Malta or Eurobali

After leaving Rome behind with a promise to return, we fly to Malta. Glen and Sarah are already there and have been for about a week.

I must say it was lovely to walk out of the airport into the arms of my eldest child. We do miss all of our kids and this short stopover with one of them has made it a bit easier to bear. Needless to say I skyped Kelly and madly messaged David.

 

 

After the welcomes were done and we had checked into the Qawra palace which is right on the water and at this time of year over run with British tourists, we went for a walk and a few drinks at the beach with Glen, Sarah, Rita and Joe. On the way back we stopped for a swim, then onto the hotel for a shower.

Dinner was a family affair at Analise and johnathons unit block. It,was actually a party for joes dad.

The family were all wonderfully welcoming and it was an enjoyable night, we then set off for some late night sightseeing of Mdina, before heading back for a well earned sleep.

Saturday we headed out to Comino Island and the blue lagoon. The pictures can tell the rest of this mornings story. 10 euro for a return boat ride and 22 for 4 deck chairs and 2 umbrellas and we were set.

On the return trip the boat took us on a bit of a sightseeing tour of the caves around the area.

Then it was time for a swim in the hotel pool and a siesta.

 

Went out for a traditional Maltese dinner of rabbit spaghetti, not to shabby. Then home to bed, tomorrow was to be a big day.

Early in the morning we headed to the end of the island to Marshashlok (that's not how you spell it but how it's pronounced. There's x's and o's) to the markets. Then we met Joe's sister and her husband on their boat and head out to the blue grotto.....wow.

 

After a beautiful day on the boat we head back to the hotel to shower and change then its off to where joe grew up to take part in his towns festa for St George. Lots of noise, cheering, singing, fireworks.

Dinner was then at a restaurant with a big screen, the soccer was on and Italy, joes team were playing England, it was pretty big, for them as the island is full of poms at the moment, and Italy is basically across the ditch.

 

 

Glen and Sarah left very early on Monday and flew to Paris, we had an afternoon flight to Sicily so Rita and joe took,us to Mostar, the biggest church in Malta and during the war a nazi bomb came through the dome but did not explode. It is quite famous now.

 

Then it was onto Valetta, what a beautiful town this is, another fortified city, there are so many in Europe. And the views from the barrackka are brilliant.

Thanks Rita and joe for my washing, for feeding us, showing us round and thanks to all of you for your hospitality, we had a wonderful time.