Well, I'm not actually in Gozo at the moment, but we went there a couple days ago and I forgot to post. If anyone has seen the count of Monte Cristo, we sailed past the Island where most of that was filmed. That was awesome, considering I am the biggest Monte Cristo nerd ever. We went along with my Aunt Doreen, Uncle Joey, Cousins Clint and Claire, and their kids, Chloe and Caliah. I'm pretty sure I told you this before, but Clint drives a really crappy van. (that I love). And about halfway to where we were going on the [View Full Entry]

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Malta is made up of three islands, we stayed on the main island, Malta in the suburb of Sliema. It was overlooking a harbour and one of the delights of the area was the promanade that stretched for about 5km through two other suburbs. This was our first trip abroad and I'd played it safe by picking a type of package holiday where English was the main language. So we get to Gatwick Airport to be confronted by lines of Brit families and pensioners (what did I expect) all heading to Malta. When we arrive in Malta, Vickie (our tour rep [View Full Entry]

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Well, my time in Gozo is done, and I am back in Valletta. It feels like being in a different country--the two islands are so different. It was hard leaving Gozo this morning, because I really liked it there, but now that I am settled back in in Valletta, it's all good. I spent the last three days exploring Gozo using their somewhat crazy public transit system. The buses were all bought from England, usually after the English decided they were no good anymore. The roads are terrible, but at least the island is small. The day after the boat trip [View Full Entry]

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