Expect the unexpected

This morning promised another day of warmth and sunshine.

We decided it was time to start thinking about our next adventure and packing 18 days into a small carryon bag for the plane to Italy on Wednesday. This done and armed with a list of jobs and purchases needed to be done, we left on foot. All achieved within 200meters of our house, we carried on down the back streets towards the Bormla waterfront for our morning coffee.

Passing a pet shop, I couldn’t resist checking out the local pets….

Rooms and rooms of birds and more birds who, upon our arrival, screeched extremely loudly…

Until the owner arrived in this back room to see what the ruckus was… (kiwi birds visiting local birds)

These blue parakeets were scared of foreigners! Upon explanation of our presence, (using the tourist story) the owner relaxed and explained these parakeets were originally from Australia but now bred in Bormla.

A very expensive hobby – these green ones €650 (NZD 1200) each!

Thanking the owner and apologising for upsetting the locals, we carried on our way.

We spied these hand made(of wood) children’s clocks – the picture doesn’t do them justice as they were all moving and wiggling with each tick!

A glorious mug of Coffee consumed, we spied a bus that we thought would drop us back up the hill – leapt on and realised it was bypassing our area, so we still had a couple of km walk (at least along the flat rather than up hill).

Back in the apartment early afternoon, we hung the washing on the line (in the bright sunshine). Then five minutes later the thunder rolled in.

I tried to catch the wind tunnel which spiralled down out of the thunder clouds! Then heavy rain!

Washing rescued, it was a great time to point our noses into our books! The pattern of our lives forever changing!