A week in the life...

Hello everyone!! The last week with Kelsey here has been so much fun. We saw all the major sights in Malta ending with the Blue Grotto yesterday. It was beautiful!! We covered Valletta, Mdina, Marsa, Sliema, St. Julian's, the 3 Cities and plenty of sea. We went to a few museums and soaked in the Maltese culture.
Plenty of time was also spent on the bus. It's a guaranteed adventure each time we board. Instead of actually bothering to print a schedule, the buses should just say, "Get on and think good thoughts, but this bus will stop wherever it wants, whenever it wants." We also managed to eat a lot of Maltese food, including Pastizzas, Carnival Cake and some wonderful hot chocolate. We managed to avoid the rabbit, although I think I'm good as far as protein goes after eating worms last week. :) I'm afraid the occasional PB & J sandwich got in, we are American after all.

The Blue Grotto has been my favorite sight so far, the giant rock cliffs and sea are just beautiful. Our group spent the afternoon here hiking and soaking in the sun.

After a few days of wondering why on earth I picked Malta, some kind e-mails and conversations with family and friends, and beautiful scenery, it has been a good week. We're all doing well. We are safe and sound. We cannot complain, there have been riots at some of the detention centers (the place refugees are held before they reach the camps we work at). Malta just received about 400 more refugees and has no where to put them. The Tunisian refugees are rioting to their government asking to speed up the detainment process. They're starting fires and trying to escape. So, if you could send some good thoughts their way, I'm sure they could use them.

Hope all is well back home, take care---spring is coming!
Love, Audrey