Donna posts every day, with great pictures and commentary. I post once a month or so.
As this trip comes to an end I am having a very interesting trip to Malta. The skinny: little to DO; LOTS to see.
Malta is a beautiful island nation located in the Mediterranean Sea between Italy in Europe and Libya in Africa. The Maltese language is a melange of Italian, French, English and Arabic, but nearly everyone speaks English.
I've posted my best photos on Facebook so I won't repeat them here except one - a vista from on top. Today I am writing about Gozo, a small island - part of the nation of Malta - just a couple of kilometers off the end of the island of Malta. It has many cathedrals so I headed for the one in the castle at the top. €3 to "enter" but entrance only at the extreme back: the entire church was roped off (closed) at 2p (maybe earlier - I arrived at 2p) because there was going to be an "adoration" at 5p. I suppose they wanted an exorcism to rid the place of heathen (non-catholic) prayers because there was no place to pray. No praying alllowed. Bizarre. I asked the woman who asked for my ticket to ask Jesus what He thought about no praying in the cathedral. Silly question. All catholics know that we can't have a relationship with God - Jesus' repeated statements to the contrary notwithstanding - that's what the professionals are for.
Inside the door, the cathedral still requested contributions. I contributed my €3 ticket and left. I thought of shaking the dust from my feet but instead decided to walk and pray under God's clear blue sky for the people blocked from living in the Kingdom of Heaven by false catholic doctrine.
Seems every road in Malta is (a) choked with traffic and (b) under construction. I miss Donna. I spent 3 hours today on busses and ferries, and 4 hours waiting for them. I'm ready to move on and cool off. I wish I could have gone diving here, but teaching PADI is such a money-making business, for the first time in over 31 years and over 200 dives my PADI card was greatly limited: to 36' IF I paid for an instructor to accompany me. No thanks. Little to DO. LOTS to see.
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