11 September 2015 - home time

We packed our bags and went home. I had a great time exploring Malta. 

My family and I on the ferry leaving Gozo.😭

10 September 2015 - Our last day exploring Malta

In the morning we went to Rabat so I could buy a few things for my class. I also bought a letting for my school bag. 

My dad and I went for a quick hike up the Salvatore. You don't need proper hiking gear and even if you did you could get any because I'm pretty sure there's no hiking shops in Gozo it Malta. It was very tiring but only took 9 minutes to climb up, and twenty minutes to climb down. 

The view up the Salvator of Marsalforn 

Dad and I with the statue behind us

Then we went to Marsalforn for our last lunch. We ate at Murella, and I got a colouring page which had a starfish and under the sea theme. 

Spag Bol!

We went home so I could rest while mum and dad packed our bags. 

In the evening, we visited Katrina and Paul's. We said bye to them. 

We watched the sunset from Ta'Pinu, at the stations of the cross it's a very steep hill with stature of what Jesus went though when he was crucified. There were 13 statues. 

This is the statue where the soldiers take the clothes away from Jesus

We had our last dinner in Gozo at the Boat House in Xlendi. Lucy slept nearly the whole time then woke up and ate our chips. 

9 September 2015 - A storm in Gozo

We went to Anna and Ben's house but they weren't home so dad decided to take me to a few places. We went to a small shop to say hello to an old lady that recognised my dad because he looks like his mum and her brothers. We then drive past where my great nannu lived, and followed the street onto a dirt track  (which was the scariest way to get to Ramla!). We saw how rough Ramla was after the storm. We visited a toy museum with toys from the early 1900s. 

After that we went home to start packing because it's our second last day. 

Dad went back out to help his uncle and there was a massive storm. Heaps of water leaked into the house. 

A picture of our street after the storm 

We went to visit Anna and Saviour's house. They had a bird called Rio and tortoise called Fekruna!

We went to Anna and Ben's house. My second cousins were doing arts and crafts. They have a fluffy cat called Blue.

We went to Pepe and Rita's actual house, not their room in the field. We ate chicken and vegetables roasted in a wood fire oven. I played with my best friend from Malta whose name is Liam. I got in trouble heaps of times because we were chasing through the house. 

8 September 2015 - Festa of Our Lady of Victories

There was a march and the band in the afternoon and it was very hot so we went behind the Church into the shade. Mum and I went into the crowd once the march made it back into the piazza. It was crazy but lots of fun!

Brodie and I

Joseph and I (yes that's a can of beer being poured on my head!)

The Statue of Madonna 'Marija Bambina' which is the most holy and special statue in Xaghra came out of the church. 

The statue leaving the church (from http://www.xaghraparish.org/pasteventsv3/2015/TITULAR%20FEAST%20MARIA%20BAMBINA%202015/08%20SEP%20-%20PROCESSION/IMG_0015.JPG.php)

We went up the bell tower of the Xaghra church which from the ground doesn't look that high but when you are up there it is much higher. 

It started to rain and everyone ran for cover and me mum and dad think we should have videoed it because it was so funny. 

6 September 2015 - Father's Day

Dad went to watch the horse races called the 'tigrija'. He came home late in the morning. I gave him a picture because it was Father's Day. We spoke to grandpa. Dad accidentally threw me in the pool, again. 

We had chicken soup for lunch.

We went to Ramla for a swim together. We swam on the Nadur side today. 

We went home and had a rest. 

I ate chicken and chips from the BBQ bar while we walked down to the church. 

That night, my dad carried one of the statues from the Nazzarenu church which is on one side of Xaghra to the main church in the middle Xaghra. I was very happy with dad because the statue must have weighed a lot.

Dad carrying the statue (it rests on a stand from time to time)

7 September 2015 - Monday

Today was a special event for the feast. We watched the reenactment of the great siege of Malta 450 years ago in 1565, the plague, and World War II. 

It was hot and I found a great place to sit away from every one else with a good view of the play. There were lots of people at the play.

The people watching the play in the piazza

The plague part

Can you see me?

We went Marsalforn with Uncke Michael and Aunty Jenny for lunch. I had a salmon salad. It will the last one for a long time...

At night we watched the fireworks and they were fantastic, except for the last part where I threw up my salmon salad.

These are some pictures from the fireworks:

4 September 2015 - a swim in the pool and the Xaghra feast

This morning me and my dad went to Ta'Hmira because my dad had to install an alarm. We bought some ftira which Is Maltese pizza. When we got Home the Debono family came to our house for lunch and a swim. The Mum's and Dad's played uno while the kids had a swim and later everyone came in the pool.  

When the Debono family left,dad had to go with them so he could finish his job at Ta'Hmira. When we came back to pick up my dad he still wasn't done yet so my mum and I went for a walk in the paddock's and I found an onion. 

We went to the Xaghra Festa for dinner and we ate at a restaurant called oleander and I had some spaghetti Bolognese with some with some butter from the bread they gave us. 

While we were having dinner the Orchestra instead of marching around Xaghra played in a square shaped box.