Rugby Racing and Beer

The day started with breakfast at Lemon and Lime Marsakala and the All Blacks vs Argentina – courtesy of a very amenable English bar manager

Followed by a rest on the waterfront Marsakala and checking out the options for a slightly cloudy 30 degrees Malta day.

Found that on this day 8th of September is Victory day in history 1943 when the Italians withdrew their bombardment of the grand harbour and in celebration of this Fort St Angelo, Vittoriosa is open to the public for a mere two euro. in light of the hubbys sore back we decided to see how close we could get to the entrance (parking wise) and go join the throngs….

We got lucky and as someone left, we parked about 50 meters from the gate – still a small sit was needed; Russ by the super yachts in grand harbour.

Further along the marina we passed Just a small 95 meter abandoned super yacht that got passed in by the Maltese court auctions at 43 million euro!! Still for sale if anyone interested?

Up into the fort and the views were amazing – last time we were here the Fort was closed and being renovated for CHOGM and we could only walk around outside

Stairway to heaven …..

Views from the top….

And the proof that we all made it up the ramps and stairs and enjoyed our nice cold cisk (beer) in the captains dining room

We had prime position to pull up our chairs and watch the annual Victory day races in the grand harbour (Malta’s version of dragonboating/rowing)

On display we caught up with these two guys on the way out – the maltese falcon and the lucky owl

Very hot , not the feathered birds the human ones (Trudi and Sue) we took a quick drive over the hill to Rinella bay for a dip in the sea then home to birzebuggia via the bakery and liquor store (closed on a Saturday!) so back to bakery to stock up on beer and sit on the deck in our Malta home with a nice cold drink and this happened