Gozo Was...Some Kind of Day
I'm now forgoing any sort of order...chaos! On our last full day in Malta, we arranged a tour to Gozo, Malta's sister island, which is about 45 minutes away from Valletta by high-speed ferry. The island has been inhabited for centuries and is known for its natural beauty and Neolithic temples...it's also close to Comino, home of the famed Blue Lagoon (which we didn't see except from afar, but it's windy and winter, so what can you do). We disembarked and met Joe, our tour guide...well, our "tour guide," because there was no tour in actuality. Joe was ancient and spoke very little English, and the first thing he showed us was a pharmacy, asking if we needed to stop. Still feeling excited and benevolent, I thought he was being helpful. Then he showed us...every police station, lots of water pumps, a chicken farm, barley that feeds the cows, and every school we passed. In a yell-voice. "EVERY VILLAGE HAS A SCHOOL, LOOK! YOU SEE? EVERY VILLAGE A SCHOOL!...