Woke up feeling pretty good at 5:15 but made the mistake of going back to sleep ... woke again at 10:00 for a check out at 11:00 we start early w the disaster today
Left hotel ~11:30 for a drive down memory lane for Msan - thru Mosta to Naxxar where we stopped off to walk around - soccer field, shop where they used to go, pastry shop that strangely sold nothing but pizza slices .... then a search for the house they used to own (found by D with not much difficulty). Thru Mosta, Bugibba (to see a hotel which was gone) Meliha Bay and on to the Ferry terminal to Gozo. Arrived at 14:25 for the 14:30 boat and were short of boarding by 10 cars ... next one was 15:15 so went into the terminal building to explore. Bought my first ever cheese cake which was a pie filled with ricotta - very slight salt and pretty tasty, especially since we hadn't had any food so far.
Ferry over was 25 min, amazingly windy and cold - we ended up driving to Qala and parked the car by a viewing point to go to a bar nearby for food and wi-fi access since D had no info on the b&b aside from the name. Ordered margherita pizza which was covered in dry oregano but nice and crispy; great view of Comino from our table. One bacon cat incident later discovered we were v close to the b&b and finally met up w Hans who guided us there.
Cute B&B, great view from both rooms and a pretty garden w a pool. - went to supermarket and in search of some air for the tire which seemed a bit flat - no luck on a saturday afternoon. Yoghurt and strawberries for dinner and fell asleep around 9:30 - now wide awake since 00:30 ... will try to sleep now 1:42. night
2025-02-14