Thanks are due to Alice and Leo for their organisation of transfers, car hire and house preparation.
We were met at Malta Airport by Juan, our driver, followed closely by Leo (owner) with keys and car rental forms. Forms filled out, keys handed over and we were on our way to ferry port.
Juan the driver chatted all the way there, recommending sites to visit, things to see. Over on ferry to Gozo and just a quick trip up the hill out of harbour to the Farmhouse in Ghanjsilem.
Now the farmhouse is not like an English idea of one, it is a house on a terrace street that once had a large, now gone, market garden attached to it. So don't expect a house surrounded by fields.
Entering the farmhouse through a gate, you walk down a short corridor, to the front door, through which you enter the main living room. It's a lovely large room, stone features, very welcoming, two settees and two chairs. There's a TV on the wall with cable channels, BBC worldwide is there plus the usual selection of English language programs. There's also WiFi, key in house folder.
There's French (Maltese?) doors onto the pool area, with a table and chairs and sun loungers, and an arch into the large kitchen with an enormous table and bench seats. Two gigantic fridge freezers and a range cooker. All the kitchen gadgets are there and enough crockery and cutlery for an army!
The bedrooms are all excellent, most en-suite, four poster upstairs with mosquito nets.
Access to upstairs is via spiral staircases, you can get the the first floor by normal stone stairs, but they are open to the elements ( luckily it doesn't rain much in Malta)
The farmhouse is beautiful, very handy for amenities, there's a little supermarket five minutes walk away ( there's a Lidl on the road to Rabat for bigger shops). The village has two clubs next to the church, agility only five minutes walk. One is similar to a social club, but don't let that put you off, the food is good, the beer cheap and the locals welcoming.