Return to Malta...bongu Rabat

I was a little nervous about the ferry trip this morning because the day was really windy.  All the umbrellas were tied down in Pjazza San Gorg when we had morning coffee, but apart from watching the horizon dip during a few rolling moments, it was smooth sailing!

Brent teed up an e-cab at the Cirkewwa ferry terminal for the 30 minute drive to Rabat.  The buses are great in Malta, but they're city buses - very busy and no space for luggage.  While Malta doesn't have a service like Uber, the e-cabs operate by a similar phone app and they cover the whole of Malta.  We've used the service a few times and it's been great.

We are staying at a guesthouse in Rabat, and it's beautiful (just a couple of flights of stairs!).  I feel really privileged to have stayed in such interesting accommodation during this trip - residences that are obviously much loved and full of the character of their location.

Rabat is a town of (again!) narrow streets and alleys, and sits just outside the city of Mdina, a fortification that dates back to 1000 BC, and was built into a walled city by the Arabs in the 9th century.

We spent some time getting our bearings and wandering Rabat, working out what we will do during our few days here...tomorrow, Mdina!