Sliema; Tuesday, 19 January, 2016
My bag was the first one round on the belt, and this combined with nobody else waiting to get a bus pass meant that I managed to make the airport bus that I had been convinced I would miss, especially important given a recent timetable change had reduced them from half hourly to hourly.
A little over an hour later, and after a very circuitous route the bus finally made to Sliema Ferries and I disembarked to walk the short distance to the hotel.
Having checked in and dropped off my stuff I headed out to find some lunch as I realised I was feeling very hungry, having only had a croissant around 6:30 all day. Thankfully there was a restaurant immediately outside the hotel, and they offered a discount to hotel guests, so that made hunting for food a lot easier.
After a very filling lunch I wandered over to the bus stop and caught the bus into the capital Valletta to have a bit of a wander around. During the wander I also stumbled across a land train tour of the city, so I took that round to help take in some of the sights.
Back in the square by the Co-Cathedral at the end of the tour and just as I was about to continue my wandering I felt a couple of spits of rain, so not wanting to risk getting wet I headed over to a nice café, that had a big awning, and sat down to have a late afternoon drink. Within a minute or so of sitting down the skies had opened and a torrential downpour was sending most of the rest of the tourists that were around scurrying for either the café or shelter elsewhere.
A lengthy shower, and a very nice drink, later I headed back up to the bus stop to pick the bus back round to Sliema and the hotel.
I had a light snack in another restaurant near the hotel and then turned in for an early night to try and catch up on some of the sleep lost due to the early start.
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