M: The day dawned fine, and there was that stupendous view again. I don't see how one could ever tire of it. We were going to catch up with my cousin Marthese at 7 for dinner, so the day was ours, and we already had plans. First breakfast - made possible by the thoughtfulness of our host who provided some milk, cereal, bread ,marmalade and tea and coffee. Then shopping at one of only two reasonably sized produce shops in Valletta - but both are ridiculously over...

We had thought that our time in Malta would be comparatively quiet, given that we have been here several times before. The fact that this entry is being written four days since the last indicates that we misjudged that a bit! Our entry for today will be comparatively brief. Our original plan had been to make our way to Pozzallo, the ferry terminal for and hence on an early ferry on the 26th to Valletta. As we indicated previously, not only was there no early fe...