After three wonderful days with friends from my kids childhood…I am now on the sea about to head back to Malta…We certainly filled in a lot of the 25years…as yesterday we started talking about cooking recipes! Is that a sign or what!
Yesterday morning Niall had a couple of work calls so Jayne and I went for our morning wander … through the town…
Hotels…
Monuments and cute little shops…all terribly overpriced but cute Italian designs, and some not so cute…the fashions from Spain and Portugal have overflowed to the Mediterranean (for men) with the current look of matching knit shorts and T-shirts (selling for around €200.00 (NZD400) in terrible patterns! Most resembling pyjama sets!
Our wandering took us back along the foreshore..,where the beaches were starting to fill up mid morning!
A little pink from the day before…I made sure I was well sunblocked on the bits that haven’t seen the sun for a while…and shoulders covered!
However by the time we had gone back to collect Niall and have a snack, and ventured to the beach…a strong onshore wind had got up and the beaches was clearing out…
As there is very little tidal movement in the Med, we set up on the wet sand and avoided the sandblasting that those on the dry sand behind us were subjecting themselves to!
There was even a little wave…and the foil board wind surfers having a ball!
Trying to find a bar for the World Cup soccer game last night was impossible…so we set up on the outdoor deck, beer/wine in hand and soaked in the excitement through Niall’s IPad…
Today…it was a welcome rinse and repeat…morning walk, coffee, late breaky and beach time..,again a bit of wind but just great to be on the beach and in the sea!
Jayne and I took a drink at a beach bar, while Niall went home to crank up the coal BBQ…for a late lunch….i have been very spoiled!
I threw my clothes into my backpack…and we walked to the ferry…scheduled to leave at 7pm from Marina Di Ragusa (Sicily) to Malta..,passing the locals ….KNEE deep in a card game… knees being a critical aspect of this game…holding up the board table!
This seems to be a popular pastime with the old blokes here in the afternoons!
I’m thinking…I am now getting my summer tan on…but the sun here is strong and will ensure I am well plastered with sunblock every morning!
Niall and Jayne…we must never say goodbyes (a thing I learned on the Camino) as we never know when our paths will again cross…we mustn’t leave it another 25 years, I will be 90!!
On board the vessel a bit after 6pm..
And roaring out of the harbour by 6.50pm!!! Again leaving early…I really didn’t think early was a word in this part of the world!
With the sun slowly setting in the west!
All who wander are not Lost girls 