Day 67 Today I met Roger down at the ferry dock for our trip over to Gozo. Once we got there and had booked ourselves into the hostel we started to walk into the capital Vittiros. We didn't make it too far before catching a ride on one of the Gozo buses. Once in town we headed to the tourist office for maps and alist of things we could amuse ourselves with. Our first stop was to check out the main Cathedral in town. We didn't go inside but instead walk around the outside and visited all of the small craft [View Full Entry]

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Having been here three weeks we can honestly say it was an inspired idea....we are achieving all our corporate objectives. 1) Relax, 2) Get a tan, 3) Relax.....some of us are doing better than others in achieving these goals! Sharron has a great tan and has slipped into a coma!! We took a short break from the above last week when we visited Malta which took, door to door, the same time as our flight here, mainly due to using local bus transport! However we managed to arrive without any hotel reservation into Valletta to find the four hotels it [View Full Entry]

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One month on Gozo. Ein kleiner Einblick in mein Inselleben... [View Full Entry]

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Well we finally made it to the island of Gozo just off Malta...infact we have been here almost a week so I thought I hade better update the blog... Firstly thank you to everyone for the splendid send off, the cards, gifts and kind words meant a huge amount to both of us, to have the support and good wishes of so many people help to confirm this is the best thing we have ever done / will ever do!!! The farmhouse we have rented is just outside the town of Xhagra (pronounced sharah), it overlooks the beach (1/2 hr walk) [View Full Entry]

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HI I thought it would be good to give everyone an idea of our itinary.... we start our trip in 5 weeks time and fly to Gozo on the 1st October for a month.....hopefully we will still get some sun and be able to get our heads straight for our world away from work!! From Gozo we fly to India and spend two weeks in Rajastan, visiting Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur....we then fly from Delhi to Singapore and spend a fews days there before heading for Phuket then ko phi phi, ko raya and then Bagkok. From Bangkok we [View Full Entry]

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Gozo is one of the three islands that make up Malta as in: "Malta" - although Malta is mainly the central and the biggest one - slightly confusing isn't it . We went to Gozo on the ferry, which was very cheap and takes only about 30 mins - which really isn't a long journey. Gozo itself was beautiful! Very similar to the Maltese character, with lots of tiny cute markets and again loads of religious symbols pretty much everywhere. Some of the main attractions we visited included the Gozo Castle and of course the very famous Dwejra window - oh [View Full Entry]

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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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