Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
So we haven't posted in a while but it's not because we're lazy, we've just been having such a great, jam-packed time that we haven't had a chance to rub our fun in everyone's faces (yes we were thinking of all of you going back to work yesterday!).
We've done so much in the last two weeks, it would take forever to write about it all, so here is a brief recount of what we've done, but really the pictures speak for themselves.
We arrived in sunny Malta on 21 December and enjoyed some specially made baked pasta (Argene, I know that's not spelt right!). Andrew ate nearly the whole tray himself! We then spent the next couple of days sightseeing, helping prepare for Christmas gatherings and catching up on the sleep we lost during Contiki!
Christmas Eve was our lovely host's birthday so we went to an amazing restaurant for lunch. I tried Duck while Andrew went straight for the rabbit. I personally don't eat anything I ever owned as a pet, so in honour of Rosie and Bugsy, I refuse to eat rabbit.
On Christmas Day we visited Uncle Angelu and Maria and their family, and has some yummy Maltese food. For dinner, Steph prepared another yummy feast of turkey, vegetables, rice and cauliflower gratin - hello calories.
Since Christmas we have visited a heap of places from the Catacombs to the Silent City to Gozo to some amazing cafes/restaurants. Here are some pictures:
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| Christmas Eve dessert feast! |
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| Our rental car, Chunsa |
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| My first Maltese Pastizzi |
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| Bomb replica at Mosta |
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| View at Gozo |
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| Calypso Bay, Gozo |
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| St Catherine's, Zejtun |
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| V is for Valletta |
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| Dingli Cliffs |
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| Dingli Cliffs |
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| Valletta Centre |
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| Marsaxlokk Markets |
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| Shopping Centre - took this for Dean! |
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| Fenek Spaghetti in Marsaxlokk |
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| Butcher in Mgarr |
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| Sign says it all |
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| Steph and the scarf-eating horse at Mdina |
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| Heading into the Silent City |
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| Climbing the Cannon in Mdina |
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| Valletta Centre (before a big day for shopping for Steph!) |
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| Ready to party for New Years |
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| NYE - long straws for big drinks! |
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| Giant Strawberry Mojito - yummy!!! |
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| On our way to Gozo |
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| The view was jaw-dropping! |
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| Calypso Bay - we found two girls that looked exactly like Steph and I! |
All in all, we've had a great time and Malta has really rolled the red carpet out for us!
Tomorrow we are off to the concrete jungle of New York, time to put the Thermals back on!
Hopefully I can post again soon.
Love you all!
A + J xo
YUM Maltese Pastizzis would of been to die for! - Casey H
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome couple of weeks. Stay warm in NY and then thaw out in Hawaii. Missing you, thanks for the blog & Photos... great shots. Mummy xx
ReplyDeleteYou have no idea how yum they were Casey! At 400 calories a pop they'd want to be that good!
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