Well it's been ages since i last did this... it's coming up to the end of september, i'm 29 now, and the weather has finally turned... We've just had two days of storms in Gozo, and houses here are not made for the rain.. it gets in everywhere.. i'm glad i dont own the house i live in at the moment, i dont think it'll last 20 years...
My only complaint of Gozo arrived yesterday.. after the rain it sent hundreds of hard backed centipedes crawling up the walls of the apartment, and through the entranceway.. my skin was crawling everytime i went through....
So since july, i have settled into life here very well. S came here for 5 weeks, and we spent the time, eating and drinking, swimming and sunbathing. We visited every beach, and as many restuarants as bellies would allow.
We visited Malta on two occasions, staying at the grand harbour hotel, pretty cheap (50e for a double), the rom looked over the grand harbour, as the name suggests, and we woke to watch the massive boats and cruise ships sail slowly by. Valetta is a great city, very underestimated, lots of nice restaurants, beautiful buildings, and amazing views.
We also visited Sicily, went to Siracusa, Palermo, Trapani, and a few small places in between. Trapani was lovely, the old town especially, and we were there on a festa night, lots of people on parade. Siracusa was lovely, romantic, old, and lively. Palermo is a bit dodgy..certain quarters are rich with boats, and only white folk. others are dirty, full of scary looking bars, and no white people whatsoever, there's a huge segregation, there's one end of a road, the train station, tramps, beggars, gypsies, and the other end, Louis Vitton and Prada shops..
Recently returned from France for Ben and Dani's wedding in st Tropez, it was lovely, a great weekend, great to see everyone, and enjoyed my speech, not as much as Pete, who stole the stage with his hyperbolic speech, creating a caricature of ben that left everyone in the place (to use kid speak) rofl-ing.
After the wedding Sand I went on a camping trip to the lac du St Croix and the gorges du verdon of my childhood. Again we ate our way through provence, most memorably being a blue steak in Moustiers St Marie, we had a great time. Our last night camping we camped on a virutally empty campsite, our plot being on the outer bank of a river, waking up to the sound of the river, with the sun rising on the gorge walls behind it, was breathtaking.
Since then, i have been back on Gozo, have begun fishing, not sure whether i am doing it right, haven't caught anything yet, but it's lovely to stand by the sea for a few hours at sunset. I'll take a photo if i catch anything!
I am currently trying to decide what to do with my life in november, i finish here on the 5th, and I am looking for a job for the winter, one that i can earn lots of money, and maybe go for a month long trip in jan... should be easy to find hey...S left on tuesday to go to Vietnam, and so begins her 8 month trip..
So begins my collating of nuts to see me through winter, where are your nuts?
