Malta, stop 3

Next stop was Malta, an independent island below Sicily.

It was myself and my friend Joe, from Chicago. We slept in the airport in Rome the night before and arrived early in the morning, so we were quite tired when we arrived. It was a cloudy day as well, so the first day we just kind of relaxed and walked around the area a bit. We were staying in an area called Sliema. We had a view of the main downtown across the bay and it was a very convenient area with shops and lots of hotels around us.

We discovered that most of the beaches were rocky. It was really cool and a lot different than sand beaches. We kind of hiked around them the first day. The water was the clearest I have ever seen, so blue!! It was awesome! We found the sand beaches, which were about a 30 minutes bus ride away. The buses in Malta were one of their trade marks, they were from the 1950s. When we first arrived we were thinking 'Where are we', but it was fun to ride in them, it really took us back in time.

Mostly we just relaxed in the sun while in Malta, which was really nice. One day we just randomly went on a walk to the other side of the island to the opposite coast and we found the most beautiful coast...there were all these huge cliffs on the coast with clear, blue, beautiful water. It was absolutely amazing. One day we took a little cruise around the coast, learning all about the history of the area. Malta was owned by quite a few different areas before gaining their independence. There is definitely a large British influence, however, seeing that they mostly speak English and drive on the left hand side of the road.

Malta was a great island to vacation to. There were loads of nice people and great weather. It was nice to be in the sun and on the beach in the Mediterranean!!