Venus Aparthotel Qawra

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

... fountains several times over, he ran out of time. Finally located the Avis office at 1.15pm to find it closed. Parked the car outside and thought about throwing the keys through the metal grid in the Avis internal parking area, but envisaged a resourceful person with a bit of wire&#8230;&#8230;. so took them with him instead, and popped them in the post. He then headed off to the train station to catch the train to the ship, but while ...

... oasis of greenery that looks over a view to the island&#8217;s waterfront. She tells us we have a fifteen minute break, but when the time is up I don&#8217;t see her return. Mom is the only one of us who hears her say that we are to meet at &#8220;San Francisco&#8221; a narrow street that runs up a steep hill like those in San Francisco.<br><br> We follow her into the St. James Co-Cathedral and she hands out personal amplifiers to ...

... It is confusing to navigate the island by bus and I hope the thrill doesn't send them into any more of a tailspin. Yes, travel can be overwhelming for some and it's interesting what different people hone in on when in a new place. Traffic lights in Malta...who knew??!!<br><br>As with anything in life all the good stuff comes with a little work, and my five buck day pass on the busses really was my ticket to unearth the Malta most will never ...

... on this flight, that will be an extra £10 per person", "If you would like a life jacket under your seat...an extra fiver please" and ultimately, "If a pilot is required on this flight, please note there will be an additional £15 charge per person"!! Mock as you will, they are going to try and charge for everything soon. If they do go ahead with the toilet charge, I am going to make sure I need a banging sh ...

... gate to the tracks needed to be opened to get to the platform. I was inquiring at the desk how to get the gate open when an Englishman came up to me and said they were headed to Gatwick, had a taxi arriving in a couple of minutes and that I was free to join them. Sure beat waiting in the cold for the train and not knowing how to get to Easy Jet from the train platform at the airport. I covered the tip and got to airport earlier than I had expected. Check in with Easy Jet was OK ...

... The winery looked like it was in the middle of the desert and asn't quite a winery. It was in stark contrast to the lush valleys of champagne. The wines were delicious though and the guide was a really funny man named Roger. The store wasn't a huge fully marketd showroom like Moet et Chandon. E had two reds and a white. After this we went back to the ship and read. I think this was the night we ate at Tequila and had sizzling fajitas.

... of local craftsmen who had got together to setup workshops and shop fronts where they made and sold their wares. The highlight was the "glass blowers" that made numerous glass ornaments and figurines by moulding and blowing into glass (via a long pipe) when it was still hot and malleable. We were able to watch them work in their workshops and then browse the finished products. I bought 2 things here, a silver ring with a series of Maltese ...

... whilst over that way were the ancient temples of Hagar Qim, and Mnajdra. The age of these temples is absolutely ridiculous. Hagar Qim dates back to 3200BC and Mnajdra to 3600BC. These and other temples on Malta and Gozo are regarded as the oldest man made structures ever discovered. It is almost impossible for me to get a gage on how old that really is. Coming from Tassie, where most structures date back 150 years at the most, I thought stuff 2000 ...

... had hurt him and how it was his road. Then, like a freaky apparition in Sixth Sense, the biker reappeared in front of our bus at the next stop. I was afraid the driver was going to run him over but instead there was more shouting and the biker hit our bus a couple times. We sped onwards, skipping the next couple of stops so the biker wouldn't be able to catch up. So, after using public transportation for the first time we were all a bit startled and shook up. I ...