We were fortunate today to be docked so going ashore was merely walking off the ship.

We arrived at about 8pm and stayed overnight.

We did another ship’s tour today as we wanted to move away from the capital and see something less busy. The first part of the tour was a bus ride to a fishing village called Marsaxlokk. Before we got to the harbour, we walked past an impressive church – The church of our Lady of Pompeii.

While not quite what one would describe as a village it did have a harbour with several traditional fishing boats as well as a range of pleasure craft.

We had an hour to wander around the harbour and visit the stalls that were set up in the area, which was probably about 50 minutes more than we needed! The most interesting stall was the one selling sweet things.

From Marsaxlokk we drove to another town, St Julian’s, for lunch and a taste of Maltese food and wine which was very nice. Our restaurant was on the left hand side of this bay.