When I’ve stayed in Malta, I’m actually based in Gozo, specifically in the village of Xlendi where my family and I had apartments. This has always made sightseeing in Malta proper (Gozo is the country’s second island) awkward as hell; we would take two early buses to the ferry, cross to Malta, at least one and often two more buses to get anywhere. Going back to Gozo, same routine. You’d end up on a bus during rush hour crowded with schoolchildren breathing in exhaust, literally fainting from it, all for a few hours of shopping in Valletta.
The last time (Read more…)