Malta, December 2009 - Busy Day

Got up around 7AM and had breakfast. The place was empty. I went back to the room and checked emails then upgraded my US Air flight from LHR to PHL. The PHL to LHR leg had no available upgrades yet. They charged me the full 30,000 miles. I need to verify what the rules are. The agent said that I had to upgrade at the time I purchase the tickets. That’s a bunch of baloney. I went downstairs to get my bi-monthly haircut. Called Juan around 11AM, he was outside walking around. Therefore, I met him downstairs and we went to the harbor in Sliema. We found a shoe shop where he bought shoes for his wife. We got to the ferry and we were 45 minutes early so we walked back to the hotel. I decided to take a 45-minute break to check emails. I swung by the concierge to get stamps for the post cards. When I got to the room the internet connection was down and would not connect. I met back up with Juan after I dropped off the post cards. We took the bus to Valletta. Then walked down to the Hard Rock Bar. As we sat down it starting raining and got a bit chilly, good thing, I had my new coat. After we ate I wanted to buy some HRC gear, when we got in we noticed a few AECOMers. Small world. While we were at the HRC we both received calls that our Visas were ready and they will be dropped off tomorrow at the hotel. Walked through Valletta and took the ferry back to Selma then walked back to the hotel. I went downstairs to check up on emails then back to the room for a small nap. When I woke up the internet connect was working again. Micheal called about dinner at the Indian restaurant, I said that Juan was not up for that and we would do our own thing. After that call I phoned Juan inquiring about dinner, he said that he was skipping dinner. I started to go out on my own then decided to call Micheal back, they had not left and said to join them at 8PM. We went to the Indian restaurant over by the Bay Street Shops. It was awesome, the food was excellent and the wine was great. We headed back and it started raining so we ducked into an Irish bar for a few drinks. When it stopped raining, we headed back to the hotel. We went to the bar, had a few more drinks, and chatted until 2AM.