Tuesday morning we woke up early, a little reluctantly though. We decided that it would be a good day for an actual breakfast even though pastizzis make the best meal any time of day. We went back to paparazzis where we had gone for lunch the first day right on the harbor. We got full English breakfasts (Malta was real big on the English foods, lot's of fish and chips), which are not as good as full American breakfasts. They were eggs, toast, Canadian (flat ham) bacon, sausages (really more like hotdogs), baked beans, and grilled tom-mah-toes. It hit the spot though. Biggest breakfast I have had in ages.
After breakfast we caught the bus to Valletta and then another one to Zurrieq (??) to see the Blue Grottos. The bus dropped us off in kind of the middle of nowhere and we followed the road down through some flowers and cacti. Then we saw the ocean and a tiny little village. We saw the restaurant that Christ had told us about and stopped in to say "Ciao" to his friend Lee. There was also a really cute jewelry store and I got some really beautiful silver earrings. I wanted to buy a really cute cat necklace but some of the group said no because it symbolized the beginning of the slippery slope to crazy-cat-lady-dom. I really wish I had gotten it though. After our shopping break, we went further down the hill to the harbor and bought our boat tickets. We piled in a little fishing boat and got driven (boated?) out to the grottos. The water was SO blue! Bright turquoise and bright cerulean and you could see all the way to the bottom of the water. Incredible!!
After our boat excursion, we caught a cab to Mdina. According to Lee at the restaurant, there were no buses. We would have had to go back to Valletta and then back to Mdina. The cab driver was really nice and took all 6 of us for 20 euro, even though we didn't technically fit. He didn't have all of his teeth but kept telling us all about the places he and his girlfriend like to go. Mdina was a crazy town. It is really old and completely closed to cars. Only pedestrians and horse carriages. It's located right in the center of the island and is up on a hill so you can see all the coasts. There is a famous cafe called Fontana that has fantastic chocolate cake. So chocolately, so delicious. After our snack, Erika had to leave for the airport because she was flying out to Belgium that night. The rest of us walked around for awhile and then headed back to St. Julians.
For dinner we wanted to eat Maltese food and found a little restaurant. It was a little strange and the waiter was really out of it. He kept forgetting things and didn't even take all of our orders. It wasn't bad though. Overall, the food in Malta was a little underwhelming. I don't know if it was our student budget or the places we were choosing. Nothing was bad, but other than the BBQ, things were just OK. After dinner, we went out and met up with some of our new friends from the hostel and had a fun last night. The next morning Jillian and I left a little early so we could have time to go to Valletta and see the Caravaggios before leaving. We met the others at the airport and watched a VH1 countdown of the top 10 Celine Dion videos while waiting for the plane.
Tuesday morning we woke up early, a little reluctantly though. We decided that it would be a good day for an actual breakfast even though pastizzis make the best meal any time of day. We went back to paparazzis where we had gone for lunch the first day right on the harbor. We got full English breakfasts (Malta was real big on the English foods, lot's of fish and chips), which are not as good as full American breakfasts. They were eggs, toast, Canadian (flat ham) bacon, sausages (really more like hotdogs), baked beans, and grilled tom-mah-toes. It hit the spot though. Biggest breakfast I have had in ages. 
After breakfast we caught the bus to Valletta and then another one to Zurrieq (??) to see the Blue Grottos. The bus dropped us off in kind of the middle of nowhere and we followed the road down through some flowers and cacti. Then we saw the ocean and a tiny little village. We saw the restaurant that Christ had told us about and stopped in to say "Ciao" to his friend Lee. There was also a really cute jewelry store and I got some really beautiful silver earrings. I wanted to buy a really cute cat necklace but some of the group said no because it symbolized the beginning of the slippery slope to crazy-cat-lady-dom. I really wish I had gotten it though. After our shopping break, we went further down the hill to the harbor and bought our boat tickets. We piled in a little fishing boat and got driven (boated?) out to the grottos. The water was SO blue! Bright turquoise and bright cerulean and you could see all the way to the bottom of the water. Incredible!! 
After our boat excursion, we caught a cab to Mdina. According to Lee at the restaurant, there were no buses. We would have had to go back to Valletta and then back to Mdina. The cab driver was really nice and took all 6 of us for 20 euro, even though we didn't technically fit. He didn't have all of his teeth but kept telling us all about the places he and his girlfriend like to go. Mdina was a crazy town. It is really old and completely closed to cars. Only pedestrians and horse carriages. It's located right in the center of the island and is up on a hill so you can see all the coasts. There is a famous cafe called Fontana that has fantastic chocolate cake. So chocolately, so delicious. After our snack, Erika had to leave for the airport because she was flying out to Belgium that night. The rest of us walked around for awhile and then headed back to St. Julians. 
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