Direct my Steps, part 6

We spent one entire day at the Villa, so I took a lot of pictures of the random places around there that I loved. 

 The view of the garden from Doug's office window.

Elizabeth loves to make faces at the camera.  But she's super cute.

 The plants were lovely and so very different from the ones we have here. It was awesome.

 The lovely 'Zbelle.

Doug and Lizbelle with his Australian hats. 

My favorite spot in the villa- the loveseat in Doug's office. We spent a lot of time there, reading and visiting.

Looking south (if I remember correctly) from the house.

 View to the west: Fields and old buildings surround the house. (This is the countryside by the way, not city, or outskirts, or anything like that.)

 View to the south (ish) as best I could manage from the balcony.

Looking out of my bedroom window- the driveway. 

The early vegetable garden. It was the beginning of the growing season for most things, so these were pretty small. 

The little front garden area. There are pomegranate trees there that you can't really see, but we picked pomegranates one day. I promise.

 We spent quite a few hours on this lovely balcony, taking pictures, reading, eating, drinking tea, looking at the stars, listening to the sea slosh and the boats rattle. It was a lovely place to just lie in the sun also.

Direct my Steps, part 5

Another installment of pictures, for those who care. :) These first few are of the Mediterranean. It was a beautiful day.

 Me, on a cracking tower. I was immediately called back down and scolded, because Doug and Lizbelle had promised to send me back alive.

 The moat around Mdina.

 Entrance to Mdina

 Lovely little streets in Mdina

 We had lunch at Bacchus Restaurant and Bar, out in the garden, under the trees and a broken umbrella. The Maltese waitress took our order and then sent another waitress and handyman out to mend it so that we could eat in the shade. It was a wonderful lunch. The main part of the restaurant was in an old, underground ammunition magazine. It was awesome down there.

More of the streets of Mdina. It was the perfect place to explore, if we had had more time.

 Me, proudly wearing my Maltese Cross earrings and necklace. 

Closeup of the walls of Mdina.

Direct My Steps, part 3

We arrived in Malta around 1:00 AM on Monday morning. It was not cold, but it was dark and the cool, air-conditioned house felt amazing. We each had our own rooms, but they were connected, and Lizbelle's had a sweet balcony. Pictures of that in another post.

 The beautiful little squirrel and bed that met me upon arriving in Malta. What a wonderful place to spend a week!

 And the view out my window the next morning.

 Day 1: Doug took us to visit Sammy, who is an olive master. We watched him grind/press olives for oil. Sadly, this is the only picture I took of the olives.

 Daddles talking about the different kinds of olives.

                                                  Maltese "Pearls." Apparently I forgot to take a picture of the 2000 year-old olive tree, found in an archaeological dig-site, that Sammy had.

 A view of the countryside.

Classic Car Museum with Doug, who was excited to show us his cars. This was also day 1.

Jag #1

The ATOM!

 Jag #2

Dick VanDyke's car. 

State license plates. I thought this odd to find in a Maltese car museum.