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    • TravelerMalta
      Day 6

      To Marsaxlokk

      October 9, 2017 in Malta ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

      We take the open top bus to the traditional fishing village of Marsarlokk (pronounced Mar-sash-lokk) on the south east of Malta, marsa meaning port and xlokk meaning south east.

      Simply put, it is gorgeous. The simple village houses arc around the harbour, which is full of the brightly colored wooden fishing boats known as luzzu (pronounced lut-zu).

      We stop for lunch - lampuki and sea bass - and a beer on the quayside before taking a potter round the harbour in one of the luzzus.

      Just picture postcard perfection.      Read more

    • cerotravelsMalta 2013
      Day 7

      St. Julians

      September 3, 2013 in Malta ⋅ 🌬 25 °C

      ...danasnji dan smo zaceli z zajtrkom, in avtobusom seveda :) ...stevilka 12 proti mestu St.Julians,ki je v principu mondeno druzbeno sredisce morsko, kjer je luksuzna marina, kjer je Hilton,kjer so Casinoji, kjer so cene vse visje kot drugod po Malti...v principu kot neke vrste nas Portoroz,Bernardin in Piran...
      ...danasnji dan smo preziveli sprehajoc po mestu, v morju se je bilo nemogoce kopati,saj je cel dan zelo pihalo...celo krajsi naliv smo doziveli in ga prevedrili na kosilu...smo pa nasli bazen,kjer je nasa mala popotnica veselo plavala in uzivala, voda jo je utrudila,da je danes morala celo popoldne spati :)...
      ...ob vrnitvi v Bugibbo smo po vecerji sli v mestece,kjer si je Eva izbrala svojo prvo rocno urico in spet smo pogledali skupinski ples in bocanje...cel zur...najbolj pa je dogajalo Evi,ki je otroski vlakec in ostale "luna park" zadevice, vse brez izjeme sprobala...
      ...jutri bo dan brez avtobusa...tudi zato,ker te ob vrocinimin vlagi,pa ko tak noro povsod nazigajo klimo, z lahkoto prehladijo...      Read more

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    • TravelerMalta
      Day 3

      Mdina and the classic cars

      October 6, 2017 in Malta ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

      We wait and wait for the 202 bus to Mdina. Finally it comes round the corner but it's full and doesn't stop for us... Just great. And the next bus isn't for another hour so we have to call a taxi, instead of using our already paid for bus passes. The taxi is air conditioned and quick so there are advantages over standing, crushed, on a hot bus for an hour.

      We walk through the huge main gate into beautiful Mdina, once the ancient capital of Malta. We explore the narrow steets and alleys, enjoying how pretty it is.

      The Classic Cars are on display in St Paul's Square, in front of the cathedral, so we head over there. We enjoy a glass of Prosecco and admire all these lovingly maintained cars, in the buzzy atmosphere.

      Then to Bacchus to share a Maltese platter of sausage, olives, sun dried tomato, cheese, octopus, bean dip, bread sticks and bruschetta for lunch. The restaurant is inside the old powder store with big arched ceilings.      Read more

    • TravelerMalta
      Day 3

      Catacombs and cathedrals

      October 6, 2017 in Malta ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

      First stop are the tiny catacombs of St Cataldus, where there is no information but we can take pictures.

      And then it's on to the much bigger catacombs of St Agatha. We join a tour and learn a lot about catacombs : nobles and the rich have the central tombs, the middle class are in tombs around the walls and the poor were in tombs donated by the rich but in areas like corridors. If two tombs are together but there is no wall between then, that depicts that they were married, a wall and they weren't, priests were in tombs in the chapels. There are still remnants of paintings from two thousand years ago. The catacombs are huge but we are shown only a small but significant part, there's nothing in the remaining section that we haven't seen. So interesting to see but no photo taking is allowed.

      After that we return to the Classic Cars again, and then visit the cathedral and the cathedral museums, which had a lot of stuff on display but not much in the way of explanations so we whistled through fairly quickly. As we came out the Classic Cars were beginning to leave which was fun to see and hear - vroom, vroom!      Read more

    • TravelerMalta
      Day 3

      This evening

      October 6, 2017 in Malta ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

      Would you believe it? A packed 202 has driven straight past the crowded bus stop again. Again, the next bus isn't for another bloody hour. We wince at the price of a taxi home from Mdina but a couple overhear us and ask if we'd like to split the cost with them which, of course, we do. Chatting on the way back it turns out they were on the bus this morning that didn't stop for us. As well, they were eating in the same restaurant as us last night. Small world!

      Back at the apartment we have a glass of wine on the terrace, before walking to Peppino's for dinner. We're lucky enough to get their tiny arched, sea view balcony with just the one table. Perfect! We share a starter of razor clams and mussels gratinee , followed by sea bream and bass, which we split between us. We'd barely finished, when the traffic was stopped and a chanting procession celebrating Santa Maria came past. Always interesting to catch something local like that.      Read more

    • TravelerMalta
      Day 4

      To Mosta and beyond

      October 7, 2017 in Malta ⋅ 🌬 18 °C

      After yesterday's disastrous buses, we decide to use the hop-on, hop-off open top bus today, at a cost of 18 euros each. We're on it at 9, on the front seat at the top, and it takes us first to Slimea, then on through Valetta and across to Mosta, where I notice that there are really a lot of flagpoles. We hop off.

      We visit the Rotunda, the church with the fourth largest unsupported dome in Europe. It is 39m diameter across and 59m from the floor to the top. A German bomb went through the dome during the war but miraculously did not explode nor injure any of the congregation below!

      We follow brown tourist signs to somewhere. Sometimes we can't read signs as they also use Arabic letters. It turns out to be the Cultural Centre - it's in a pretty courtyard, there are some paintings and some old tools. That's about it. I think we'll just leave it as being a very minor tourist site...      Read more

    • TravelerMalta
      Day 4

      To Mdina and beyond

      October 7, 2017 in Malta ⋅ 🌬 18 °C

      We catch the next bus which takes us on to Mdina, which is where the time trials for the Classic Cars are taking place today. We can look down into the trench outside the city walls which is acting as the pits today. We recognise some of the cars from yesterday but there are a lot more than were on display in the concourse.

      We find a spot where we can see and watch as car after car sets off : Minis, Fiats, Jags, a wildly keen Honda which won last year, cautious drivers, keen drivers of lower powered cars...they're all here. We chat to a couple of big enthusiasts on either side of us. We laugh as the safety truck has to go to the assistance of a marshall who fell over a wall down a bank and couldn't get out! He was unhurt but probably deeply embarrassed! And we learn that almost all these Classic Cars are from Malta itself.

      Then we find Is-Serkin for lunch. We sample pastizzi and qassatat, which are different types of pasties. We had four (ricotta, pea, chicken and anchovy) pastizzi and a pea qassatat plus two beers for less than six euros!      Read more

    • TravelerMalta
      Day 4

      And beyond...

      October 7, 2017 in Malta ⋅ 🌬 18 °C

      We catch the next bus to complete our circuit of the northern loop of the island. We sit on the top again, it's hot and windy but all very pleasant. We pass a big church. We arrive back at Spinola Point around 3pm after very nice day out with lot less transport hassles than yesterday.Read more

    • TravelerMalta
      Day 4

      Notte Bianca

      October 7, 2017 in Malta ⋅ 🌬 18 °C

      This is the festival of White Night, which celebrates all thing cultural in Malta. The streets and buildings of Valetta are lit up and the city hosts a huge range of cultural events.

      We bussed to Slimea and joined the massive queue for the ferry. We were amongst the first to board the second boat so got a good seat on the top, outside deck from where we saw the firework display. It was spectacularly underwhelming as it was still broad daylight... It took forever to load the ferry as the queue was massive and we suspected it was quite overloaded. No matter, we arrived safely and Valetta looked lovely in the evening sun.

      Our first ports of call were to visit the church with the dome and the next door cathedral with the spire which dominate Malta's skyline. The former being a Catholic church and the later being St Paul's Pro Cathedral, which is a totally different simpler style than all the other churches we've visited here. The Pro part of the name means it is a cathedral which it's not supported by its own bishop.

      We wander through the streets which are gradually being lit up as it darkens and are gradually filling up as 7pm, kickoff, approaches. We find the acclaimed Nenu for dinner but they won't take a reservation so we chance waiting for the huge bell ringing citywide at 7pm which announces the start of the festival. A few minutes past we give up and return to the restaurant where, luckily, a final table for two still remains. The maitre d' shrugs her shoulders when we tell her about the bells and simply says "Maltese time". We have the Maltese speciality, beef olives which is herby minced pork wrapped in a slice of beef which is braised in tomato sauce and chicken ftira, which is the Maltese version of pizza. And John finally discovers the Maltese wine, Laurenti, that he has been on the lookout for.

      Then we hit the streets. It is packed. Valetta is expecting to host something like 60 000 revellers tonight.      Read more

    • TravelerMalta
      Day 4

      The Festival

      October 7, 2017 in Malta ⋅ 🌬 18 °C

      The streets are packed. We see singers and fire jugglers. We pop into the University and see their student designed car. A young man holds a group spellbound playing his harp in a tiny church. The National Archeological Centre is open. A group is passionately declaiming Maltese poetry. A band amuses us with Irish folk songs. Buildings and roads are lit up and all the churches are open. Even Parliament is open if you are prepared to jump through their security hoops. People spill out of every restaurant and bar. Big bands are playing and kids are loving dancing on a stage where their magnified image is displayed on a screen as dancing lightbulb people. And there was so much more.

      Eventually we stop for a drink and a bit of people watching, before heading back to the ferry.

      The queue is enormous but a chartered ferry is just docking. Or trying to. After a while they manage to get the 20 or so passengers off but deem it too dangerous to try to board the several hundred people waiting. The boat is going up and down, and backwards and forwards and plainly it is unsafe. We don't think there's a chance of us making it onto the next regular ferry, assuming it can even dock, so decide to go for the buses.

      It's a long walk round Valetta to the bus station but we make it, and the fun begins. We don't make it onto the first bus to St Giljan but another arrives quickly. Now the crush really starts. The conductor only opens one door but everyone is determined that they are getting on. The problem was people paying cash which held up the queue so boarding was painfully slow, whilst the back of the crowd pushed forwards pushing those by the doors into the side of the bus with nowhere else to go. I'm shoved into someone and beginning to lose my footing before I get to the door and can board, a quick tap of my card and I'm in. And I get us the last two seats! Moments later John is next to me and it all becomes civilised again. The roads were clear so we were back home by 1am.

      So, I enjoyed the festival but I think I'll give those a buses a miss another time!      Read more

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