Alexia and her friend were enjoying a quick swim in Marsalforn Bay, just a few years ago. It was around 2pm, on a normal summer day. The two swam out to the northern part of the bay, treading water and chatting.
It was perfectly normal till then, except that all of a sudden, all the buildings which line that side of the shore disappeared. The two friends could see only the fields that must have once covered the whole bay area. The amazed girls had enough time to look at each other and verify that they could both see the same illusion.