After a week of sunshine in the Lake District, we flew out to Malta for five days of relaxing - oh, and a bit more sunshine. It turned out to be an even better holiday than we could have imagined - the hotel was wonderful and the town we were staying in (Mellieha) was hardly influenced by tourism at all. Once you moved away from the main street there were no touristy shops or restaurants, just quiet streets full of houses and tiny 'corner' shops. It was lovely to have a few days of sheer relaxation, along with a little bit of sightseeing.
Completely randomly, we managed to stay for the week of mellieha's festa - a week long celebration leading up to a solemn mass on Saturday with the procession of the Saint's statue through the streets. Every night the Church was illuminated, brass bands paraded through the streets playing marches and fireworks were let off. As you can imagine, Tim very much enjoyed the bands. We played 'hunt the band' round the streets on several evenings, and spent Friday night in the parish square listening to the music, eating nougat and enjoying the fireworks. It was great to see the whole town involved in the celebrations, and a shame that we had to come home before the main procession.
I could post loads of photos, but here are just two more, showing me and Tim in typical holiday poses:
Elspeth the 'information hound' (Tim's new nickname for me)
Tim relaxing in the pool!
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