencsére latin ABC-t használnak. Múltkor az irodában pl. megértettem, amikor az utasaimról beszéltek valamit és már válaszoltam is a kérdésre, amit fel se tettek. Ezek után munka helyett azzal szórakoztunk, hogy mondtak egy számot máltaiul, nekem meg mondanom kellett ...

... scheduled for Friday. Anyway - My travelling companeros for 2 weeks in ...

... up a storm for us. I was certainly getting spoilt with all these home cooked meals, much better than I would be having at home in Naremburn! Their house is beautiful, part of a new estate just inland from Sliema and I had a great time there. My Maltese is getting better all the time and I have insisted that my relatives over here talk in Maltese with each other and also when talking to me. It makes some conversations a little slower and I do tend to miss the odd thing ...

... Everywhere there are strange hills with flat tops, as if a giant had sat on them. I chose to climb the steepest hill first up, before the heat got too intense. This was the hill from Marsalforn up to Xaghra. After about 40 minutes we arrived at Ggantija, only to be met by bloody pain in the ass hords of day-trippers in their big air-conditioned coaches. I was glad I was slogging it. I got to see and experience much more of Gozo than they. Anyway ...

... added to the effect but since I couldn't find a decently priced fish and chips for a beerto wash down I hopped the next bus back to Valletta. Pretty boats seen and done. I thought it was to Valletta but no, we ended up on a magical mystery tour to Sliema, on the other side of one of the harbours surrounding Valletta. It must have been ordained however as ...