Malta, January 2009 - Last day, back to Tripoli

We had breakfast at the Café’ 24 down the street. Karen and I went walking near the shore and around the hotel complex. We then went back to pack. We met back up in the lobby around 11AM. A driver was ready for us around 12:30PM. Made it to the airport in plenty of time. The flight was on time and arrived in Tripoli on time. When we got in line for the passport checking the network went down and everyone had to wait an hour before they started processing passengers. We finally made it to the waiting area but our driver had left. We went to the AECOM sign and there were cabbies there waiting to defraud anyone who approaches the booth. Finally got a driver and made it home in time for dinner, whoopee.

Malta, January 2009 - Mdina then Zest

Had breakfast at the little café’ again this morning.  Then we walked up to the bus stop to catch #65 to Mdina.  It was about a 30-minute ride.  We spent a good hour or so walking around and taking pictures.  The Mdina glass shops had large varieties that blew me away.  We went to the restaurant that Kim and I spotted yesterday.  We were the first ones in.  All of us ended up ordering just the soup of the day, which was Pea-Curry-Apple.  I know, strange but is was one of the best soups I have ever had.  We left the restaurant and headed back to the bus terminal to catch the next bus back to town.  When we got back Kim and Moktar went shopping and Karen and I went for ice cream and a cappuccino.  All four of us met in the lobby for dinner.  Louise wanted to take us out to Zest, a fancy Japanese’s restaurant that specializes in sushi.   Louise knew I don’t like fish so she had made arrangements for a steak.  A few more of Louise’s co-workers showed up.  The meal and company were great.  We headed back to the hotel after a long four-hour dinner.

Malta, January 2009 - All 'bout the food

The four of us had breakfast at a small family owned café’ at the bottom of the hill this morning. It was much better than the previous morning. Next, we took off for a long walk to Sliema and then to Valletta. On the way we stopped at the Westin which is across the bay from the Corinthia. This looks like a five star hotel and the dining area looked much better as well. We continued until we hit the St. Julian’s Bay area where we stops at the little Italian restaurant (Bonicelli) that we ate at the first time I was in Malta. From there we went to the waterfront in Sliema. We stopped at this quant restaurant and had lunch. Moktar and I had the Curry Chicken I don’t recall what the girls had, our food was awesome. We all decided that we were too tired to head to Valletta so we took a cab back to the hotel. Went our own way for the rest of the afternoon. We met back up around 7PM in the lobby. Walked over to Bay Street for dinner at Mozzarella’s but it was closed so we ate at the Hard Rock Café’