Ħondoq ir-Rummien Bay

It was an early rise this morning (5:30am), so Dad, Charlie and I could attend 6:30 mass (in Maltese) in Nadur, the village where Dad’s family are from. It would also be an opportunity to meet Fr. Saviour Muscat who is my Dad’s aunt Carmen’s husband’s brother, making him part of Dad’s family. Fr. Saviour is the parish priest in Nadur.

Once back from Mass and the world wasn’t falling apart seeing I went to Mass, Charlie was itching for a swim. He took myself and Katie to Hondoq ir - Rummien Bay for a cool down in the ocean. I decided to be adventurous and do some jumps off the rock ledge while getting Katie’s attention to make sure she was watching.

Fr. Saviour invited us to his house for refreshments later in the afternoon, where we also got to meet his sisters Rita and Maria. Prior to leaving we were given a rosary to take back with us, and a little push to be a good and go to church with out saying it straight out right!

The rest of the day was fairly low key in comparison to other days, as I was not feeling well, which I think is me reacting to the constant change of climate from hot and humid outside to air conditioned buildings and car. Katie is also getting first hand how well I don’t do in the swelling heat - amazingly she is feeling hot but unaffected by all the heat & aircon!Read more