Malta (Finally)

Hey peoples,

so I've finally finally gotten around to the first Malta post. Hurray. The place I'm staying is pretty decent. I'm sharing a room with an English medical student. She seems pretty nice, so we've decided to be travel buddies and explore Malta together. Hurray, tomorrow we are going to Mdina for dinner. It's an old fortified city and is supposed to be gorgeously medieval.

This is Valletta. It is across the harbour from Sliema (where I'm staying) It was built in the 1500s by the Knights of Malta. These photos are from the promenade on Sliema's side of the harbour.

Anyway, first photos are the area around where I am staying.

The following photos are of the promenade itself. I was just down there an hour or so ago having ice cream for dessert. The ice cream here is amazing. I am going to come home super tubby.

On Sunday we went over to Gozo. That's a smaller more rural island that is still part of Malta but fiercely independent. It was a gorgeous warm day and we caught the ferry over early.

This is the view from the ferry as we approached Gozo's main harbour

We stopped for lunch in the capital of Gozo - Rabat (or Victoria). We ate on a roof top garden overlooking the main square. This is the restaurant plus the view (And in the photo below is my roommate)

After Lunch we wandered through the streets of Rabat a bit trying to find the citadel, turns out it was right near where we started. Below is St Georges.

I am very taken with the quaint little alley ways that are most of the streets around Malta. So here's a few pictures of what we saw while we were lost

All along the streets are these little religious shrines.

Eventually we managed to find the citadel. Which was an awesome complex to wander around and also had fantastic views over most of Gozo.

Then we went to the Ggantija temples. These are basically some of the worlds oldest ruins, well older than the pyramids or stonehenge, erected around 3600bc.

Finally we sat in one of the bars on the waterfront with a very nice local wine before catching the ferry home. Perfect end to the day.

London part two

Hey again, more photos. First ones are from the London Eye ( a very cool ferris wheel thingy)

Then we went to St Pauls cathedral, it was epic. Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take photos inside So this is the outside and below is me sitting on the steps (like in the Mary Poppins song)

This is on the bus going over tower bridge towards the tower of london.

The Tower of London. Very Cool place to visit, we got to see the crown jewels. And old sets of armour, people were tiny back then.

Beefeaters heading into the building housing the crown jewels.

Me inside the white tower. Bit blurry but never mind.

Hugs to everyone,

I'll post pictures of Malta in a few days. It's amazing here, and very warm.

London part one

Hey again
It's been a few days since I've posted anything. So here's London, I met up with Charlotte and we did one of the red bus tours. It was awesome. The following are the photos, please forgive me looking kind of crappy in them. Mostly I just needed the proof I'd actually been there. First up is our first stop. Buckingham palace:

 Gates to keep the riffraff out. Also Pictured, riffraff

Then it was on to the House of Parliament. Below is the royal entrance that only the Queen can use.

Then Westminster abbey. Where the royal wedding will soon take place. Preparations already underway

This is a shot I took crossing the river Thames. With the London eye in view.

 Me in front of Big Ben. It's actually part of the Parliament buildings  but the lighting is better from this side.

I'm just going to upload this now as the Internet connection is a bit dodgy. Hopefully the next bit should be up straight after.