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Au Revoir France, Merhba Malta
... and apparently the idea had occurred to other people as well because we saw a lot of people who were still sleeping on the very uncomfortable airport benches. Seeing their contorted bodies, we were glad we got a hotel room after all.
Two hours later we arrived at Luqa airport to start our one week stay in Malta. We are very fortunate to know people in Malta, the family of Mary’s friend Sandy. Sandy’s brother Karl, who ...
Excursions
... fortified city of Mdina. Again we were very short on time, but a fascinating hilltop fortification from another era. A bus back for lunch and then it was the kids turn to chose the excursion. The selected boys had spotted a cliff jump so 23 athletes and me ran perhaps 4km around the coast to a custom made, picture postcard cliff jump. There was a 5m fall into crystal clear water, perhaps a ...
Old island life
... neat to see the Italians about their everyday life shopping for fruits & veges. I did lots of walking and also just hung out in the plaza. Eventually it was time to catch the bus back to the airport.
The flight to Malta took us over the coast of Italy and Sicily where I could see Palermo and Mt Etna. Arrived in Malta and straight out to the bus stop to be right on time for when the bus should be there. It was about 15 min late - the driver let ...
Land of Controversy
... fees. But such a cheap price allowed us to rent a car and sight see several places on the island. We chose Malta for a cheap party in the sunshine but never expected that Malta had so much to offer culturally, historically, and in natural beauty.
This blog is divided up as follows: Malta: Land of Controversy covers our entire trip with several short and humorous stories with ...
Malta's Knights, Frights and Insites
... br> We arrived in Malta 5 hours late (flew from Sicily to Rome then back over Sicily to Malta??). Transportation from the airport was, well, disorganized to say the least. Took 1 1/2 hours to get on the bus and another hour to go the 10 km to our apartment. All along the route there are hundreds of luxury apartments being built and even more older ones that someone is trying to sell. In some cases the only revenue being generated is ...