Malta to Italy

Well we are now in Florence Italy.

But since then we have spent 5 days in Malta. I have to say next to Ireland that would have to have been my favorite place so far. The people are so nice and will you help you with alost anything, they all speak some english, you can buy pastizzis for 28 cents each and you can lye on the beach in Gozo and get a nice tan. What more could you want? But I must advise, if anyone is planning to go to Malta do not i repeat DO NOT hire a bike unless you are extremly fit. Especially not on Gozo as it isn't the flattest of places to ride. I think Gav and I almost died after riding up the first hill. But once we got dowm one we had to go back up. Then we decided to ride to Ramala Bay, which is a big tourist sandy beach. This idea proved to be stupid. Firstly we had to climb ths extremly steep monster of a hill. Then we realise the only to get back to where we are staying is back up that hill we came dowm. And to top it off as soon as we did decide to tackle the hill. A storm hits and there is thunder and pouring rain. So take the advice, either hire a moped or catch a bus. DO NOT RIDE. On a lighter note some of the sites we saw were beautiful. My favorite would have to be the Blue Grotto and the caves around it. Basically you go in a little 9 seater boat and the driver takes you through these caves and the water is so blue it is like nothing you have ever seen, its amazing. We also went to the Mosta Dome in Malta. This was a church that during the war a bomb can through the dome and slid across the floor of the church and did not detinate. The church had 300 people inside and luckily no one was hurt. They still have the bomb inside the church but it has been deactivated so its safe to go inside. You can even see the part of the roof that the bomb fell through.

Italy has been pretty good so far. More looking forward to venice though and the gondala ride through the grand canel. The weather has been pretty good. In the mid 20's everyday compared to the mid teens that we can from in ireland. Been doing a lot of walking, which has been needed because of all the pasta we have been eating. Baically if panni's for breakfast, pasta/pizza for lunch and pasta/pizza for dinner. All topped off with wine and ice cream. Although its a bit hard to choose the wines as I can not remember which reds are which as it is all written in Italian. So if anyone has any suggestions that would be helpful.

Anyways I'll be off for now and will try and post some more pictures soon. Heading to Venice on Thursday so will let you all know how that goes. Gav and I have been having a fantastic time and I think we have got the travel bug and will be travelling again soon.

Hope you all are well. Thanks for all the comments looking forward to hearing more from you all. Say hello to everyone back home from me and looking forward to seeing you all soon and telling you about all our adventures.