Malta part 2

On Tuesday Trudy arrived from Athens with lots more stories from the nation of angry men and women. It was straight off the plane and into the "Charlie's amazing driving tours of Malta". We visited Valletta, St. John's Cathedral, the glass factory, The Armory and other places.

Our second last evening was spent with Anastasia and Anna Marie and their respective husbands , Bernard and Ramon who all acted as our tour guides and hosts for the evening. We started our tour to the three cities early in the evening at about 7.30 pm going through the short tunnel carved in the bastions of Bormla, were the Malta dry docks are then continuing on through the main arch way to Isla, where we came to a big church which is famous for the statue of Christ the Redeemer. A famous church for pilgrims to visit. We drove down to the Marina and then walked up to the garden at the tip of Isla peninsula, from where we could see Valletta in front, Birgu to the right and Bormla/dry dock to the left and the whole of the grand harbour.

We drove back through these two cities to get to Birgu, where the whole city was lit up in honour of St.Laurence, patron saint of Birgu. At the tip of this peninsula is the fort St. Angelo, where the Grandmaster of the order of St. John resides when in Malta. The tour was filled with interesting facts about the history of the sites and personal memories from our tour guides.

The evening ended with a most enjoyable meal at one of Malta's best water front restaurants. Fish was the choice of meals for most and this along with an exceptional bottle of Maltese wine ended what was up till this point the most enjoyable and memorable day of the "European adventure "thus far.