Hometouristing:Malta

Marsaxlokk

Who knew how hectic it could be to tourist in your "own" country?

I have my parents here for a week, and I've been holidaying since Fridaymorning. First of all, the old folks are staying at Pebbles Aparthotel in Sliema and it turned out to be an excellent choice. The studio they've got is nice and the view over the harbour from their 6th floor balcony is breathtaking.

So, after running som errands and making a last quick stop at work on Friday, I finally got to start touristing by sitting down for a coffee and some pastizzi and qassata. I love pastizzi, it's a fried little pastry with either a ricottacheese or a peafilling.(I go for the cheese always).Qassatas are a bit similar,only they are baked with a quite heavy crust. Fillingwise it the same choices, plus a version filled with spinach and tuna.

Once I started to realise that I can stop stressing, we started to make plans for the day. We decided to take Mdina first, so off we jumped on a bus to Valletta and switched to the next one to take us to Rabat. Sure, Mdina is a nice old city and the view is brilliant but once you've seen a few you old streets,you've seen them all.


But, what I can definitely say about is Rabat (Mdina is a minipart of Rabat),is that I had my best dinner yet there. We were looking for some late lunch, but ost of the restaurants were closed. On a small street we found a little café, Toffee&Co. The chalkboard outside recommended the daily lunch: Cheese and bisquits, lasagna or macaroni, a glas of wine or half pint beer, tea or coffee and a slice of christmas log for 6e. We figured we'd give it a shot, and it was wonderful. The cheeses were so good, the lasagna homemade and one of the best I've ever had, the christmas log sweet and tasty. The wine tasted a bit baaah at the beginning, but it actually went perfectly with the lasagna. We were so stuffed when we walked out of there that we had to skip our dinnerplans for the evening.


On Saturday we headed north, taking the ferry over to Gozo. We spent most of our time wandering around Victoria and of course the Citadel. More breathtaking views and more old streets and buildings. Nothing special over on the other island, but the busride up to the ferry and the ferrytrip itself was worth it. I got us a bottle of wine from the store at ferry and bought 3 cheap touristmugs so we had a nice time enjoying the short seafare.
On our way back we made a quick stop in St.Julians to get some scandic foods for christmas and then it was time for the supermarket and homemade dinner.

The Citadel, Gozo

Today was again a rise early,this time the plan was to get to the market in Marsaxlokk. A nice market, nice seaview. we met up with my friends and their family and had an alright foodwise fish lunch. Always great to eat in a bigger company and to have kids around.

Traditional Luzzu, Marsaxlokk

Now,thankfully, we've been north,south,west and east of the country, so now we can move over to christmas preparations and just hanging around. Merry christmas everyone!