Our accommodation came with breakfast supplied at the café opposite, ordered from an extensive menu. We ordered the most complete version, a very big English breakfast and we will not repeat it tomorrow!
Today, we have an excursion to Blue Lagoon which is between Comino and Cominotto Islands, which is in turn between Malta and Gozo. We took the bus at 0900 down to the harbour where there was a short wait for the 1000 boat departure.
When it was nearly time for us to board, the staff didn’t acknowledge us and Kim, not in the best of moods, had to say something about it.
It was less than 15 mins ride to Blue Lagoon where there was already a large crowd of happy people sunning and bathing. It was a truly stunning place despite the crowds. The water was aqua, clear and of the perfect swimminig depth.
We took two swims over the space of 2 hours. During that time, more big and small boats turned up with more and more people. We were pleased that we had arrived relatively early.
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- Looking up fro Mgarr Harbour.
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- Blue Lagoon.
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- Blue Lagoon.
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- Blue Lagoon. The area near the boat docking area is busier.
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- Blue Lagoon. The area near the boat docking area is busier.
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- Docking area for the larger vessels.
Our return service was at 1215. We had booked a trip including a tour of the caves (at EUR12 return instead of EUR8), but we didn’t really know what that entailed.
Well, it turned out that instead of a 15 min journey back to Mgarr, we cruised past some holes in the rock and then onwards to Cirkewwa on the main island of Malta before continuing to Mgarr. That took about 45 mins instead. The caves weren’t pretty enough to warrant the extra time and cost, in my opinion.
We took the 1330 bus back to Victoria where we grabbed to delicious pies from a local pastry bar. One was a burger pie and then other curry chicken. Malta is good for its pies of various fillings, in shapes that don’t resemble the traditional English ones.
After that awesome morning, we rested indoors until dinner time. We ate at Rizzles again and I took Kim to the citadel for a walk around.
Some observations
While in Gozo and Malta, we have some random observations:
- On Gozo, we stayed near some church bells. They chime the hour, right through the night. However, at quarter to, they chime a lot more counts than one would expect; perhaps over 23?
- In Malta, a EUR0.10 charge is placed on plastic bottles at the point of sale. This is refundable. We saw people obtaining their refunds through kiosks where they drop off their empty bottles one at a time.