http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Malta en-us Wed, 25 Nov 09 14:10:35 +0000 Wed, 25 Nov 09 14:10:35 +0000 I am off to Malta November 1117. I've never been there and great opportunity came up. I am going with a group of 10 agents. We meet in JFK and travel together.I arrived JFK airport at B terminal. I have been in BA JFK terminal for3 years and it is changed I am impressed. There is spa where you can get massag manicure pedicure tc. There is Todd English restaurant Crabtree Evelyn... I bou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/blog-452098.html Extremely hungover I got up intending to sunbathe by the pool but last minute I thought I actually really like Valletta so I'm going to go back there for the day So I did ate again at La Sicila which was a lot busier on a Saturday and then walked round aimlessly ending my day sunbathing in Hastings Gardens on the wall overlooking the 3 cities if you ever go here I was on the thick wall yo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/blog-444772.html Got up bright and early today to go to Valletta. Only 54c on the bus. Valletta is the capital of Malta and it is one of the tiniest capitals in the world. Starting at City Gate outside which you are spoilt for choice for snacksdrinks etc at one of the many kiosks. I first went to see Fort St Elmo which is now the Police academy and where the War Museum is located. It's quite spooky thinking abo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/La-Valletta/blog-444102.html I got up really early today with the intention of going to Mdina early before the daytripping tourists and then to do some sunbathing on the bay next to Golden Bay before I had to drop the car back before 1130. The first part of this went to plan...I saw Mdina again early on. Beautiful. Then I spent about 2 hours trying to find Golden Bay continuously going round in circles. Grrrr. As it turns http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/blog-443788.html Today was Comino day. I'm thinking about becoming a tour whore so much simpler. But do any of you notice how just before the tour touts have taken your money they are oh so friendly then on the day and you're just another bloody tourist its not so smileyThe boat took us to various caves e.g Smugglers Cave in Malta Lovers Cave Popeye's cave and about four others in Comino. It also took us int http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Comino/blog-443289.html So you know I said I double booked myself today with a tour and a car hire Well I rang the tour company to postpone till Thursday. It was the least Topaz could do letting me use their phone to compensate for its shoddiness. Honestly breakfast was rank cold felt like I was eating in an old people's home. No 4 I can tell you And little things aswel like the waitress's uniform which looked li http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/blog-442684.html Do any of you find that arriving in a country you've never been to before always looks and seems and feels completely different to how you imagined it would It almost feels like a third world country but at the same time clearly isn't The first thing that struck me travelling from the airport to my hotel in Bugibba was the buildings Every single wall looks like it's gonna fall down because of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/blog-442415.html Back in March Scott and I took at long weekend to Malta I was between jobs at BP and Capgemini. We flew out on easyjet not that pleasant to Malta which is just off Italy in the med. We got some good weather for our 4 night stay in St Julian a few bays around from the walled capital of Valletta. One of the days we did a hoponhopoff bus around the south eastern parts of the island of Malta. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/St-Julians/blog-415468.html HeySo I was getting bored of Brussels. It had been stiflingly hot for a couple of weeks 29 degrees and 90 humidity and I decided that I needed to get out of town. I felt like going somewhere near the water so I decided that Malta would be a great choice. I hopped on the train to the airport and after it picked me up I felt a little ill at ease. I was thinking to myself that it was odd that it http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/La-Valletta/blog-411525.html Day 67Today 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Gozo/blog-408537.html Day 54I arrived in Malta at some ridiculous hour with no baggage or sleep only to have to wait 12 hr for a bus and then another 12 hour for the next one to get me to my hostel. After negotiating the busy streets I managed to find the place I'd be living in for the next 2 weeks. My next mission was to get toiletries so I could shower lucky for me I had a change of clothes in my carry on so I didn http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/La-Valletta/blog-408535.html We arrived in Malta not really knowing what to expect we had heard a lot about the tiny island nation but had no real conception of what it would actually be like. After some incredible views Malta is actually 3 Islands Malta Gozo and Comino from the plane as we flew in our first impression was ... WIND It was crazily windy as soon as we hopped off the plane in the first 23 days we expe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/blog-399928.html Tuesday was a sea day so we were able to relax on the ship after four straight days in a different port. Sort of the same old routine get up eat walk around the ship eat check out some activities on the ship eat gamble drink and eat. On Wednesday we were docked in Valletta Malta for only four hours which was not enough time. We came into port around 200 PM and the view of the city and su http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/La-Valletta/blog-390128.html My exams are all finished and I am sitting at the dining table at Auntie Catherine's house eating white chocolate off of a spoon. They spoil meI can't believe I've left the castle It makes me so so sad. Will reflect more later as am dangerously sleepdeprived and preoccupied with eating chocolate. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/blog-389340.html Siguiendo con la poltica ldquoVacaciones para todosrdquo adems de ver algunas iglesias tambin hubo entrenamientos para Ximena Guiomar Santino y Pedro. Las salidas fueron Mediterrneo Park. Un parque muy bonito donde vimos shows de loros focas y delfines. Los loritos unos genios andaban en moto en auto y hacan carreras. Pedro le dio de comer a uno y luego pudimos sacar algunas fotos http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/blog-381355.html El 2 de Marzo es feriado en Libia. Como este ao caa en lunes prcticamente se poda hacer un fin de semana largo. Hasta ltimo momento no tenamos planes pero ante la insistencia de Mariela no hicimos una escapadita a Malta Malta es un pas que est en medio del Mediterrneo y est compuesto por 2 grandes islas Malta y Gozo. Desde el 2004 es parte de la Unin Europea.El vuelo desde Trpoli es http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/St-Julians/blog-381354.html There are many different hotels around Gozo which you can choose from. Almost all the hotels are very close the the small villages around the island so you will have all the necessary amenities close to you including transport. Most of the hotels are more than 3 star hotels and are listed hereunder.Beachview Hotel MARSALFORNHotel Calypso MARSALFORN Kempinski San Lawrenz Resort and Spa SAN http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Gozo/blog-379455.html Here are the other pictures that I have. These are from Mdina which is an ancient Medieval cityfort that remains the same as it did when it was built. It was really cool and I loved it there. Also down the road from Mdina was where they did handblown glass which we went and visited as well but no pictures of that. Also there are pictures of the beautiful town and view from Qawra which is wh http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/blog-375319.html I decided to go to Malta for my February break this time. I went with my friend Christina for five days. It was an amazing place very relaxing and a fantastic choice for break. It is not a place that many Americans go or know where it is for that matter it's an island near Sicily in the Meditteranean. Malta seems to have a sort of identity crisisimagine a country that is a mix between Italy B http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/blog-375310.html Dear Friends and RelativesI know it's been sometime since my last Travelblog and hopefully I will get up todate before Lars and I start again at the end of March. Firstly if I missed anyone with Christmas and New Year wishes I apologies. I forgot my address book on the boat when we left in November and didn't have any addresses at all so SORRY and hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and N http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/blog-363346.html