Gozo

Bday part 3: Gozo.

After the Rockestra concert, Bernard, Julian, Christine and myself left to go to Gozo. We caught the 1am ferry and arrived at Julian’s family’s flat in Nadur. His dad had been in Gozo earlier in the day and bought pizzas for us weee…so as soon as we arrived we dug into the pizzas, had something to drink and plopped into bed. The next morning we woke up late (around 9am), lazed a bit around, then left to go to Victoria, the capital city of Gozo. Here we had some breakfast: Goat’s cheese qassatat and chocolate milkshake for myself. After this we left to go to Xlendi, where we went for a walk along the shore, up till the tower.

Xlendi Bay...with tower visible

We chatted along the way, and had a relaxing time. This brought us to lunch time. We went to the Country Terrace Restaurant at Mgarr. We found a table outside overlooking the Mgarr Gozo port, Comino and Malta. On such a nice day they were really breathtaking views. Now that I know I am leaving Malta, I guess I have started appreciating these things more and more each day! We decided on our selection: calamari for Julian, Squid Ink ravioli for Christine, Beef Steak for Bernard and pasta parcels with rikotta and pears for me. MMMMMMMMMM. Whilst waiting we were (as usual) brought the bread basket. Again we were pleasantly surprised (it seems as the thing to do in Malta to give different breads)…Instead of the normal rolls, we got warm rolls, all of which are different…brown, with olives etc etc…MMMMMMM (we asked for more hihi).

After Lunch we went back to the flat, where we changed into our swimsuits (except Julian who left his in Malta pfff) and went to Hondoq ir-Rummien. We do not go onto the beach part however we prefer the rocks. There fewer people would be around and the sea is simply beautiful (and you can park mere metres away from the sea). Bernard, Christine and myself jumped into the sea, whilst Julian stayed in the car listening to sports…so he was certainly not disappointed. After an hour or so of swimming, off we went to the flat, got our things and left to come to Malta.

Thank you Bernard, Julian and Christine for a wonderful birth day!

Hondoq ir-Rummien

Sea…Sun…Sunburn…SUMMER!

Just arrived back, tired, sunburnt and sad :(…that the weekend is over that is…I have spent the past 48 hours or so in the beautiful island of Gozo , together with my lovely bf, Bernard…We both love to go to Gozo…there life seems to take on another meaning…you have time to relax and enjoy your time. However it is often difficult to just up and leave everything, since something is always happening. However, since on Saturday we had our anniversary (5 years together weeeeee), we decided to take on this trip, after another successful trip last year.

Friday saw us leaving Malta quite late, because Bernard had to help his father out to fix the boat moorings prior to them taking their boat to sea for the summer. We arrived in Gozo at about 10:15pm, and stopped at a restaurant close to the Mgarr Port to eat. We ate al fresco on their terrace with the beautiful view of Comino and Malta in front of us. After that, it was straight to the flat (which my aunt luckily allows us to use whenever we go to Gozo), and went to sleep.

Saturday saw us waking up at around 8am and soon after we left to go to Victoria, Gozo’s capital city. Here we had breakfast at a cafe and proceeded to go round the shops at Victoria. I wanted to buy some clothes. As usual, I did not manage to find anything I liked, whilst Bernard managed to buy 2 shorts, 2 shirts and a pair of trousers for Eur54 :(. At around 1pm, we went to the flat, changed into our swimsuits and went to swim at Qbajjar…a short walk from our flat. At around 4pm, we proceeded to go to Lunch at a restaurant overlooking the Qbajjar Bay. This was followed by mass at Qbajjar after changing into appropriate clothes.

Saturday night saw us going to Victoria again, where the San Gorg feast was on. We saw posters talking about San Gorg Megalomartri…and we have no idea what a Megalomartri is :D…can anyone enlighten us? After this, we went back to Marsalforn, where we had dinner. After a short walk we went back to sleep 😀

This brings us to today, Sunday, where the programme consisted of SWIMMING! After breakfast at Victoria again, we left to go swimming at Ramla Bay. However, on the way we stopped to buy our new friend…PIXY the PIXX :D…hihi…she is a cute adorable inflatable fish…should be a ring which you can place around yourself…however the hole in the middle is too small for either me or Bernard :(…nonetheless swimming with us she came.

Ramla Bay, Gozo

At around 1:30pm we went to collect some food from a bakery in Nadur, il-Maxokk Bakery. We normally buy from Mekren Bakery, also from Nadur, since we think the quality is better. However we found out that Mekren is closed on Sundays…so off to Maxokk we went. We picked up our food, and proceeded to Hondoq ir-Rummien.

Hondoq ir-Rummien, Gozo

Bernard parked just 5metres away from the shore, and we ate looking at the beautiful sea, Comino and Malta. The sea at Hondoq is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. It is crystal clear and quite a number of fish, crabs and other animals (luckily no jellyfish…not at any part of our holiday). We did not want to leave, but alas we had to. After some time swimming, we went back to the flat, washed, changed, packed and left to come back to Malta. With a lot of new memories and Pixy the Pixx :D…Hope we will have many more such weekends together.

Thank you Bernard for the past 5 years…hope we have many more together!…wove u!!