Sign In
Blogs from Valletta, Malta, Malta, Europe
Advertisement
July 12th 2012
So I'm in Malta. We left Tuesday afternoon and arrived at the hotel in Bugibba at midnight. I had a fun day of riding my cousin Harry's trunki around Norwich airport, running around with a little girl I met there - she's my age and flying in a plane! I really liked looking out the window at all the clouds on this flight and the nice people at Thomas Cook even gave me a seat of my own :-) I wasn't so keen on the takeoff though, it was just SO noisy! Yesterday I spent the day playing in the hotel pools and the little play area. There is a big slide I like in there plus a castle playhouse. My cousin Evie would love it, it's a big castle and it's purple. Mummy and daddy ... read more
May 25th 2012
I have arrived in Malta, and checked into the hotel. The flight was uneventful. I flew from KCI to Detroit to Rome. I could not print a boarding pass for the flight to Malta before I left, and that caused a snag. But nice people with bigger problems of missed flights let me go first and I ran all the way to the gate in the nick of time.My luggage appeared properly, and I got an 8 Euro bus directly to my hotel, the Hotel Grand Excelsior. In general, Malta is sunny, warm, historic, and easy to get around in due to the fact that everyone speaks English. Public transportation is frequent and inexpensive. People are nice and helpful, but not too overly friendly. My Topeka-time watch says 7:30 am, but it is 2:30 pm here. ... read more
April 14th 2012
Day two started off on the later side, with a housekeeper knocking on my door and waking me up around 11:30am – oopsie! I wasn’t feeling too hot, but Malta’s most impressive church, St. John’s co-cathedral, was only open until 12:30 so I had to book it if I wanted to be able to see that. Luckily it was only a couple blocks from my hotel. Built between 1573 and 1578, the church has equal status to St. Paul’s Cathedral in Mdina, hence the term “co-cathedral”. It was constructed as the conventual church of the Knights of St. John, and despite its rather plain façade the interior is spectacular. The blue walls studded with Maltese crosses were for some reason the most beautiful part to me, but opulence was everywhere. The floor was a patchwork ... read more
April 13th 2012
Well it’s certainly been a 24-hour journey! At 4:30pm Boston time I was heading out from Faneuil Hall catching the Blue Line toward “Airport” to face my flight to that illustrious island of Malta. After almost two years working with EC my trip to our Central Offices was finally under way! The trip itself was fairly underwhelming – no major delays or traumas that I’m accustomed to. Boston-Heathrow via Virgin Atlantic was quite pleasant. I had never flown them but was definitely a fan of the entertainment selection – I ended up watching Almodóvar’s latest, “The Skin I Live In”, as well as an episode of the revamp of “Absolutely Fabulous” on BBC and the first half an hour of “An American Horror Story”. Food was edible - I had the beef slop adorned with ... read more
April 8th 2012
So, we woke up this am and it was pouring with rain! :( But another buffet breakie turned things around after i woops put too much mixture in the waffle maker and spread batter everywere and i mean everywhere! the poor cleaners! A lil girl was waiting next to me and her dad said to her now you live and learn from that lady's mistakes! haha i was like thaaanks! Great tasting waffle though! the chef thought it was hilarious and really didnt care so all fun and games! We then headed back to the girls' room cos sarah had excited come up with the plan of an easter egg hunt! So one by one we went outside the room like we had been kicked out and everyone else hid 7 eggs in the room! Was ... read more
Advertisement
April 15th 2011
zoals de titel al zegt, hadden we vandaag wat minder goed weer. enkele regendruppels kruisten daarom onze weg. maar toch zijn we op pad gegaan. met de bus (waar we een half uur op hebben moeten wachten) gingen we naar Valetta! maar natuurlijk, was de rechtstreekse bus te makkelijk en zijn we dus langs de kust gewandeld. toen we ondervonden dat de weg naar Valetta toch nog langer was dan de pa dacht (ik wist dat al van het begin en de rest wss ook, maar de pa wil altijd zelf zeker zijn...) besloten we toch maar om de bus te nemen naar deze immense winkelstad. daar aangekomen, was het al kwart over etenstijd! dus op naar de bib! u zult zich wel afvragen: euh! de bib?! ja! de bib! een soort van kantine waar ze ... read more
