Malta part 1

We're here! We flew out of Stansted last night (after a short delay) and arrived in Malta at 12:05a.m. local time. The flight was uneventful, the plane was too small and the food sucked, but what else do you expect? We did meet a very nice couple who were also travelling to Malta (well, Gozo actually) and who offered to help us find our hotel. We flew over Europe with clear skies and even saw Paris in lights. We landed in a torrential rain storm though, welcome to Malta!

When we landed we were the only people from the whole plane who had to fill out landing cards since we held passports that were not EU. We got our luggage, our rental car and were on our way for what should have been a 20 minute drive to the hotel. The island after all isn't that big! The guy at the rental car place said that our hotel was on the complete opposite end of the island, but just follow the signs and we should be fine. Should be. We followed the signs until the signs were no longer clear, and we made one small wrong turn at a roundabout and found ourselves going in the wrong direction. Good thing we had the gps. We turned back and started again, this time staying on the main roads. Another wrong turn had us sitting at the side of the road contemplating what our next move would be, when a very kind gentleman stopped and asked us if we needed help. The Maltese are very friendly! Even though it was coming up on 2:30a.m. we let him help us and he got us going in the right direction again. We pulled into the hotel just after 3a.m. Somehow, we managed to make a 20 minute drive turn into 2 hours!!

Needless to say, we slept in this morning. We ate lunch at a bistro attached to the hotel. Since we are only on half-board, we budgeted some money for lunches and such. We figure we won't use half of it. The food us really cheap! Our room is really nice, it has a gorgeous view of the Mediterranean and the islands of Comino and Gozo. We are within walking distance of the ferries, so we may spend a day over there as well. We spent this afternoon exploring a bit, and then retreated inside when a major storm hit. The waves and wind were awesome!

I'm sure I am forgetting details, but I will do my best to keep you up to date. We are just heading down to eat some dinner.

Love you all!