Today we had a fun outing with Nana and Papa, who are now becoming seasoned Malta travelers!

We began by treating ourselves to a cab ride to Rabat, a much nicer way of traveling than the bus! After sampling same pastizzi from the famous Crystal Palace restaurant, we wandered the narrow streets of Rabat and ended up at St. Paul’s church. Before you knew it, we all decided to go down into the catacombs, an immense series of underground tunnels, originally used as burial places, later used as air raid shelters during WWII.

After some playground time, we headed into the walled city of Mdina, where we bought a Christmas tree ornament and enjoyed a tea-time treat at Fontenella, a lovely restaurant with amazing views of the surrounding countryside.

And then we took the bus back to Sliema…which wasn’t too bad after all!

Magic carpets for sale!

In the catacombs…

Jennifer with Nana and Papa