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Il-Birgu

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    • Day 15

      Abreise aus Valetta

      October 28, 2019 in Malta ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Das Wetter passt heute zum Ende der 14 tägigen Kreuzfahrt... wolkenverhangener Himmel und Regenschauer...
      Um 08:30 Uhr müssen wir das Schiff verlassen 😭 und dann geht's mit dem Flieger wieder heimwärts...

      Update:
      16:00 Uhr... wir sind wieder zu Hause.
      Vielen Dank für die lieben Kommentare und wir haben uns gefreut, dass ihr unsere Reise mitverfolgt habt.
      Frank & Gina
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    • Day 5

      Fort St. Angelo

      October 8, 2024 in Malta ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      Das Fort St. Angelo wurde vor ein paar 💯 Jahren von den Malteser-Rittern gebaut und in jedem Krieg umfunktioniert. Es befindet sich in Birgu (Vittoriosa), eine der sog. „3 Cities“.

      Man fährt aus Valletta mit kleinen Bötchen rüber und hat vom Fort eine mega Aussicht über den Hafen und Tobis zukünftigen Yachten 🛥️Read more

    • Day 23

      I nearly sold my ride! 😱

      May 30, 2024 in Malta ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      I am in Malta and I was talking to my friends in the old bike club and telling them that when I get back to the UK I may sell the BMW because I can't see myself using it again this year and next year I'll probably go with the MG on a trip with Mandy. So rather than watch it depreciate it would be the sensible thing to sell it and then buy another one for the next trip.
      I heard of a man in Malta who was looking for such a bike so I invited him to come and have a look. He liked it and he was pleased with what I thought was the value And he seemed happy to fly to the UK in July and pick it up from there.
      We agreed that he should contact customs people to see what is involved if he should buy it and they told him there would be a registration fee of $3,500 and then vat on top of that so it made it an absolutely ridiculous proposition.
      I'm pleased that he did not proceed because I like the bike and want to finish this journey which I resume tomorrow Sunday when I catch the very early ferry out of Malta to Sicily and then head north to somewhere just south of the Amalfi coast where I will stay the night and then continue to Civitavecchia which is just north of Rome where I catch the ferry to Barcelona on Monday night.
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    • Day 9

      Senglea - Teil 2

      April 29, 2024 in Malta ⋅ 🌬 20 °C

      Zielstrebig ging es zu den Gardjola Gardens. Vom dort aus kann man wunderbar nach Valletta rüberschauen.
      Und wir konnten einen ersten Blick auf die Fähre werfen, mit der wir später nach Valletta fahren wollten.Read more

    • Day 8

      Elefantenballett

      September 20, 2019 in Malta ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

      Was die anderen Kreuzfahrer heute Morgen konnten, holen wir heute Abend nach: unseren – im Vergleich zum Hafenbecken – riesigen „Pott“ beinahe auf der Stelle zu drehen, um den Hafen verlassen zu können.

      Punkt 17:00 Uhr erbebt das Schiff unter den anlaufenden Schiffsmaschinen und die Mein Schiff 5 beginnt ihre Pirouette.
      Und nur eine Viertelstunde später heißt es „Good bye, Malta“.
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    • Day 8

      Kreatives Duett

      September 20, 2019 in Malta ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      Ein Bekannter hatte uns schon „vorgewarnt“, dass das Housekeeping in der Regel Handtücher und Bettwäsche zu Figuren formt.

      Und, tatsächlich: von Herzen (am ersten Abend) über Boote, Rosen und Muscheln war schon Einiges dabei. Aber heute haben sich unsere beiden Stewards, Nielzon & Harry, selbst übertroffen: die Bettwäsche formt einen Kraken. Und die Augen? Die Kaffeekapseln, die wir jeden Tag bekommen. 😄Read more

    • Day 7

      Valletta, Malta

      November 3, 2021 in Malta ⋅ 🌙 20 °C

      Day 6: Valletta 🇲🇹

      Wiedermal hat sich das frühe Aufstehen gelohnt. Ab ca. 6:00 Uhr startete das Einlaufen in den Hafen von Valletta. Da die Anlegepier für Kreuzfahrtschiffe im Inneren des Hafens liegt, fuhren wir eine gute Stunde lang sehr nah an der Küste der Stadt vorbei. Die alten Mauern haben mich ein bisschen an das Set von Game of Thrones erinnert (wurde nicht sogar in Valletta gedreht?)
      Das alles in echt, vom Wasser aus und bei Sonnenaufgang zu sehen ist wirklich außergewöhnlich!
      Das ist definitiv ein Hafen zu dem ich noch einmal zurückkommen werde! 🥰

      Heute haben wir wieder mit Backbordseite angelegt, das heißt ich werde den Vormittag damit verbringen den Ausflugsbussen zuzuschauen.

      Aus irgendeinem Grund haben wir heute anstatt um 20:00 Uhr schon um 17:00 Uhr abgelegt. Leider wurde die Borddurchsage nicht in die Kabine übertragen.
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    • Day 1

      Hafen von Valletta

      August 19, 2022 in Malta ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

      Nach einem Vierteljahundert wieder auf Malta....ich kann sagen: Malta ist sich treu geblieben und emsig am Bauen...all die Baustellen...

      Bild 1: Blick auf Valetta

      Bild 2- 4: Ruderer auf einem traditionellen Malta-boot namens Dghajsa.Read more

    • Day 29

      Valletta and the car show

      June 9, 2019 in Malta ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C

      Malta is experiencing a heat wave. 34c today dropping tomorrow.
      I love the ferry ride to Valletta. I have a card like the London Oyster card which I use to travel on the bus or the ferry or to rent a electric assist bicycle. As I'm over 60 traveling this way is very cheap.
      As you see in one of the photos the American university of Malta is now up and running in Cospicua.
      I went to see the classic car show in Valletta opposite parliament buildings. The standard was as expected very high.
      Not many tourists today, only one cruise ship so it was nice to walk around despite the heat.
      I read in today's paper Ryanair are starting a new airline based in Malta called Malta Air. Ten new planes and 60 destinations.
      Malta just gets better and better, every time I come there are improvements.
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    • Day 28

      Etna and the ferry to Malta

      June 8, 2019 in Malta ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      I waited until almost 3pm before setting off from that idilic farmhouse in the hills just outside Spadafora Sicily. It was very hot so I abandoned my plan of a stroll round Noto and opted instead for a ride up mount Etna which I thought might be cooler. And what a ride it turned out to be. Everything was going just great until I reached the base then my sat nav decided it was time for another adventure so it took me up a road which became narrower and strewn with dumped rubbish until my way was blocked by two burnt out cars so I turned around and asked the sat nav to behave so it then took me for 45 minutes up one of the best roads of the trip. Perfect road surface with a mixture of fast and slow sweeping bends and many hairpins. The road had in several places been cut through the lava and not long ago. It was about 4.30 as I started the assent and the road was completely empty. Just me, it was incredible. At the top the tourists had all gone and everything was closed except the cafe bar where I met some Italian bikers who were not very chatty so I left them alone and just had a quick latte coffee and set off for another uninterrupted ride back down.
      I stopped for fuel just after 6.30 and didn't have time to waste to get to the ferry for 8.30 one motorway toll had a cue over a kilometre long so I turned into an Italian bikers and jumped it. The fee was 1.20 euros, hardly worth collecting.
      I boarded the new ferry to Malta at 8.20. it is called Saint John Paul ll Google it, it is not cheap but quite impressive. It was very full with no room for any more bikes or cars when we sailed.
      I love arriving in Malta so the drive at midnight from the port to the house was great. I couldn't settle once I arrived so I did all my clothes washing and had something to eat thanks to Laurie for getting me some milk and bread.
      It's funny how I don't get hungry when I'm on the bike. There have been several days when I have had only one meal.
      So now I relax for a while. I hear there is a classic car show in Valletta tomorrow and I'm just about to go and buy a ticket for a concert next Friday which features the man who sang the part of Freddy Mercury in the film Bohemian Rhapsody. He is singing at Fort At Angelo which is a five minute walk from the house.
      I will make an occasional post while here but not so frequent as while traveling.
      When I do travel back to the UK I'm thinking of going via Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica, rather than ride up Italy. Stay tuned.
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