St Patricks Xlendi

... 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

... mouthed “get off at the next station” but all they could see as the train rushed into the tunnel was anxiety and horror written all over Olivia’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’s face was now one ...

... group. But it doesn’t help because I still can’t make out what she’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’m worried by 2:30pm the boat will ...

... nature - that's what's missing from what we have seen so far. There are a couple of places to get down to the sea on Malta, but everything is so built up, I don't think there is an inch of the east coast where you can't see houses - ruined or otherwise - or hotels or a road and on the west side of the island the coast is pretty much impenetrable. Gozo is different to that - pretty much from the instant you rise out of Mgarr - the ferry entry point - there are ...

... színesebb volt. Viszont feledékeny barátjával találkoztunk. Meg volt egy, ami nagyon jól el tudott bújni a tengerfenéken, de amikor elindult, akkor hirtelen 3x akkorára nőtt. Valami olyasmi neve van, hogy mérges hal, vagymi, de a neve ellenére nem veszélyes. Meg az is nagyon jó, ahogy a természetfilmekből ismert halrajok arrébb úsznak, ahogy közel érünk hozzájuk, meg beássák magukat a hínárba, vagy a tengerfenékbe. Néha legszívesebben felkiáltottam volna, mint ...

... sounds Arabic, but it's ok, until 1964 this place was under British rule, so everybody speaks English here. Still, I didn't ask, well I didn't need to, because it kind of stood out like dog's balls !!! One other thing, this place is very religous. As we approached the church, everyone was entering for a service, so we decided to join them. This time, we pulled out the camera, snapped a few shots, but it wasn't as impressive as Valletta's ...

... anthea, kevin, arron and arrons girlfrient (forgot her name) which was fabulous. of course they would not let us pay even though we tried. we also went to a wine bar where dave ordered an australian wine at 18 maltese pound (about 80 aussie) and would not let us pay i was very embarased. got home at about 2am zio johnny was still up and tried to wake zia marie when we got home to let her know we were back which we tired to stop him. overall and excellent night which we will definately ...

... prisons, saw the light and is now preaching (quietly) around the world - making it to more than 35 countries so far. Now I doubt that the bible says things like 'It is not possible to find God personally by following Hinduism, Freemasonry, Islam, Buddhism, Worshipping Mary, Occult, New Age Movements, Mormonism or Hare Krishna', as I ...

... water is COLD despite the wet suit. We get a few looks, as in "it's February and freezing!" We're on someone's travel video as one woman decided that it was worth filming our ordeal as we flapped and sputtered through the choppy waves. We do the entire course in the ocean as the water in the pools is colder than the ocean this time of year. We start in the Bay, and when the south water is too turbulent we're off to the north shore. We catch a ride to Victoria in the ...