I'm Off To Malta In The Morning............

[10ClarionSt]

.......Bing Bong the PA's gonna chime.

Off to the airport,

Show them me passport,

Get me to the plane on time!!!

All my own work. Clever clogs eh? (Voice from the back - "Gerroff yer pillock!!!"). Actually, it's for a memorial service for all Maltese crew lost on HMS Glorious on June 8th 1940. The President of Malta and the British High Commissioner will be in attendance at St. Lawrences' Church, Vittoriosa, in Birgu. It's always well supported by the locals as there were more Maltese casualties on Glorious than any other RN vessel in WW2. It will be memorable.

[lankeela]

Wish I was going, my favourite place.

[emmie]

wonderful place, i envy you.

[ummmm]

My last two holidays have been to Malta. Love it. Have a great time.

[ummmm]

I stayed in St Pauls. My OH popped in to a restaurant for a wee and came out and said 'there's a bloke in there who looks just like your BIL'

It was my BIL....:-) His face when he seen me was classic..

[dannyk13]

That brings back happy memories of the three years I spent stationed there.

[Buenchico]

Some useful advice:

[Patsy33]

Good on you. Enjoy your stay.

[emmie]

i stayed in St Julian in a hotel just above a cafe, when i came home my clothes reeked of chip fat, including the suitcase which had to be binned.
But i loved Malta and Gozo, so very beautiful.

[ummmm]

It was weird, funny at the same time.

Gozo is lovely but there isn't much there.

Buses are really cheap so go to Valetta and Sliema. Lovely.

[dannyk13]

I remember when they imported the bus chassis and built the coachwork on the island.Sitting near the window was always dicey as quite often the bodywork would be seen separated from the chassis.Oh happy days.

[yogi-bear]

Hope all goes well, Clarion......its a lovely thought and reason for going to pay respect at the memorial. Enjoy your stay there.

I love Malta.....one of my favourite places in Europe, and go regularly each year, either for work committments, or holidays too.....or a bit of both.
I'll be there soon, second week in April, for a music festival week of fun and shenanigans. :-)

[Buenchico]

I remember a bus journey in Malta where the driver took both hands off the wheel to cross himself every time we went past a church - and there are a lot of churches in Malta!

[yogi-bear]

Chris,

Driving in Malta is an experience!.....It's either quiet early afternoon, as the Maltese are having their siesta, or really busy and you feel that you're in a dodgem car, at times. No 'give way to traffic on the right' over there.....their way of thinking is if they are first at junction/roundabout......they just go! .....Completely bonkers.

I do enjoy a challenge though. :-)

[DTCwordfan]

Guess there will be plenty of Maltesers available. Have a great time.

[Zacs-Master]

Happy memories of the Meliha Bay Hotel.