A slow start

After a busy day yesterday, the 7am visit to the Carboot market had limited enthusiasmy this morning and a preferred slow crawl of coffee (and tea) on the deck was much more appealing as the sun rose in another clear blue sky!

Jill had a book to read and I decided to relieve my Monday work pressure by clearing the weekend emails (Before Monday NZ time kicks in while I am sleeping)

Around midday we took off in the car (GPS on help mode) and drove to the Dingli cliffs on the rugged farming side of Malta..

On the edge looking down on cliff side farming

The sheerness is not actually portrayed in the photos!

Further along the cliffs we came upon the Church of St Mary Magdalen first discovered in 1575 in this remote area and restored for public worship in 1646 – while I fail to imagine where the parishioners would come from as even today this is a sparsely populated area!

The breeze however on the cliff side was almost a wind and extremely refreshing! We then supported the locals and brought a prickly pear chocolate, from the food truck, for Sammy (my cousin) as we were headed there for a mid afternoon lunch!

However, as we were not far from Ghar Lapsi, the much talked about must visit swimming hole (known as a beach to locals) at the southern end of the cliffs, a short visit there before our lunch date was in order

We paid our one euro and parked at the front (of course) and refrained from a swim, we have an afternoon of swimming and lunch planned for later in the week with our cousins!

We did however enjoy a cool drink from the terrace restaurant on the cliff edge looking down at the Sunday swimmers.

It is much quieter during the week and we will be able to stake a rock claim with ease!

Back in the car and GPSing it to Attard for our traditional Maltese dish of rabbit! One of Russell’s favourites! Anna and Sammy and Jill and I had a delicious (huge) mid afternoon lunch – doubling as dinner and a sweet treat as well! We are getting very spoiled! Sammy sneaked off for an afternoon nap while Anna and Jill and I spent the rest of the day chatting (as girls do)

Home around 6, a quiet evening on the deck as the sun went down and an early Sunday evening – ready for work (Sue) and exploring (Jill) in the morning….and maybe a beach afternoon!