Happy 20th Anniversary to us!
For breakfast, I tried the two types of Maltese pastries. One was cheese-filled, and the other was a chickpea mixture. Both are good, but I preferred the cheese one.
Dennis ordered the full English breakfast minus the pork and beans.
We took a day off hiking and took a city bus to Victoria. Our first stop was St George's Basilica. The main altar was gorgeous.
In fact, the whole church was stunning.
It had a center cupola, no less than eight smaller cupolas, and the requisite number of blood and guts oil paintings. You Catholics love the gory paintings, and I love the art in the Cathedrals. Such a great way to preserve history.
And, of course, stunning stained glass windows.
Another one of those floats that I don't know the proper name for. This one looked especially heavy.
This is the front end, showing that it takes at least four hefty men at both ends.
We ate lunch at a cute little sidewalk cafe.
I had an incredible sandwich of local goat cheese, city ham, tomatoes, and arugula on grilled homemade focaccia bread drizzled with olive oil.
Dennis was dying for a Greek salad, and this looked like a good one. He liked it.
After lunch, we needed to find the hop-on-hop-off bus. We quickly learned that the best-kept secret in Victoria is the location of the on-off bus. We already had tickets and just needed to find the dang bus stop. It took us two hours, which is a valuable time when you are a tourist. We road around the island, but since it took us so long to find the bus stop in Victoria, we didn't have enough time to get off and explore.
Back in Xaghra, I spotted this old-fashioned windmill called the Ta' Kola. Its origins go back to 1725.
Hi Mom & Frank (Sylvia and Frank Garmon)! This looks like the Gozo version of one of the "Animals." Cheers!
We were starving when we got off the hop on - hop off bus.
We first ordered focaccia bread with tomatoes, garlic, and onion relish on top for an early dinner. Um-Um good. And we had some terrific local wine to go with it. Each glass of wine was 3.50 Euros - less than five dollars. Can you believe it? Cheap wine in the U. S. is horrible.
Then we each ordered Spaghetti Gozitano. This is the one that Dennis got two nights ago, and I kept sneaking bites of. Out of this world, I have enough left over to have at least two more meals. I don't know how well cold spaghetti will work for lunch on a hike. But what the hay?
We met the most charming man sitting at the next table. He was originally from Ireland and was a drag queen in London in a former life. He made his fortune in real estate and owns what sounds like a mansion here in Gozo. How do you like the blue hair? I am all for men's liberation. You guys should all be able to wear any color of hair you choose and add spandex to your pants for comfort. We women have known about a bit of spandex for years. Just saying.
So tomorrow is another day of hiking. Whoohoo!
Good night and God bless.
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