Year: 2020

We took the long walk up the hill to Mellieha village to see the sights up there. First we went into the World War 2 tunnels. The man who takes the entrance fee was evidently using these tunnels when he was 8 years old. It was interesting to read that if anyone wanted their own space, they were allowed to dig an area of 6 foot by 6 foot!

From there we went to Our Lady of the Grotto. There are a lot of steps up and down these places!

We then went to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieha, one of the worldwide Marian shrines. An intriguing place. A lot to look at and read in here, also a lot of wealth.

It really was a lovely little village and well worth the strenuous walk up the hill!

 

We went out for a long walk , the sea was rough and it was really windy so it wasn’t as long as we planned so spent the afternoon in the hotel playing cards.

We booked to eat in the Asian restaurant and very good it was too.

The entertainment in the evening, following the quiz, was Latino.

Our all inclusive included all our drink too.

Thought for the Day – “The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow.” ~ Robert Tew

 

Some good news, having left my car with Lou and Rhys to take to their garage for a service and MOT, they contacted us to say it had passed the MOT, just needed a new tyre. We were surprised that is all that needed to be done.

After breakfast we walked to Popeye’s village. I can’t say we were that impressed but it was a nice view from the side of the village.

We did a lot of walking.

On our return to the hotel we discovered that our safe wouldn’t lock so we reported it to reception. They came to repair it in 10 minutes! We were impressed with their speed in responding.

It was so windy out that we stayed around the hotel until dinner playing cards. After dinner we went into The Dome for the evenings entertainment.

Thought for the Day – “When you are enthusiastic  about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.” ~ Paulo Coelho

We were up early and went for a walk and ended up in ……….

The first thing we spotted (and Mal nearly trod on ) was this lovely chameleon.

I used to love watching them in Cyprus, at least this one didn’t spit at us! We did search for orchids but I think it was a little early for Malta. I know they are out in February in Cyprus. There was a party of school kids with work sheets and they all wanted to chat to us, their teacher included, of course in very good English.

We spent a while in the quiet at the top of the forest for thoughts of Heather.

On the way back to the hotel we bumped into Lynn and Dave and so went and had lunch with them and later dinner with them too. For dinner, amongst many other things, the chef was cooking masses of King Prawns in garlic butter. I think I ate my body weight in King Prawns!

Thought for the Day – “A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.” ~ Henry Kissinger

We went to the welcome meeting  and met a nice couple Lynn and Dave and sat and chatted to them for the rest of the day.

It seems they don’t do much, not very adventurous, didn’t go to any of the shows, nor the trips or the specialist restaurants and obviously we wanted to do and see more. I was in my element with the food as every meal there was a huge choice of fish and shellfish for both lunch and dinner. It was all buffet style so I had so much fish!

We made a decision that night that although Lynn and Dave were very nice, time to break away and have a holiday!

We also booked for three of the specialist restaurants. Having said that the food in the main restaurant, you couldn’t want for more variety.

Thought for the Day – “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.”

We were at Lou’s at 4 am and she drove us to Gatwick. Our Malta holiday we booked with Mercury Direct a company we hadn’t used before. We had visited Malta previously but it was many years ago. It was a good journey and the flight was only 2 hours 50 minutes, far better than the long flight to TRNC!

The hotel db Seabank was right by the sea in Mellieha, the opposite end of the island to the airport so we were the last to be dropped off.

We were all inclusive so we checked in and straight into lunch. Our room was huge!

The weather wasn’t too good, very windy! There are a lot of “returners” to the hotel, a very good sign!

The view from the restaurant………and the food was amazing too!!

We spent the rest of the day unpacking and finding where everything was.

Sadly I had a phone call from Heather’s husband to tell me that she had passed away. That was a shock.

Thought for the Day – “Some old fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.” ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder

 

BREXIT DAY!

I imagine the whole country is still as vague as ever over what changes there will be.

Mal and I drove into Canterbury. It was a graduation day and so we had a real job parking, no wonder we bus it so often. We had our lunch at Chom Chom. The lady who owns it is so lovely and always comes and askes if there is anything else we need and is everything alright. We stopped at the farm shop on the way back and bought some broad bean and french bean seeds and also some lawn seed for the garden.

This photo came up on my facebook today. It was taken around 2002 in the garden, when we lived in Minster. Little Torin, Tariq, Sol and River. They were so sweet.

 

Nowadays, an electrician, a Marine Commando, a chef and a teacher.

In the evening we packed ready for our holiday in Malta.

Thought for the Day – “No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom.” ~ M K Gandhi

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