Island style

Early to bed and early to rise, wide awake at 3.30am…up, dressed and working by 5! Small adjustment still needed.

A considerable rise in humidity overnight meant my outdoor workspace was less than comfortable by 7am. Personally the sweat pores where working overtime – even my eyelashes were dripping and in the street..huge concreting activity, with concrete dust, mixers and cranes lifting buckets of concrete powder to the penthouse level(same as me) on the construction site next door. The result a wet powdery film covered work space and body! Leaving Kevin and Rols in peace to have their breakfast before retiring back inside to the cool aircon and dusting myself off!

Meanwhile, on the coastal areas north and south of the island a atmospheric tsunami swept up and over the shores. This occurs when high humid atmospheric pressure pushes down on the sea and causes the sea levels to quickly rise and the water surges over what is usually above sea level!

Oblivious (at this time) to this weather phenomenon and not to be idle, I took myself off for a walk about 10am, possibly not the smartest thing on such a warm day. At least today more shops were open and I could nip in and out of aircondtioned spaces for relief.

My feet took me south towards the next village Tarxien, through deserted parks and narrow streets!

One learns very quickly to walk on the shaded side – making sure to stay on the footpath as buses and trucks race down the narrow and mostly one way streets.

To find the centre of town you look for the church spires, every village has one (a church that is) and here I found myself in front of the Tarxien church.

This world is yellow (buildings) and blue (skies) in short! Not exactly sure of the way home as every corner just brought me more yellow and blue, I popped into a corner store, confirmed I was still in Tarxien, and was advised to follow the main road (this being a two way street about 10 foot wide) and I should hit Paola (my town) in about 10 minutes. I’m guessing that would be on a cool day allowing for brisk walking, Half an hour later I stumbled into the apartment, downed another bottle of water and had to sit (and lie) for the next half hour while my body came back to earth!

The afternoon plan, after Kevin had finished his online teaching classes, and before Rols was off to work and Kevin out to the movies, was to go to my old stomping ground “Alice Springs Cafe” for a late lunch, come early dinner and sit by the sea and Superyachts!

We rocked up around 2.30 to a very pleasant sea breezed umbrella covered seaside! All quite hungry by this time! Ordered food and drinks – and just to prove you can teach an old dog new tricks, I thoroughly enjoyed a rose wine spritzer! A much more ladylike beverage than a can of beer! Lunch arrived.. Rols having a very healthy Tuna salad… and Kevin a chicken burger special

With a mountain of chips and a SAUSAGE! My lunch/dinner, a plate of Fish and chips..

A footlong (not subway) piece of fish, and a mountain of chips! I did say we were hungry! I couldn’t even fit in the post meal coffee.

After a late afternoon nap, the boys have all left and I have ventured out to the terrace now the evening is cooling off. Not being one to enjoy showers, tonight’s will be a welcome relief to wash off the layers of sweat and concrete dust!

The 7.55pm church bells are ringing out and… No food needed just saying.