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magic of Malta
We travelled all the way to Malta and one of our waiters was from Liverpool!
Our family hasn't been abroad together since Lois was born so this holiday was a big deal. We went with my mum, step dad, sister and her family, it was a big group holiday. It worked so well, we all did our own thing, came together for certain activities and had built in babysitters for an evening out! The following post is my diary of our trip and so feel free to skip it if you aren't into that. I will say though that Malta's history and culture has completely inspired me and hopefully this glimpse will interest you...
The holiday started with a stay in Mellieħa on the main island of Malta. It was super hot when we arrived and so we decided to head to Malta's National Aquarium, which was fun with the kids. The exhibits were good, some nice interactive bits and actually some really funny elements throughout (worth reading the information screens). Then we were happy to spend time in the pool and the sea! It was glorious, here's the view:
The next day we headed to where we spent most of our visit, and took the ferry to the island of Gozo.
We stayed in Xaghra - a beautiful, fairly quiet part of the island - in a farmhouse next to the Ta' Kola Windmill!
This is the Nativity of Our Lady Church which stands in the town square, where most of the restaurants are. We ate at a couple of them and on our last night there was a rehearsal for the upcoming Festa (feast), we got to see all the local children dancing and acting out scenes. It was sweet to see and a shame we couldn't be there for the actual event.
Keen to explore we took a bus (or three!) to the town of Żebbuġ, where we were early for the celebrations (again!). It was the day of The Assumption of Our Lady Festa but we missed the morning part and decided it would be too late and difficult to get back if we stayed for the evening. Still it was amazing just to walk around, the landscape is so different to the UK.
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