Well off to the airport we go, saying goodbye to Malta for ten days. I was lucky enough that I was getting the same flight as Niamh and her mother and Amy one of the girls from Dublin was heading home on a flight at the same time as us, so therefore I was kept right, if I was on my own who knows where I would have ended up! Malta’s airport is very small especially compared to Belfast international so there wasn’t much to do. What made it worse our flight was delayed by three hours due to the French air strike! I was very annoyed as I had a Chinese take away waiting for me when I got home so I had to wait even longer to get it!
Finally at 3.00am we arrived back in sunny Belfast, not quite it was freezing I could hardly feel my face and hands when I stepped off the plane! I was so happy to see my mum and dad and was glad to be home to see them (and my take away) and to get back into my own little bedroom which had been redecorated while I was away.
As soon as I woke up I forgot that I’d came home, looking around the room looking for my roommate. I just couldn’t wait to get up, get ready and see all my friends as we had arranged a day out for lunch and the cinema. It was great seeing familiar faces and to catch up on everything that had happened while I was away. I only realised how different the nightlife in Belfast to that in Malta when I came home and experienced it. I wasn’t used to paying £10 in a taxi then another £7 to actually get into one place! Other than that I enjoyed my night out as I seen even more of my friends and was surrounded by people that actually spoke the same language.
One thing that I couldn’t wait to do was to go to Asda (sad I know) and see good proper food that I was used to. I went with my mum so you could imagine what the trolley load was like. It seemed to be that everywhere I went when I was home I seen people that I knew so more catch ups in the frozen food isle!
Being at home seemed like such a luxury, in residence I never had my own room, I had a bunk bed, no T.V, no sofa, no kettle or toaster and the washing machines weren’t the best. So just having all these basics was brilliant. I felt like a princess getting proper meals made for me and not having to get the bus everywhere. Another weird thing was that I didn’t see cats constantly everywhere! Malta was full of them everywhere you looked there was a cat, I’m sure Niamh was glad of the cats not being everywhere as she hates them, completely terrified. Speaking of animals I was happy to be home to see my cat and dog, also I got a new dog while I was away and now finally getting to see him two months later.
As it was Easter I attended church on the Sunday to celebrate the resurrection. It was good to be back as I hadn’t attended church since I went away, and everyone was so welcoming and were glad to see me back. I noticed how different culturally Belfast was to Malta, as Malta were so holy and had so many festivals, marches and all decorations up such as the cross, while in Belfast there was nothing like this just church services and Easter eggs as usual.
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