3 hrs sleep
nasty shower
breakfast
taxi
airport/18euro bag
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Gozo/Malta day 4
to be written about:
breakfast and leaving the hotel
ramla bay
waiting for the bus/getting a ride from a local
bus ride to ferry
Sliema
Thai massage
shopping and "dinner"
clubbing
breakfast and leaving the hotel
ramla bay
waiting for the bus/getting a ride from a local
bus ride to ferry
Sliema
Thai massage
shopping and "dinner"
clubbing
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Gozo day 3
I don't have the time to write about today, but I will do it soon or when I get home.
Points to be covered:
Waking up to terrible weather
breakfast
sleeping
Scuba DIVING!
A wonderful warm bath!
internet cafe
....
Points to be covered:
Waking up to terrible weather
breakfast
sleeping
Scuba DIVING!
A wonderful warm bath!
internet cafe
....
Malta/Gozo day 2 part 2
points to be covered:
drive to guesthouse
arrival in the guesthouse
walk out to the point
dive school booking
looooong walk
exhaustion
internet cafe
beautiful sunset
best desert ever
cold bath/shower
drive to guesthouse
arrival in the guesthouse
walk out to the point
dive school booking
looooong walk
exhaustion
internet cafe
beautiful sunset
best desert ever
cold bath/shower
Malta/Gozo day 2
We woke up at 8am in our pitch black room, I had shut and locked the shutters before going to bed. Looking outside it looked like it might be a nice day. The included breakfast was local bread with jam and butter and black tea. After packing and breakfast, we made our way to the number 45 bus and waited in the rain for the driver to come back and open the doors. After about 15 or 20 mins we set off on your hour journey to the Malta/Gozo ferry terminal. The bus driver was crazy! He drove, like most Maltese drivers, at top speeds through tiny streets. He also smoked, even though there were no smoking signs posted all over the bus, and talked/SMSed on his cell phone with whole trip. But we got there safely and there were some nice views along the way.
At the ferry terminal we bought our ticket but still had 25 mins until the next ferry departed. There was a cafe next to the terminal and since we had eaten a small breakfast we decided to go grab a snack. The typical Maltese snack is called a pastizzi, which is a flaky pastry thing with ricotta cheese or mushy peas in the middle. We decided to try one each. The waitress tried to convince me to try the mushy peas on, but it sounded a little to weird. It ended up being interesting, not quite good, but not bad either. Something that was worth trying, but not really worth trying again. After that experience we headed over to the huge ferry and found a spot in the cafeteria, which was at the front, near a window. We would have gone up to the sun deck, but it was not very warm and quite windy up there. It was a 25 min trip to Gozo, passing by Comino. We got a glimpse of the famous Blue Lagoon and it looked really nice. This was our first glimpse at the real Maltese water, it was beautiful! At spots it was so turquoise blue that is seemed like we were in a swimming pool. Absolutely amazing. And, it wasn't even sunny out!
When I had called to make the reservations for staying in Xlendi on Gozo the woman said that I should call her when we knew what ferry we were taking and she would come and pick us up. The town we are staying in is like 30 mins from the port where we arrive with the ferry. I totally forgot to call her until we were on the ferry, but luckily I had my cell phone with me and it worked, if expensively, in Malta. So I called her and she told us to wait for her by the police station....it was a 1 euro phone call.
Once we got to the terminal we were attacked by taxi drivers all trying to get us to have them take us somewhere. We said no and asked where we could find the police station, they must have thought that we kind of weird. It was just around the corner and fairly nondescript, but we found it easily. We stood there for like 1 min and a lady across the street drove up and waved at us. It was a good spot for her to tell us to wait since probably most tourists would not wait in front of the police station right in front of the terry terminal.
This will also have to be continued, since I am out of time again
At the ferry terminal we bought our ticket but still had 25 mins until the next ferry departed. There was a cafe next to the terminal and since we had eaten a small breakfast we decided to go grab a snack. The typical Maltese snack is called a pastizzi, which is a flaky pastry thing with ricotta cheese or mushy peas in the middle. We decided to try one each. The waitress tried to convince me to try the mushy peas on, but it sounded a little to weird. It ended up being interesting, not quite good, but not bad either. Something that was worth trying, but not really worth trying again. After that experience we headed over to the huge ferry and found a spot in the cafeteria, which was at the front, near a window. We would have gone up to the sun deck, but it was not very warm and quite windy up there. It was a 25 min trip to Gozo, passing by Comino. We got a glimpse of the famous Blue Lagoon and it looked really nice. This was our first glimpse at the real Maltese water, it was beautiful! At spots it was so turquoise blue that is seemed like we were in a swimming pool. Absolutely amazing. And, it wasn't even sunny out!
When I had called to make the reservations for staying in Xlendi on Gozo the woman said that I should call her when we knew what ferry we were taking and she would come and pick us up. The town we are staying in is like 30 mins from the port where we arrive with the ferry. I totally forgot to call her until we were on the ferry, but luckily I had my cell phone with me and it worked, if expensively, in Malta. So I called her and she told us to wait for her by the police station....it was a 1 euro phone call.
Once we got to the terminal we were attacked by taxi drivers all trying to get us to have them take us somewhere. We said no and asked where we could find the police station, they must have thought that we kind of weird. It was just around the corner and fairly nondescript, but we found it easily. We stood there for like 1 min and a lady across the street drove up and waved at us. It was a good spot for her to tell us to wait since probably most tourists would not wait in front of the police station right in front of the terry terminal.
This will also have to be continued, since I am out of time again
Malta day 1 continued
I have written the rest of today in my journal and will post it once I am back home. I will also add pictures to the posts to make them a bit more lively.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Malta day 1
Everything so far has gone fairly well. We, Reilly and I, caught a train from Kiel to Bremen on monday night and then got a taxi to the airport. As we arrived at the airport at 12:45 am, the driver told us that the airport was closed, but we could ring a door bell and someone would let us in....close call! As it turned out, that person was actually waiting for us out side, so it made it much easier. From 1am to 4 am we "slept" in the airport with a few other people. They had nice long benches that we could lay down on, but they wern't that comfortable and the lights were on the whole time. But, somehow, I managed to sleep about 1.5 hrs.
At 4am the ryanair terminal opened. We went to check in and my bag was 7kg over weight! Shit! It cost 10 euro per extra kg or 18 euro for another bag. Reilly was carrying on his suitcase with his back pack in it and so we decided to check his bag. So, we transfered stuff into his bag and back pack and then went back to check in. We ended up going back to the same guy and both bags were under weight. Then we went to the secutiry check point. Reilly had, in the process of changing stuff in bags taken my heavy toiletries bag and put it in his backpack, unknown to me. So we screen our stuff and of course they don't like my big shampoo, conditioner, body wash, face wash, and sunscreen bottles. Shit again! So tried to check it, but I couldn't get my bag and my other option was to check my tiny toiletries bag....for 18 euro....no thanks, which I would have to had paid right then. At this point I realized that we had never paid for checking Reilly's bag! Cool!
TO be continued.....my time is out
At 4am the ryanair terminal opened. We went to check in and my bag was 7kg over weight! Shit! It cost 10 euro per extra kg or 18 euro for another bag. Reilly was carrying on his suitcase with his back pack in it and so we decided to check his bag. So, we transfered stuff into his bag and back pack and then went back to check in. We ended up going back to the same guy and both bags were under weight. Then we went to the secutiry check point. Reilly had, in the process of changing stuff in bags taken my heavy toiletries bag and put it in his backpack, unknown to me. So we screen our stuff and of course they don't like my big shampoo, conditioner, body wash, face wash, and sunscreen bottles. Shit again! So tried to check it, but I couldn't get my bag and my other option was to check my tiny toiletries bag....for 18 euro....no thanks, which I would have to had paid right then. At this point I realized that we had never paid for checking Reilly's bag! Cool!
TO be continued.....my time is out
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