Malta encompasses seven islands in all, but only two of them have a significant population. Today we moved home base from the island of Malta to Gozo. Gozo is small. It runs about 7 miles by 2 miles and you can get almost anywhere on the island within 15 minutes. The population here is about 31,000 (compared to about 350,000 on the island of Malta), but that obviously balloons during the summer tourist season. Gozo is definitely less developed and the pace is noticeably slower. Of all places, we actually knew someone living here. A friend of ours from Minnesota has a brother living in the village of Xlendi, and he took us out for an authentic Maltese meal. Angie had salmon and asparagus crepes, I had rabbit (the most popular meat), while the kids played it safe with pizza.
The landscape here is a lot more rural and filled with terraced fields. You can also spot 3 or 4 church domes from almost anywhere on the island.
The foreground in this shot is full of old salt pans.
In the winter the waves are known to get big. Here they're crashing over a village boardwalk on what was a bright and sunny day.
Accommodations on Malta are very affordable. Both apartments we rented were large three bedroom places, one on the sea and the other with a private pool. And with all that, it was one of the least expensive spots we stayed, at around $75 a night.
Cole got to help the captain navigate between islands.
Malta encompasses seven islands in all, but only two of them have a significant population. Today we moved home base from the island of Malta to Gozo. Gozo is small. It runs about 7 miles by 2 miles and you can get almost anywhere on the island within 15 minutes. The population here is about 31,000 (compared to about 350,000 on the island of Malta), but that obviously balloons during the summer tourist season. Gozo is definitely less developed and the pace is noticeably slower. Of all places, we actually knew someone living here. A friend of ours from Minnesota has a brother living in the village of Xlendi, and he took us out for an authentic Maltese meal. Angie had salmon and asparagus crepes, I had rabbit (the most popular meat), while the kids played it safe with pizza.
The landscape here is a lot more rural and filled with terraced fields. You can also spot 3 or 4 church domes from almost anywhere on the island.
The foreground in this shot is full of old salt pans.
In the winter the waves are known to get big. Here they're crashing over a village boardwalk on what was a bright and sunny day.
Accommodations on Malta are very affordable. Both apartments we rented were large three bedroom places, one on the sea and the other with a private pool. And with all that, it was one of the least expensive spots we stayed, at around $75 a night.
Cole got to help the captain navigate between islands.
