Today we started back at the lace-making class and I have fish bones on the stove for soup, so the routines are returning. The photo is of the lane down to Marsaxlokk from Delimara.
This week I also started planning the stopovers on my trip back to Oz and anticipating visits from friends and relatives before I leave Malta for the time being in the middle of April. I went up to Valletta yesterday and booked two of the Department of Culture and the Arts tours for this month and next. I also managed to get one of the remaining seats for Swan Lake on Ice with the St Petersburg State company which is on this Sunday at the Mediterranean conference centre. It's not the kind of event I would normally seek out, but it just seems such a strange combination of art forms and venue that I decided the opportunity should not be missed!
I caught another bus from Valletta down to Msida where I wanted to seek out Amphora travel who are advertising special Egypt tours. I eventually found them halfway up Testaferatta street which runs over the ridge between Msida and the Sliema front. A very helpful woman worked with me on planning the first two stopovers of my return journey. I now have a pile of brochures on Cairo, the Nile cruises and Sharm el Sheikh on the Red Sea as well as some more details on Dubai and Oman to add to my two guides. When I set off in April, I'll be spending about 10 days in Egypt and then 6 days in Dubai/Oman before traveling on to Singapore.
It's shaping up to be another full year!
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