Malta, February 2009 - Gozo!

What an awesome day in Gozo! Karen and I were picked up at the hotel, drove to other nearby hotel for other passengers. We arrived at the north end of Malta and got on the ferry to Gozo. The sea was very ruff even for a large ship. The ferry rocked back and forth the whole trip, which was only 20 minutes. We were segregated into groups, our group was about 50 people. We got on our tour bus and started our tour of Gozo. First stop was an ancient ruin, Temple of Ggantija. I was not dressed for the cool temperatures and wind, so I bought a sweater at one of the souvenir huts. Then we headed to the bay of Xlendi (X is pronounced as Shi) to view the Azur Window at Dwejra. This one site was worth the whole trip. It is much larger than I expected. I could have stayed for two or three hours taking pictures and just soaking in the sea breeze. Nevertheless, we only had 20 minutes. When I was taking pictures of the Azur Window, the wind picked up and was blowing more than 60 MPH in my face. If the wind were blowing at my back, I would have been blow into the sea. We then headed to lunch, which blew me away. We were taken to a seaside restaurant and feed a great meal, not expected for a tour group. We were given 90-minutes to eat and sitesee before the bus was to leave. Went down to the bay and shoot photos of the area. The last stop was the capital, Victoria. Karen and I went shopping and found a gourmet food shop were we purchased Gwen’s Champaign and chocolates. Then we needed a drink so we popped into a small café, we went upstairs and had a beer. After a long day, we headed back to the ferry. The ride was the same except just before we docked the ship started plunging up and down by what seemed to be 100 foot. Then the shipped stopped and we were docked. Back at the hotel, Karen and I rested until dinnertime. I had a message from Andrew, he wanted to get together for dinner and after hour activities. Therefore, we met him in Paceville and ate at the German restaurant, Little Things. The restaurant was not as good as everyone said. Andrew and Karen wanted to go dancing but I was heading back, so we decided to have coffee at a fancy café’. Then we went home.