2weeksmalta: hop on hop off

after getting up too late today i started out to find the hop on hop off bus. i knew, i´ll find it opposite of the burger king, in the city next to St. Julian, in Sliema. i got a bit lost once, but then at 12 o´clock i hopped on a bus, for 2 euros cheaper then i thought.

the bus has 2 routes, the ticket is valid for both of them, so i decided to be fast, because i wished to see everything. i´ve been sitting for 3 hours on the open top of the bus, then, chilled to the bones, i had to go inside the bus.

driving on the left is dangerous. and maltese like to walk everywhere, since there are not too many footways (no footways...). i tried to assimilate, and began to walk on the road, like maltese, but 2 eldery men ordered me back on the road. so i behaved myself.

then i hopped off in Mdina. Mdina is the old capital city of Malta, it is also called the silent city. but the guide on the bus only told the fact, and not why it´s called so. although it was quite quiet... :)
after one hour of sightseeing i hopped on again, and travelled back to the actual capital, Valletta. there i had 30 minutes to catch the last bus of the second route. so i went for a walk, i found a big-big lift. here i saved another euro, the cashier let me go for free :)

my second route was without any hop offs. after finishing the tour the bus driver took me nearly home. so as i got totally wet because of the rain, i arrived at home.

there are too many cats in malta, i saw them on the street. and i think, the small houses, which i saw yesterday, are cat-houses :)
and in my eyes every church looked the same today... two towers and a dome. the guide on the bus told once (in german to be sure i understand everything), that i should pay attention to the cherries. i was wondering because i saw some orange, lemon, grapefruit or giant-lemon trees, but no cherry trees. and cherries in february? then the guide added, that these cherries are either catholic or greek catholic cherries :) (Kirche=church, Kirsche=cherry)

a new flatmate arrived today too, but not to my room. Caroline, from the Dominican Republic, but she has been living in Austira for few years now. and she had her troubles opening the doors too, so i´m not the only one.
and now Luca explained how to use the gas heater. and tomorrow i´m going to ask for a heat panel for my room too.

and now the today´s photos...