As Carolyn’s dream was to jump in the Mediterranean Sea, we went all out (and up and down)!
In the north of this island of Malta is the well known Golden Bay….with golden sands and a massive hotel, with all the tourist traps..
This is not where we went although we did get a good view of it from the cliff top!
Arriving early….9am….our destination was the other side of the cliff “Riviera beach”
Aptly named for its turquoise sea, rolling waves and gorgeous beach babes… Carolyn rocking her summer vibes!
Yours truly nervously getting as close to the edge to snap a good shot!
Ok, then the fun began – I had warned Carolyn…we had 500 steps down and 5000 steps up when our day was done!
Having safely navigated the down bit….it was coffee time before claiming our patch on the beach…as we were early we felt time was on our side….however the steady stream of people started rolling in and we spread out our towels and dived in the sea!
Stuck our nose in our books and ignored the world for an hour or so…while noisy Italians and tourists hired their chairs and brolly’s all around us … by 10.30am it was a sea of orange chairs and white umbrellas….
And it kept building, meanwhile lying on towels we held our ground in prime position as we dipped in and out of the sea!
Enough sun and too many people (they also thought they were mountain goats) had arrived so before the lunch rush we took the prime (again) spot in the cafe and ordered our lunch…
A “monkey business” for Carolyn and a “frozen pina colada” for Sue! Followed by a chicken burger and chips…ok so not so exotic in the food stakes with a lot of bun and chips….but gave us the carbo hit for the climb ahead!
As I mentioned earlier….5000 steps up (while actually the same amount going down – it felt like 5000 up!)
A few “little” rests on the climb and we made it unscathed although somewhat hotter and with an elevated heart rate!
We called in to visit the cousins on the way back and took a side trip to decathlon (sports shop) and Lidl(supermarket) on the way home…yes getting slightly lost in the backstreets of Qormi…due to one wrong turn! And we get to see more of the place while we are here!
All who wander are not Lost girls 