Wim and I spent Tuesday walking around Valletta. His father had given him some Croatian money to exchange but we couldn’t find anywhere in the city that would take it. We had a cappuccino at a wine bar outside of St. John’s Co-Cathedral earlier in the day, and then attempted to have another one at a “famous” café called the “Cordina” in the town center. (Famous b/c it was in both of our guidebooks – Lonely Planet and Rough Guide.) But after waiting and waiting and waiting our server never returned with the cappuccinos so we left and went elsewhere. (A place right across the way from where we’d been in the morning, actually.) The day was broken up by a shower that lasted long enough that we had to seek shelter underneath an obliging shop overhang but not long enough to pack it in. We followed the locals and just waited it out. We headed back to Gozo on the 6pm bus, hoping to catch a ferry at 7:30 but unfortunately they had just changed schedules that very day and the next one wasn’t until 8pm so we waited. By the time we got back it was 9. We washed up and then had dinner at Café Antonin and discovered it has wi-fi! Who knew?
Yesterday we woke to pouring rain and thunder. Ugh. We decided to stay close to home, heading to the Duke to get some breakfast supplies and check email. We came back to unload groceries and Ted stopped by to ask how everything was going, which worked out well because I was able to ask if I was doing something wrong with the hot water as I haven’t been able to make it work the entire time i’ve been here. He checked it out and it turned out there was a problem with the plumbing. Wim and I left for Xlendi for the afternoon and Ted found a plumber to come and fix it. It was cloudy, cold and overcast all day so no swimming but we visited the old haunts and had a great time reminiscing. Back to Victoria for dinner, this time at Café Jubilee, which also has wifi! Again, who knew! The dinner wasn’t that great but we both liked the atmosphere of the place so it still got points. And it served a good cappuccino.
Today we woke and despite the forecast indicating it would be overcast and rainy all week, it was gorgeous and hot. We had breakfast at the apartment and then went to Coffee Break for our cappuccino. We got on a bus at 1:15 and went to Ramla Bay for the day. We were both very disappointed that we didn’t bring our suits because it was just gorgeous outside. We spent the afternoon people watching and had lunch at the beach. We took the last bus back to Victoria at 6:30. While we were waiting we saw a speedy yellow car zoom by that had a window decal that said, “The speedway ends at the cemetery.” Ha. Now it’s showers and dinner. Tomorrow we are thinking of going to Marsalforn (another beach) and then checking out the parade in Independence Square. We’ll see.
Yesterday we woke to pouring rain and thunder. Ugh. We decided to stay close to home, heading to the Duke to get some breakfast supplies and check email. We came back to unload groceries and Ted stopped by to ask how everything was going, which worked out well because I was able to ask if I was doing something wrong with the hot water as I haven’t been able to make it work the entire time i’ve been here. He checked it out and it turned out there was a problem with the plumbing. Wim and I left for Xlendi for the afternoon and Ted found a plumber to come and fix it. It was cloudy, cold and overcast all day so no swimming but we visited the old haunts and had a great time reminiscing. Back to Victoria for dinner, this time at Café Jubilee, which also has wifi! Again, who knew! The dinner wasn’t that great but we both liked the atmosphere of the place so it still got points. And it served a good cappuccino.
Today we woke and despite the forecast indicating it would be overcast and rainy all week, it was gorgeous and hot. We had breakfast at the apartment and then went to Coffee Break for our cappuccino. We got on a bus at 1:15 and went to Ramla Bay for the day. We were both very disappointed that we didn’t bring our suits because it was just gorgeous outside. We spent the afternoon people watching and had lunch at the beach. We took the last bus back to Victoria at 6:30. While we were waiting we saw a speedy yellow car zoom by that had a window decal that said, “The speedway ends at the cemetery.” Ha. Now it’s showers and dinner. Tomorrow we are thinking of going to Marsalforn (another beach) and then checking out the parade in Independence Square. We’ll see.
Aren't you getting the shakes from all those cappucinos. :)
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