My solo journey of the heart and World
The next morning I woke to rain, ruining my plan to visit Valletta’s Sunday market in one last attempt to find local honey for souvenirs for Jodi and my coworker Jayana. Apparently the universe did not want me to see the Blue Lagoon or bring home honey. So instead I lingered over breakfast at the …
My boat tour was cancelled again on Saturday and rescheduled for Sunday, but the forecast looked cold and rainy, and I really wanted the full swimming-and-sunshine Blue Lagoon experience. So I skipped it entirely. I guess I’ll just have to come back to Malta someday. The following day was my last in the apartment before …
Today I headed inland to Mdina and Rabat for a walking tour. I had purchased a seven-day unlimited bus pass, which in theory sounded fantastic. In practice, Malta’s buses operate on what can only be described as “flexible interpretations of time.” Buses were often late, overcrowded, or simply too full to stop. If you absolutely …
Arriving in Malta late at night, I splurged on a expensive Bolt ride from the airport, didn’t want to try my luck with buses at that late hour, plus I didn’t even know if they ran that late, but by midnight I was finally checked into my large apartment in Sliema and ready for bed. …
I leave for Malta and Thessaloniki today—solo. This trip was supposed to look very different. It was meant to be shared with my favorite travel companion, the friend who knows my pace and when I need a coffee versus a nap and with whom I’ve shared so many truly epic trips with. I was really …
I had one more day left and I decided at the last minute to do some gift shopping for my bestie and often travel partner, Jodi. She had joined me on my trip to Morocco earlier in the year and had bought a few things for her home there and Turkey had many of the same …
One of the other things I wanted to do on this trip was visit Princes Islands, a series of small islands off the Asia side coast. They are more low key and nature filled then in any of the areas on the three mainland points of Istanbul and I did not get a chance to …
I wanted to see and do more things that I did not get a chance to on my last visit. I had not gotten a chance to visit the Asia side of the city last time so I booked a walking tour of the Asia side. It was a small group with two older ladies from the …
The hotel finally got the Wi-Fi working to allow me to connect by VPN and that made it a lot more convenient to get my work done and I spent a lot of time just wandering around the city and having tea or a snack or coffee at local little cafés. I didn’t spend a lot …
I awoke the following morning and got myself up and ready to have breakfast at the carpet shop and walked 8 minutes mostly uphill to get there. My apartment was located at the bottom of a hill and the fastest way to get to the main square in old town was a pretty steep uphill climb. I …