As our trip to Malta wound down, we decided to make an effort to see the sunset from various locations near the town of Mellieha. That means driving down rocky, questionable roads towards the cliffs edge, and sometimes requiring a…

As Kim mentioned in the previous blog, we’re lazing back in Malta and catching up on Greece, with this final episode on Athens.   Athens is a large, vibrant city.  There are 3.5 million residents, and it feels like about…

Five weeks into our adventure, Sarah and Ashlyn arrived to join us for a week.  It was a bit of an adventure getting here.  It was discovered mid week, by chance, that Ashlyn left her passport in Ottawa, and she…

Beach and Sunset!!!   Mela! Yesterday was another lazy day in my retirement simulation experiment.  I’m scoring very high…my grades are excellent!   With the waves from the north persisting and making Mellieha Bay an unpleasant experience, we packed up…