Market time

On Sunday we visited a market, and although it wasn't what we were expecting, we did find a couple of stalls among the tourist tat that sold some hidden gems including; honey, old watches and Maltese lace.

We're hoping to head to Valletta soon and experience the markets there. We have high hopes!

G xoxo

Ponchos and Purple Lightning

Yesterday we experienced our first rainstorm in Malta. We noticed that it had cooled down considerably and there were these huge grey clouds rolling in towards Sliema. It was very impressive, and I managed to take some pictures. Little did we know what was coming!

It started to rain very gently but all the people on the street started pulling on coats and ponchos. At this point we should have guessed what was coming, but silly old us just had a giggle at the people who we thought had over dressed for drizzle.

Then BAM, the next thing we knew it was raining cats and dogs (or rabbit and lampuki). The roads were flooded within five minutes, the sea turned choppy and boats struggled to come in to harbour. The wind picked up and the crane next to our apartment started swinging round (much to Claire's distress). Than all of a sudden we heard thunder in the distance. It didn't take long for the thunder to reach us, and it was loud! Then came the lightning. None of us have seen lightning like it before. It was purple! Seriously, purple and pink lightning!

I tried to record a video of the storm when it was just starting, and although it doesn't show the severity of the storm, you can get a rough idea. Also, apologies for the number of times I say the word 'like' in this video, I have obviously spent too much time with Jenny(!!)

G ~

P.s. Trying to photograph lightning is hard...so I stole this image from Google, but it's pretty similar to what we were seeing.

"Just another good night out"

A few nights the girls and I experienced some of what Malta has to offer in the way of nightlife. We made our way to Paceville (pronounced 'Parch-i-ville') and had a 'whale' of a time testing the bars and clubs there, they were 'brill'-iant. However, on our way home at about five o'clock, we were obviously in the right 'plaice' at the right time as we encountered some fishermen who had just returned from sea. Stacey and I got chatting to one of the guys and he showed us his catch. Now Stacey and I love seafood, we are true fans, if you catch my 'drift' and we were 'reel'-ly impressed by the fresh fish and thought we'd buy a sea bream for the 'halibut'. It did cross our minds that we should 'mullet' over for a bit, but we were pretty 'battered' from our night out so we just 'dived' right in and bought the fish.

Now, as far as drunken trophies go, we think this was a pretty impressive and well as super tasty one. We had the fish that evening for dinner and it was delicious.

Our rating for the fishy drunken trophy.... 7.75/10

G <3