Ending My Italy Trip & Flight Experience - KM Malta Airline To Mellieha Village In Mediterranean Sea
KM Malta Flight
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Today's adventure begins. I was going to
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say bright and early, but the sun has
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not even risen yet.
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Soon as the recording of this Wednesday,
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December 3rd, 2025, it is 5:42 a.m. I've
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just ordered an Uber.
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I'll be going over to the Rome airport
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where I will be departing Italy. My
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Italy trip is coming to an end. It's
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been a lot of fun. So much fun. Seen so
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many things that I've wanted to see my
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whole life and other things. Kind of
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been a mishmash of bucket list items and
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random stuff I've stumbled upon. And now
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it's time to move on to another country.
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I'm off to Malta. The hotel I stayed in
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the last couple days was this one right
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here. You went in that big door. Very
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secure. Right now they're preparing for
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the day, doing some maintenance and
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things. I was up towards the top floor,
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but around the other side was actually
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kind of now that I'm looking at it. I
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was over off this direction over near
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where that alleyway is on a window
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facing the alley, but checking out now.
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I'm heading to Malta. Never been to
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Malta.
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That's where I'm going.
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Okay, made the 40-minute commute.
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Traffic wasn't too bad, thankfully at
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this time of the day.
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Smooth sailing.
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All right, I'm up on the board. 855
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Malta KM Malta Airlines
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check-in area C check-in desk 64
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check-in area C check-in desk 64 don't
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have a gate yet all right first step of
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checking in and getting a paper version
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of my boarding pass completed
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now this is saying go to a waiting area
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my gate will not be assigned till
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7:35. No, 7:45.
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So, an hour and 10 minutes prior to my
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plane taking off a half hour before
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boarding. They'll let me know what what
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gate to be at. But I made it through the
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security super quick. There is a
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ginormous ball of something here. It's
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called Master of Mistakes
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is the name that the artist deemed it.
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Looks like a bunch of pieces of paper.
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That's what it might be. It might
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supposed to symbolize a bunch of pieces
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of paper that are crumpled up and you
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just keep writing perhaps to be
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completely honest.
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That's the only thing I could think of.
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Yeah. Kind of reminds me of the biggest
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ball of twine, but it's a big ball of
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crumpled up paper.
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You got the Italian little pullover
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while the zip up hoodie there. You even
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got Snoopy over here with the Rome Roma.
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I got plenty of magnets that I've got on
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this trip and other souvenirs. So, I
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don't think I'm going to be buying any
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more shirts. I bought a couple shirts,
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but just show them what they have here
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in the airport. All right, I've stepped
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inside the Prima Vista Lounge.
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Pretty cool.
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I guess one of the I guess you call it a
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perk of KM Malta Airlines is you get
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lounge access. So yeah, that's pretty
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fun. There was no Delta flight to Malta
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from Rome, so I choose KM Malta.
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>> Says relax.
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Gate
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assignment soon at 7:45.
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Just make sure I relax.
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It'll say it again.
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Relax. There's an entire vault of still
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water. Sparkling water.
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Got some breads. Got some eggs. Got some
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yogurt. There's some shakuderie ham.
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Not sure what all this is, but some
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breakfast items. Some croissants, things
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like that. Very nice. Very nice. Oh,
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check out the cocoa pops over here.
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Nice.
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Cocoa pops. Looks like some frosted
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flakes, some apples.
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I'm getting myself a cafe latte here.
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Probably need to put a sugar in there.
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You got to put your own sugar in. But
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yeah, it's also I've noticed that
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they're always in regular glasses. like
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you have like a cold beverage more than
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a coffee cup more times than not. See
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stuff like that.
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Liking all the photographs here
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of Italy and Rome.
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Looks like the sun
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starting to peek up out there. A little
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glare on the window, but
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Again,
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very difficult to see it with the glare,
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but you get the idea. Now, as I'm
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looking as the at the sun starting to
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rise, take a look over here.
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It almost looks like a rocket launch of
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a cloud formation. If I was in Florida,
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I would say that would be a rocket
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launch right there, right in the center
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of the screen. But
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I doubt that's what that is here.
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Always like sunrises and sunsets when
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the sun glistens off the clouds. Always
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much better when you have a little bit
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of cloud formation above them.
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All right. Airport lounge. Prima Vista
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Airline Lounge accomplished. That was me
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right there. Except instead of having a
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martini or some sort of a cocktail and a
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piping caffeinated beverage. Served in
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basically the same type of drinking
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utensil. They serve it in a glass, not a
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coffee cup, which is interesting. All
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right, 1 minute until my gate is
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announced. So, I've also noticed they
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have this smoking area over here where
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everyone just has to go inside a little
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pod and smoke together in a very very
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enclosed plexiglass room. So, that would
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be kind of kind of an interesting
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scenario, right? Everyone just kind of
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crammed over there in the little smoking
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area. Anyway, my flight's about to be
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announced right here on this board or my
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gate number. Okay, my gate is A66.
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Just popped up. A66.
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Oh, good thing there's not a third six
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on that. That would not be that would be
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uh that would be not good. A66.
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Thankfully, not a 666 cuz that would be
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very evil. Looks like the officers here,
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the police have their own little mini
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Marge golf cart right there. That's kind
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of a neat, you know. I believe I could
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even see mine from here. So,
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mine is the odd plane out. I think
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that's Malta Air. Yeah, the red and
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white and then all the blues are Italy
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Air,
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Italia Air,
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just the one plane.
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And from what I remember correctly,
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there was only two flights going to
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Malta today. One early morning and one
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very late night. I chose the early one.
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I think the other flight was at like 8
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or 9:00 at night. Just one Malta plane
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going to Malta from Rome. When in Rome,
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go to Malta. Also, I've noticed there's
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a bunch of KFC's in Italy and in Rome.
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I've noticed KFC is almost just as
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popular internationally. Well, some
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international places, especially
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Ecuador. I went to Ecuador. KFC was
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everywhere in Ecuador. And there they
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got a spot couple spots here in Rome
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also. Yeah, KFC, not just in Kentucky.
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Walking along, they got all these Roman
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carving sculptures here. As I'm heading
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to the gate,
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all roads lead to Rome,
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so they say. Yeah, this area over here,
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the 62 to 83 section. It's massive. Look
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at this.
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Look at this old school. I don't know if
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it's old school or if it's even used
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currently, but there's another coffee
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place out here. Take a look at this
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coffee machine here.
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>> Oh, wow. Little happy days.
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Happy days here. Fonzies. Hey.
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Wonder if Henry Winkler has ever eaten
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these.
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There it is. The Malta Express.
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Direct route. No connecting flight
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straight to Malta.
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>> I don't even know how many airports are
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in Malta, but I know Malta is very, very
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small country. It's the size of a a
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small US state.
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I think you can go from one side of
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Malta to the other in like 30 miles, 40
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miles.
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Air Malta,
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their slogan says explore more
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something, but I can't tell what the
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other word says. says, "Explore more
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like Malta."
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I will. That might be my pilot right
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there.
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He's probably going to get off of this
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airplane.
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Let's hop in the cockpit of mine and fly
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the plane to Malta right there. I hope
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my pilot looks like that.
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I'm going to imagine that he does. They
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have some travel games here. Hulu. That
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looks like Uno. I think that's probably
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like a version of Nuna perhaps. They
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also have something called Dobble
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Dobble. Rubik's cubes,
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etc. They also have a game down here
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called Exploding Kittens.
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Huh.
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Some Italian newspapers here and other
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New York Times wedged in there as well.
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Picked up a pack of gum here. A little
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Italian gum. Dum. Dum. Senza Zuchiro.
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And take a look at this up here on the
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departure gate. It has what Malta looks
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like. That's what I have in store for
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the next series of days. And here is the
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information. A66 KM Malta Airlines
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KM0000613
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departing at 8:55. Boarding at 8:15,
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which is in a few minutes.
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I think it's only about an hour and a
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half flight, so not too bad.
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Hour and a half, I'll be arriving
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in the country of Malta.
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Wonder if they have a Falcon there.
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Maltese Falcon.
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Is that related to it? Maybe. Boarding
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in 1 minute. Doesn't look like it's
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going to be too packed of a flight. I
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mean, there's a lot. There's people
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here, but doesn't look like it's going
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to be an insanely
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full flight.
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It's a decent size aircraft.
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Going in.
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I'm sitting in Let's see. 3F.
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3F. 3F. Sitting in 3F.
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>> Welcome everyone. Out of the Woo here.
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I'm inviting you to join me. Let's go to
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Malta, shall we?
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malt air. Oh, explore more wonder.
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That's what it says. Explore more
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wonder.
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I will. Thank you.
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This is my seat assignment. 3F.
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The row of three seats
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for safe and comfort are requested
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overhead and use
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I'm not going to get anything to eat,
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but they do have some snacks. They have
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a dining menu. It's interesting that
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they serve food on like an hour flight,
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an hour and a half flight.
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I'm not going to get anything. I'm not
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really very hungry at the moment.
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Maybe I'll get a another beverage.
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It's also interesting. This is
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technically
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business class, but there are three
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seats on each side.
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Most US airlines, if you do business
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class, there are two seats on each side
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with a little more elbow room. This
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one's set up a little differently.
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I'm not complaining in the least bit
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because I got really lucky. There's no
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one in my route.
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Oh,
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>> it was me that chose the OJ.
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Heat
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up
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here.
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We have no
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idea.
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Heat.
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Heat. Heat.
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15 yards. Reminds me of that movie The
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Jerk. He asked how far he's going. The
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end of the P
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So I think we loaded them up to go down
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this short distance.
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All right, I'm officially in Malta.
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Never been here before. I'm pretty dang
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excited.
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I'll be here a pretty good amount of
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time, an undisclosed amount of days, but
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more than a couple.
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Get my Malta on
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Malta is exactly
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where I need to be according to this.
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Malta is exactly where you need to be.
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That's the slogan right here on the side
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of this marble wall next to the water
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fountain. That bag
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bag pickup.
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I did carry on so nothing to wait for
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for me. But yeah,
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that's it. I guess there's no passport
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check upon arrival. Kindly do not lean
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on the glass.
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What other way should you lean on the
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glass?
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Got a pharmacy. Got a epic store. Got a
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Maltic public transit place there. Got a
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WH Smith Express.
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Some Smurf balloons.
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Other assorted snacks.
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Some construction going on the other
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side of this wall.
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The old public transport line is
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lovingly referred to by the Maltese as
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Tall Linda.
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Talinga.
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A successful flight on KM Malta.
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They have KM Malta items here. You can
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get a Airbus 320. I think that's the
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what I was on
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for €25 for the small one. €55 for the
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big one. They take the same
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type of money
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as they do I just came from in Monroe. I
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think they used to be Maltese money at
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one point, but I think now they just
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take Europe.
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Travel. Travel fills your life with
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stories to tell. That is 100% true. I
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like that slogan from KM Multa Airlines.
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All right, got to get to my hotel. Oh,
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yeah. Malta merch. I always like to show
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different airport type of stuff when I
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show gift shop stuff when I'm leaving a
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place and when I arrive at a place.
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Very nice. Very nice.
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Yeah, this is going to be going to be a
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good time.
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Malta socks,
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a malta hat.
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An island of fun. Malta.
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Malta. Malta towels.
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Malta oven mitts.
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Little little Malta
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trinkets.
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Malta plushy.
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All right, I went ahead and ordered an
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Uber. There are taxis
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and other services as well. I went ahead
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and just grabbed an Uber. I think it's
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starting to rain.
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Ah, sprinkling.
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I have checked in my room and I must say
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I am very
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very surprised with how nice this room
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is
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this will where I'll be staying for a
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little while. It's got a bed, a table
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over here with a couple chairs. Got a
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nice little couch closet
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right here. Very good size room. I mean,
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this is very expansive.
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Decent size bed. Guess you could call it
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a king-size bed when in reality it's
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just two twins pushed together or maybe
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two fools
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pushed together. Nice piece of artwork
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here. My little Malta architecture the C
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out there in the distance.
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Phone by the bed. I got my charger
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converters there that I'll plug in. Got
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a nice size nice size mirror here.
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Is this a
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Oh, that's interesting. I think this is
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a haird dryer. That's haird dryer's
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nowhere near the bathroom.
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And this is the bathroom.
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Great shower.
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The waterfall style. Got the commode.
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Got the sink. Got a little flower up
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there. A little plant.
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And one place I'm going to be relaxing a
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lot at is on this massive porch. Massive
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porch. Two chairs here. Two almost like
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beachside poolside chairs. There is a
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pool on property and a hot tub
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that I'll probably be utilizing
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at some point. And a nice view
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of a portion of the town.
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Little construction crane there. But
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look at the size of this balcony.
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Let's go.
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Weather feels great. I will spend a lot
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of time just sitting right there
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or lounging or exploring.
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My first time in Malta.
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So, I looked it up and this is about
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half, maybe even less than half the size
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of Aahu in Hawaii. Some sources say it's
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five times smaller than Aahu in Hawaii.
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Some say two size, but let's just say
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more than half, less than half the size
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of Aahu, Hawaii, the entire country of
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I think I'm going to take a little
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stroll, take a little walk. I'm going to
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walk over to that church. I'm going to
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explore the town that I am currently in.
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Try to figure out a game plan out of the
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for the next series of days that I am
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here. Get some supplies that I need
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and start my Malta version of this trip.
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I went to Italy, knocked that country
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off my list, and now I'm here in Malta
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to spend some time
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next to the Mediterranean Sea. I think
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that's the Mediterranean Sea over there.
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How cool is this? Let's go. The name of
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this town, if hopefully I'm pronouncing
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it correct, is Melha. It's a village,
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the village of Melha. And the body of
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water I thought was the ocean.
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The ocean is very close, but the body of
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water I was pointing out earlier is the
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Mellyha Bay.
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Mediterranean Sea.
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Very close proximity but not in view at
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the moment. That's the Melha Sea.
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Right up here is the Our Lady Our Lady
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of Grotto Shrine. Let's see what's down
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the staircase.
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Just have a little little stroll today.
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Nothing too major.
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This cathedral here, this church,
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it's called the Sanctuary of Our Lady
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of Melha.
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It's just up the hill from the grotto
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that I was just at. And evidently, there
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is a strong tie in
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In the Bible, it is said that
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Paul wrecked a ship the shores of Malta
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and St. Luke who accompanied Paul
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was said to draw a painting
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right here on the property where this
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cathedral has now been built
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of Virgin Mary on the cave's rock face
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where the shipwreck supposedly would
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have been.
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This is just according to what I was
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reading online.
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and obviously with anything there are
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many differences of opinion on what the
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cave was originally used for. But
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this building now stands on the side. I
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wonder if the cave still exists. See if
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I could find the cave. That would be
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really cool, right?
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All right. There was a little door that
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said the Pilgrim Lodge office. So, I
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walked in and asked, and she was very
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helpful. And she said the door over here
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to the right is what I'm looking for
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where the painting is.
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Wow. Was this built on the side of the
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cave? I have so many questions.
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Look at that old inscription on the wall
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painting.
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The Virgin Mary.
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I think that's who that's supposed to
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be.
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You can definitely see the age
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on that versus everything else that's in
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Wow, that's neat, right?
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It's now a house of worship.
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Got to be quiet.
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So beautiful through here with the
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cliffs, the rock formations.
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There's even like some houses or
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apartments or something inside those
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rocks over there.
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Thanks for watching. I'll see you in the
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next video. I've arrived in Malta. The
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vlog is over.