Cruise: Day Ten

Tuesday, 14 December

Day Ten – Malta

We started the day with a great excursion: walking tour of Valetta, bus ride to Mdina, walking tour of Mdina. We had a wonderful tour guide, Daz (Darryl). We split off from group when they went to the boring Archeological Museum and checked out the shopping and ate delicious cannoli instead :-)

After the excursion, we briefly went back to the ship to get jackets. Though the day was sunny and beautiful, it was December and a bit chilly. We planned to take the bus back into Valetta, but it never showed up. Instead, we shared a cab with a lovely honeymooning couple and returned to the city. We went back to the main street and had a meal which included local beer (Cisk), local wine, bruschetta (yum!), and octopus in wine and garlic (not so yum, but very octopussy!). We also made a new cat friend who liked the octopus WAY more than we did!!

 For dessert, we went to a gelato café and got some expensive scoops. I got experimental flavors, coffee crunch and biscotto, while Jerry played it safe with hazelnut and stracchiatelli. All was yummy but I think I like my German eis better.

We walked along the shopping area and got Jerry a Maltese soccer shirt, me some Hello Kitty Woman perfume and both of us more cannoli. So yummy and only 80 cents each! We walked back (downhill) to the ship and rested shortly before dinner.

We had a beautiful night view from our room:

After dinner we rested a bit and then went out for some drinks, majority rules game, more drinks and a chess game, which I totally lost! Great day after many not so great ones!

Dinner

Jerry – Creamed wild mushrooms in puff pastry (really a roll), Prime Rib, Cherries Jubilee

Hev – Creamed wild mushrooms in puff pastry (really a roll), Thai “BBQ” chicken (not BBQ at all, but very tasty), Low-Fat Passionfruit (?) Cheesecake

5th Bottle of wine – Castle Rock Cab (sound familiar?)

Drinks –

Jerry – Two Ulitmate pina coladas

Hev – Guava Lava Flow and Patron Perfect Margarita

We got the glasses!