AN EARLY START FOR OUR JOURNEY TO GOZO
FRANK OUR RED BUS DRIVER DROVE US TO THE FERRY TERMINAL
BOARDING THE FERRY
A MOTLEY CREW!
BREAKFAST ON BOARD
ARRIVING MGARR HARBOUR GOZO
WE WERE MET BY SALVO, OUR BUS DRIVER, UNLIKE AUSSIE FRANK HE DROVE LIKE A TRUE LAID BACK ISLANDER
ON THE WAY TO OUR RESORT WE VISITED THE ROTUNDA CHURCH
IT TOO HAD AN IMPRESSIVE DOME
HAPPY HELEN
REACHING VILLAGG TAL-FANAL WE WERE DULY IMPRESSED WITH THE FOUR HOUSES FOR OUR TWO NIGHT STAY
AT HOUSE #15 WE SHARED THE FOUR BEDROOMS WITH CINDY & JOHN, SUSAN P, LILIANE & SUSAN L
AFTER DUMPING OUR BAGS IT WAS TIME FOR LUNCH AT XIENDI, A MOST PICTURESQUE COASTAL VILLAGE
WE HAD A MOST ENJOYABLE LUNCH AT THE STONE CRAB
POOR MEREL HAD TO WAIT AN ETERNITY FOR HER SALAD!
CINDY LOOKING COLOURFUL
OUR NEXT EXCURSION WAS TO VISIT THE SITE OF THE AZURE WINDOW. AN ARCH THAT HAD FALLEN INTO THE OCEAN
NEXT, WE TOOK A BOAT RIDE ON THE "INLAND SEA"
THE ROCK RESEMBLES A FACE
WE RETURNED TO THE VILLAGE FOR DRINKS ETC. MEREL & RUTGER PREPARED A TRADITIONAL MALTESE APPETIZER WHICH EVERYONE ENJOYED
WE HAD INVITED THE LOCAL WASHER WOMAN TO JOIN US BEFORE GETTING BACK TO HER CHORES
BEFORE GETTING "DOLLED UP" FOR THE OPERA I ENJOYED THE FADING LIGHT AROUND THE RESORT
THE OPERA GOERS
ON THE STEPS OF THE AURORA THEATRE
WE WERE TREATED TO TWO OPERAS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
DURING THE INTERMISSION WE WERE USHERED INTO PRIVATE ROOMS FOR WINE AND HORS D'OEUVRE
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