On Saturday, we went to the beach for what is called Xallatta (it means day after the feast). We stayed there for the whole day and swam. It's unusual for people here to go to the beach for the whole day. They normally go early in the morning or later in the afternoon and stay for a few hours then go home and have a siesta (sleep) before waking up to do something else or if they work they work normally until lunch time and go to the beach after lunch.
On Sunday, we went to Paceville for some lunch and to have a look around with my mum's cousin and her fiancé. Glen and I got a mocktail and when the waiter came with our drinks he gave me one and asked which other child was having the mocktail. When we told him it was for Glen, he got embarrassed and we laughed our heads off. It was really funny because the waiter thought it was either for my mum or her cousin. My mocktail was very fruity and nice.
After we went to Paceville, we went to a place called White Rocks for some cake. I got chocolate cake and it was delicious. The icing here is all made with Nutella rather than icing, which is a bit interesting.
On Monday, my Nanna took us to the water park in Buggiba. Before going in to the park we had to measure our height to tell us which area we are allowed in. The water park isn't like the places back home with pools and rides, this place just had equipment that sprayed and tipped water on you. It was ok and I liked the car wash part the best because water was sprayed out on you at different angles and at different times. After that, we walked over to the beach and had a proper swim, except it wasn't very sandy. The texture was extremely rocky and a little rough on your feet. It was like broken shells and tiny rocks mixed together. We finally got an ice-cream and my Nan bought us a donut from a donut van.
On Tusday night, we went to Sliema and St Gilian (St Julians Bay). We walked down the strip and admired the beautiful scenery.
We also stopped for a drink and it was funny to have one foot in Sliema and one foot in St Gilian, as the suburbs were right next to each other. The picture below is of my mum's cousin Shaun and I.
On Wednesday, it was my mum's birthday and to celebrate we made mum breakfast in bed then went to a hotel to have a swim in their pool. We then caught a bus to St Gilian and got a cold drink before catching the bus back home for her surprise birthday BBQ.
On Thursday, we went to Gozo with my family, my Nanna, my mum's uncle, her cousin and her cousin's son Keelin. While we were there we went to the beach and hung out at my mum's uncle's unit.
We had to sit in the back of my mum's uncle's van that didn't have seats or seat belts, so we had to hold on tight to make sure we didn't fall out the back. Thankfully mum's uncle locked the door from the outside. It was fun and although mum was constantly worrying, it is a memory I will always remember because we could never do that back home.
We had to catch a ferry to get to and from Gozo. It was fun, although Alan kept threatening to throw me overboard. Keelin felt a little sick on the way home.
On Friday, we had a BBQ at a beach called Facruna (Turtle beach). It was interesting and not like anything you see back home because my relatives put barrels on the rock and cooked our food in them. They hung lights from the rock too and we jumped into the sea from the same rock. People were gathered everywhere on this one rock and they had generators to keep the lights going. I felt a bit sick that night because I had an earache and headache, but still had a pretty good time.
This is my mum's cousin Justin. He is Keelin's dad and he is really fun to be around. He doesn't normally have a beard but he has grown one. He makes us laugh because whenever he is thinking he pulls a funny face and plays with his beard.
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