Spring Break

Okay, it seems like all I ever do is travel about the world these days.  I promise I also teach school and tutor kids and hang out with street boys and friends of many nationalities.  It’s just the everyday things that I’ve already written about, so the abnormal things get first priority on the ol’ blog.  That being said…

Two weeks ago was Genocide Memorial Week here in Rwanda, and everything closed down for the week, including my school.  I took the 10 days off of school (“Spring Break”) as a chance to see a new part of the world.  I flew to Malta on Genocide Memorial Day.  Since KGL and MLA are both small airports, the flights were a bit roundabout.  I flew from Kigali to Entebbe, Uganda, to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Rome, Italy, to Malta.  All in all it was 24 hours of travel (which is how long it takes me to get back to America from Rwanda), and while many people would be turned off by such ridiculous flight plans, I was just ready to see the world!

You may be asking, “Why Malta?”  Well, there is a missionary couple from my church back home who live there, so I had a place to stay and my own personal tour guides.  They were GREAT hosts!  Here they are at the Citadel on Gozo (the 2^nd largest of the Maltese Islands).

 The week was just what I needed.  Some time away. Some good food (including but not limited to Maltese rabbit, snails, tacos, cereal, French toast, and THE best thing I have ever tasted:  gnocchi with pistachio cream sauce). Some peace and quiet.  Some new sights and experiences.  Here are just a few of them.

Paul's Prison Cell

Donald's Taller Twin

Grand Harbor

St. John's Co Cathedral

Strawberry Festival

One of Many Wildflowers

Streets of Valletta

Malta from Mdina

Somewhere in Gozo

St. Paul's Island

Dingli Cliffs

Blue Grotto

Megalithic Ruins

The Gozo Countryside and Me

Azure Window

You may recognize some scenery from The Count of Monte Cristo, which is a fabulous movie for those of you who have not seen it.  I watched it one day and then saw all of the sights the next, which was pretty cool.

After 6 days of traveling all over Malta (which is only 217 square miles), I got back on a plane and flew for 24 more hours (this time through Cairo, Addis, and Entebbe) in time to catch up with lots of people over the weekend before heading back to school on Monday.

Now I’ve technically traveled on 5 continents.  Granted, I have much more traveling to do on each of them, but I’m getting there buhoro buhoro (slowly by slowly).  Only one more continent to go…  Who wants to go to Australia?! (And no, I’m not forgetting Antarctica.  I’m just not interested.  And no, Antarctica, it’s not you.  It’s me.)