Malta

We went to Malta and Gozo.   It was searingly hot, the beaches were horrible, some of the food was okay, there were zillions of churches and Valetta was nice.  It's a 2 day per island sort of place, but we were there for a week.  Madeleine didn't care.  She'd only recently become brave after dropping her "everything frightens me stance", and spent her holiday jumping in the pool, taunting the suits of armour and sticking her hand in the lion's mouth.