As my story yesterday ended with a question, the answer is YES we did make it home to Malta, with a rush through the airport and onto a plane in gale force winds and torrential rain.
After a rather scary (and bumpy) take off, an hour late we made it back to a much calmer Malta in time for dinner!
We have two more travelling kiwis to spend the day with before they head off to their next adventure! (Julie and Pam)
This morning we went to the street market in Birgu, now somewhat smaller in the winter months
Julie really enjoyed the fruit and vege stalls!
And a very smelly street of fresh (?) fish. Octopus and Lampuki!
We then headed up to Mdina (the silent city), a must see before they leave. Outside the tourist time (summer) it was very pleasant!
Standing outside the walls and still wearing shorts on this winters day.
Without the crowds we had a chance to see some of the artwork in houses of the knights.
These donkeys are following me from Italy!
Antique clock and red doors!
The horses are coping with their cooler workdays, carting tourists around the town.
Russ is still wearing his green sweater!
And Julie decided that she certainly has some Maltese genes – the doors are just her size!
Blue skies and then off to Rabat so Julie and Pam could visit the St Paul’s cathedral catacombes, which were converted to air raid shelters in WWII
Sue and Russ wandered around St Paul’s square while the girls went underground.
Found this monument at the back of the church. Which is a memorial from some seamen who encountered St Paul during his sojourn here and supported him on his to Rome, where he was ultimately executed by Caesar!
The inscription in English from the seamen!
This memorial monument of St Paul in the square in Rabat!
We are off to meet Kevin and Rols for dinner for the girls last night! I have to say it is quite a relief to have a car again (giving the feet a rest) and to see the sunshine!
All who wander are not Lost girls 