RANDOM BLONDE LAW STUDENT

Normal blogger would say OMG this post is already sooo long, because of all the photos, let's not make it any longer, but I guess I'm not a normal blogger and I'm not gonna end it here. ;)

I spent a week on Malta (sorry, mostly Gozo, which is not, if you ask a Gozitan, the same) with a friend. She is in love with Gozo and Malta and it was her third time there. She asked me to join her this year, I said yes (wow, so romantic) and we had a BLAST.

I will present you my opinion of the trip and the Maltese islands and show you that a student can actually afford a trip like this (yeah, I'm a student and I have no regular income except for my parent's allowance).

Budget: 400€ = two-way flight with Ryanair from Treviso + 2 nights in a really modern-looking hostel in Msida on Malta + 5 nights in a huge apartment in Marsalforn on Gozo with a view of the sea and the sunset every evening + all the transport (all the bus rides + ferry from Malta to Gozo and back + boat to Comino and back) + bottled water (the water on the islands is not drinkable) + a lot of food (we ate out at least once a day, sometimes two times with a two or three course dinner :D yeah, we went crazy) + some beers and cocktails + some souvenirs.

Malta: We only spent one whole day on Malta and we spent it in Valletta (photos 4 & 5), the capital city. It's not a huge city, but I think it's a city everybody should see at least once. What is to love about Valletta? The architecture. It has been rebuilt recently and it looks magnificent (the locals we talked to don't agree with this). You enter the city center over a huge bridge (it's not good to look down if you are scared of heights) and in front of you is a huge "corridor" with stores and restaurants on the left and the right. I don't think anything I say about it would do it justice, so I think you should just go and see it for yourself.

In the afternoon we went to Marsaxlokk (photo 8), a fishing village, located in the south-eastern part of Malta. There was a small market there and the marina was full of colourful boats with eyes on the front. Really cute and a bit scary at the same time. We went to cool down to iPlace, a restaurant where you get your own iPad with the menu and you can use it also to surf the internet and everything else you can do with an iPad.

Gozo: We went to Gozo the second day. Directly to Marsalforn (photos 25 & 26), where our apartment was located. Our huge apartment (it is probably meant for 10 people or something like that, cause it had 3 rooms) with a view of the sea. The beach was just a 2 minute walk away. When we unpacked we went for a short swim, which was interrupted by a jellyfish that burned a little Canadian girl and of course we quickly went out of the water too.

The next day we went to Ramla Beach (photo 22), an orange-sandy beach and in the afternoon to Xlendi (photos 9, 10, & 11), a really cute town with the surrounding that take your breath away. The town is surrounded with huge cliffs (yeah, they are not only in Ireland) on the right and strange yellow rocks and land on the left (kind of looks like Mars, if it was yellow). Ines thinks this is the best place on the whole island and I have to agree with her. It literally took my breath away. And all the stress. When we sat on the yellow rocks for a bit and listened to the waves ... it the most relaxing thing I can imagine.

The day after we went to Dwejra to see the Azure Window (photos 14 & 15). If Xlendi does not impress you, this certainly will. It's so huge and it makes you feel so small and weak. There were huge waves and you can understand why there are so many signs saying Don't walk pass this sign! Danger!, cause even sitting maybe 1 or 2 meters away from the edge gave me the chills.

On Monday we woke up really early, caught the bus to Mgarr (photo 18) and headed to Comino, the small island between Malta and Gozo, where the Blue Lagoon (photos 17, 19, 20 & 21) is. Even if you think you haven't seen a lot of photos of Malta or Gozo, you have definitely seen a photo of Blue Lagoon at least once in your life. Since we were early and it still wasn't the season, we were almost alone there. But just for two or three hours. At 2PM the place got soooo crowded, we decided to leave. We had some fun on the way back, because of the huge waves. Also, people on the islands, especially on Gozo, are really calm. An example: the guy driving the boat was driving it with his foot on the wheel while he was smoking a cigarette. Damn. What a life.

The last day we went to Xlendi again and since it was cloudy and it rained the night before, the sea was very rough. The waves were huge and we enjoyed the place even more than the first time. At least I did. I relaxed, listened to the sea and some music and prepared myself for the depart the next day.

On Wednesday we packed our bags, headed for the bus and the ferry, made a quick stop in Valletta again and then went to the airport (ajruport) and flew back to Treviso. :(

All in all, the trip (vacation) was great. I have never seen so many people that help tourists, if they look a little bit lost, or people that are so polite and say Hi! to you on the street, even if they haven't seen you before and probably won't ever again (well, if you are not Ines of course :D). Also, I won't forget all the yellow limestone houses with an arabic vibe. I don't think I have ever seen anything like this and I have traveled quite a lot.

Soooooooo, I know I was long, but everything above had to be said. If you are impressed by the photos or the description, book a ticket and just go there. If you don't have a lot of money, trust me, you can go there and enjoy it for half of the money we spent, cause we really ate outside and tried to spend as much money as we had. The plain tickets are really cheap if you book them ahead, and you can find cheap hostels and apartments anywhere. The food is quite the same price as it is in Slovenia, but the quality ... so much better. I ate fish or seafood every day (now you understand why we spent so much :D) and it was amazing.

Oh and if you decide to go, tell me. Even though I don't see myself going there again anytime soon (definitely will do that again sometime, but not that soon), Ines would be more than happy to be your guide on the islands for sure. ;)

Love, Kaja. ♥

           

After a week of silence, a week of packing, travelling and getting used to the fact that I am back in Slovenia now, it is finally time to post something again. I am going to wait with the "Erasmus exchange is amazing", "I already miss Sweden" and "Thank you everybody" posts just a little bit and tell you something about our (Sarah's and mine) trip to Göteborg two weeks ago (you can find a video about it in the previous post).

Why there? We decided to go there because I was leaving and I wanted to do something fun before going back home and Göteborg is not that far away (less than 3 hours with train).

How was it? It was OK. Since it is Sweden's second biggest city and I was living in the third one, my expectations were quite high. I expected it to be more fun and interesting than Malmö ("my" city, the third one). I loved all the museums and sights in Malmö, but in Göteborg there weren't so many. Or we just didn't find them. I don't know. We were a little bit disappointed, just a little bit bored and the constant snowing didn't really help. But still ... Göteborg is an interesting city, it still is a city in Sweden (which makes it great) and even though you don't get the "Swedish city" vibe, mainly because it is a harbour city and they traded for long long time with the Dutch (and other people) and consequently you can see (or feel) the influence of Dutch architecture in the city (narrow and tall buildings), it is beautiful. I guess in the summer it's even better, so I would suggest you to visit it then.

What did we do? [Day 1] We arrived around "lunch time" on Tuesday (14/01) and we just started walking around the city to see the main sights outside (Opera House, Harbour). We also stopped in the city's museum and after that in a Cafe da Mateo, which has to be famous or something, since it is mentioned in all the travel guides and is very popular on Foursquare (did I mention that this is the best app on the planet?!). After the quick break we continued with walking around the city, stopped in the biggest park and enjoyed the rose and tropical garden in the center of the Trädgådsföreningen. Can you imagine how nice it was to step into the warm glass house full of roses and other flowers while it was snowing outside? After that we did some more walking and then went to the hostel, because we were quite tired. [Day 2] The plan was to visit some churches, the university, museums, but we woke up too early and when we arrived to the city center, everything was still closed, so we had to adjust our plans. But still, we saw the Göteborg's University campus, some churches, the Museum of Art (my favorite, I'm a sucker for modern art that I don't get :D) and finished with the Aquarium and Sea Museum and a little bit of shopping in Top Shop and some other shops. Because it was cold and dark quite fast, we finished our day at around 5PM and returned to hostel for dinner and to make plans for the last day. [Day 3] We decided to visit one of the archipelago islands, which are located to the West of the city (30 minutes tram ride from the city center + boat ride). We decided to go to Styrsö, because the guy selling the boat tickets said that there will be some things open there, so we should go there instead of any other. But, in the end, everything was closed. But we didn't really mind. When we got to the island we just walked around the island and enjoyed the snow and the beautiful forest. When we got back to the port we realized that nothing was open there so we went back to the main land with the boat and spend the rest of the day in the center of Göteborg.

Walking all day around in the snow and cold is really exhausting, but still, the trip was great and I am very happy I decided to do it. And I got a chance to spend a lot of time with Sarah and talk a bunch of weird and fun stuff with her. Sarah, thanks for going with me. :)

This is it. Sadly, this is the last post describing stuff I did in Sweden. I am already situated in my little apartment in Ljubljana, enjoying the smell of a lighted candle, drinking warm tea and watching the snow outside. I am not gonna get all emotional now. Not time for that yet. But yeah, I miss Sweden. Fact.

Tokrat bom izpustila slovenščino. Preveč teksta za prevajat. Upam, da mi ne zamerite. ;)

Love, Kaja. ♥

A short video of the trip to Gothenburg.

Kratek video s potepanja po Gothenburgu.

Song: Feel the Freedom by Thirteen Days.

Ola, spet čas za pisat blog. Pred približno dvema urama so se moji starši odpravili na pot iz Malmöta proti domu. Ja, ta teden sva z Mihom imela obiske. No, najprej sva za nekaj dni ostala spet sama, saj se je Metka vrnila v Slovenijo, nato pa sta se nam v četrtek zvečer pridružila najina mama in tata. Tako da smo skupaj preživeli prelep vikend.

So, finally time to write a blog post again. Approximately 2 hours ago my parents left the apartment and headed back home. Yes, Miha and I had visitors this week. Well, first we lost Metka, because she went back to Slovenia, but on Thursday night our parents joined us. So we spend a beautiful weekend together.

Če naredim kratek povzetek celotnega tedna, bi šlo nekako tako: Faks. Izkoriščanje lepega vremena in sprehod po Malmötu. Jutranji tek v sredo. Pozen zajtrk. Cvrte bučke za kosilo. V četrtek kosilo in delanje planov z Mihom v Lundu. Najedla sva se ribje juhe nato pa si privoščila še odlično kavo. Večerni prihod staršev, ki so s seboj prinesli različne slovenske dobrote. V petek izlet v Ystad z mamo in tatom. Uživanje v sončnem Ystadu in poslušanje valov, ki udarjajo ob morsko obalo. Obilna večerja, ki jo je skuhal Miha. Žur v Lundu pri Stephanie. Mačkasto in leno sobotno jutro. Sprehod po Malmötu. Ogromen in odličen Elvis burger za kosilo, ki ga seveda ni bilo mogoče pojest celega. Obisk ogromnega nakupovalnega cetra Emporia. Uspešen obisk Sephore. Ogled rokometne tekme med ekipama iz Malmöta in Kristianstada v Malmö Areni. Še bolj lena deževna nedelja ob gledanju Gossip Girl (ja, po novem sem obsedena z GG). Odlično ribje kosilo in še bolj odličen slivov drobljenec, ki sem ga jaz pripravila.

If I make a short summary of the whole week, it goes something like this: School. Enjoying the sunny weather and taking a walk in Malmö. Morning jog on Wednesday. Late breakfast. Fried courgettes for lunch. On Thursday having lunch and making plans with Miha in Lund. We ate a delicious fish soup and after enjoyed some perfect pressured coffee. Evening arrival of our parents, who brought a bunch of Slovenian goodies with them. A trip to Ystad with mom and dad on Friday. Walking around sunny Ystad and listening to the waves. Huge dinner made by Miha. Party at Stephanie's. Lazy Saturday morning. Walk around Malmö. Huge and delicious Elvis burger for lunch, too big to ate it whole. Trip to big shopping centre Emporia. Successful shopping in Sephora. Handball match between Malmö and Kristianstad in Malmö Arena. Even more lazy Sunday with Gossip Girl (yes, I've been obsessed with GG for a week now). Delicious salmon lunch and even more delicious plum crumle for dessert, which I made.



Mislim, da to povzame čisto vse pomembne dogodke ta teden. Predvsem ogromno odlične hrane in nekaj novih posebnih doživetij. Sedaj pa novim doživetjem naproti. Najprej me čaka gora branja za faks, potem laundry, kosilo, itd. Lep teden vam želim, in upam, da bom našla čas, da se vam še kaj oglasim tekom tedna. Se trudim. ;)

I think these are all the important moments of this week. A lot of good food and some new experiences. And now I have to prepare for new experiences coming. First, I have to read a bunch of text for school, after that do laundry, make lunch, etc. I wish all of you a nice week and I hope I will find time to write some more during the week. I try my best. ;)

Hej då, Kaja. (:

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