It’s funny how your memory plays tricks on you. When I first visited Valletta, capital of Malta, in 1987, it was majestic and exotic in equal measures, or so I remembered. This time, not helped by the weather I guess, it just seemed like any other southern European city... [see more]
After tourism, the two biggest things in Malta are God and Fishing. Malta is coming down with churches. And when I say “churches”, I don’t mean those quaint things in your village, I mean bloody huge feats of architecture... [see more]
There’s a lot to see in Gozo. A day in Gozo is not enough. We ran out of time, and spent much of the visit rushing from one place to another, starting in Victoria/Rabat, the main town. In Victoria, there is a pretty impressive castle-like collection of walled buildings called the Citadel... [see more]