Woke up late and had an excellent smoked salmon breakfast in the same restaurant as we had eaten dinner the night before. This time it was outside in the shade with fabulous views overlooking Malta. Having looked around Mdina the night before, we decided we needed to get some exercise and go for a long walk. This involved getting a local bus to Dingli- this was an adventure in itself as we were not exactly sure where we were going! The driver dropped us off about a mile away from where the walk was supposed to start but we ended up seeing more of the coastline than we expected. We walked along cliffs and saw Mary Magdalene's tiny church sitting very close to the huge modern radar tower which turned out to be the highest spot on the island of Malta-even higher than the town of Mdina. The route was then a circular one along the cliff edge, past vineyards and tiny homesteads. It was vey picturesque, a little warm but we ended up walking about six miles. That was not the end of t...
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