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Ix-Xatt ta’ Spinola

Ix-Xatt ta’ Spinola

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Toietmoiegalvoyage Les îles 🇨🇾🇲🇹
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- Mar 21, 2024, 1:18 PM
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Malta St. Julian's Ix-Xatt ta’ Spinola 35.918717, 14.49291735°55’7” N 14°29’35” E
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Day 11
Flyboard
March 21 in Malta ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Waou ! Quelle expérience incroyable. Les débuts ne sont pas si facile mais finalement on arrive bien à maîtriser. Florian ose même faire un peu le foufou. Il danse, il plonge et il tournoie.
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- Oct 5, 2017, 7:33 PM
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 16 ft
- Malta St. Julian's Ix-Xatt ta’ Spinola 35.91936, 14.4916635°55’10” N 14°29’30” E
Day 2
How to raise your fridge
October 5, 2017 in Malta ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Obviously we would struggle up the stairs with our new fridge but faced with incredibly tiny stairs in old buildings, here they have a better solution
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- Sep 5, 2021, 7:00 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Malta St. Julian's Ix-Xatt ta’ Spinola 35.91789, 14.493835°55’4” N 14°29’38” E
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Day 15
Evening walk Valetta
September 5, 2021 in Malta ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Es war toll, genau hinschauen, fühlen, Sekundenglück
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Sehr schön Katrin [Steffen]
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- Oct 10, 2017, 7:00 AM
- 🌙 12 °C
- Altitude: 16 ft
- Malta St. Julian's Ix-Xatt ta’ Spinola 35.9194, 14.4917935°55’10” N 14°29’30” E
Day 7
Heading to Gozo
October 10, 2017 in Malta ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
We check the bus timetable online before heading to the bus stop for the 07.57. We check the timetable again and, oh joy, this is now the winter schedule which hasn't been updated online and the bus is due slightly earlier than expected. However, that time is for the far side of the bay, before getting round to us, and it didn't pass us walking down and rush hour is starting so there's lots of traffic so we should be fine.

We wait. Plainly we're not fine. Time drags. The next one is now due but doesn't show. We wait. We've now been waiting for an hour and the next one is due but we've had enough. We've lost enough of a chunk of our day trip for it not to be worthwhile. We drag ourselves home, keeping an eye out for the elusive next bus but that doesn't show in the time we're going back and watching out for it.

Chatting with our neighbour, he confirms that buses just not arriving is nothing unusual at all. I'm getting a bit irritated with how difficult it is to get around this island.Read more
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- Oct 11, 2017, 8:02 AM
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 16 ft
- Malta St. Julian's Ix-Xatt ta’ Spinola 35.91939, 14.49235°55’10” N 14°29’31” E
Day 8
St Elmo's Fort and the War Museum
October 11, 2017 in Malta ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Because it was so good yesterday, we stop at Pappani's for lunch again. This time we share mussels in a delicate tomato sauce, followed by a porcini and ricotta ravioli in butter sauce. A "Wow" elicited from John sums it up!

We move onto Fort St Elmo and the National War Museum, which details the military history of Malta over the ages. The Fort holds the commanding position right at the end of Valetta, overlooking the harbour entrance.

We run out of time and decide to bus it back, rather than ferry and bus. The bus station is at the far end of Valetta but it proves to be a good move as every bus is leaving packed solid and then not stopping to collect any waiting passengers en route.

We booked a table at the Emperor of India for a second time. This time we have chicken madras, achari lamb, vegetable Jaipuri, pilau rice and a butter naan. John loved it all and the standout dish for me in terms of flavour tonight was the madras, although I struggled with the heat.Read more
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- Oct 9, 2017, 7:15 AM
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 52 ft
- Malta St. Julian's Ix-Xatt ta’ Spinola 35.91727, 14.4918135°55’2” N 14°29’31” E
Day 6
And back
October 9, 2017 in Malta ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
We have more bus hassle getting back. The service is heavily touted as being every half hour, all day. Except, when you look closely, this particular half hour when there is no service. There's a big queue by the time the next one arrives so we're pleased to snaffle a couple of the last seats on the top. Time's moved on by now and we decide to just get back.

Dinner tonight is at The Emperor of India. We have a Goan chicken curry, achari beef with ginger, saag paneer, rice with cumin and a paratha bread. All were very excellent. We've noticed, over time, that curries we've had abroad are often noticeably different to the same dish in the UK. And usually noticeably better. We may well be back here before we leave.Read more
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- Oct 5, 2017, 7:33 PM
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 20 ft
- Malta St. Julian's Ix-Xatt ta’ Spinola 35.91923, 14.4915135°55’9” N 14°29’29” E
Day 2
Local food for dinner!
October 5, 2017 in Malta ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We enjoy a couple of glasses of wine out on the terrace, whilst watching the lightning in the far distance on an almost continuous basis, before going out for dinner. The Indian we fancied was full so we choose Gululu which is very close to our apartment.

Good news, the lampuki festival is on! We'll have to try it. But what is it? It sounds like it has the potential to be something perhaps slimey or maybe internal... Actually, it's the fish we also know as dorado or mahi-mahi. John has it served traditionally with a delicate caper sauce and I have a local dish of rabbit fried with garlic and then braised in white wine with herbs. We share and both are very good.Read more
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- Oct 5, 2017, 7:35 AM
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitude: 20 ft
- Malta St. Julian's Ix-Xatt ta’ Spinola 35.91892, 14.4915335°55’8” N 14°29’30” E
Day 2
Thursday morning
October 5, 2017 in Malta ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
It's still dark when I emerge onto the terrace with my coffee. It's also raining and seems cloudy so it doesn't look as if the depression has moved off just yet. As it lightens up, the rain stops but it is still grey and murky. At least it is a pleasant temperature to sit outside.

Brief update : 07.50 and we seem to be in the midst of a thunderstorm... Luckily, our terrace is covered so it is still usable despite the rain lashing down.

We shoot out to Dick's Bar for a fry up to get us going, before heading for Valetta for the day. Despite my misgivings, we find a bus easily and it's not long before are in Slimea, waiting in the queue for the Valetta ferry. It's raining again so everyone piles inside for the short crossing.Read more
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