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Europe » Malta » Malta » Sliema July 7th 2010

I'm one week into my latest IFMSA exchange in Malta and am loving it! How could you not? The architecture is gorgeous, the people are incredibly laidback and I have forgotten what a cloudy day looks like! I arrived here last Thursday with my 'rich lady sun hat' (as Andrew calls it) in hand ready to start my month-long, sun-filled adventure in Malta under the pretence that this holiday is critical to my medical education :) My first impression of Malta was indicated by instantaneous back sweat as I stepped off the plane. To say it is hot here would be a gross understatement! I'm not complaining in the least though - my skin hasn't seen the sun for at least a year, and it wold probably be a safe bet that I am among the ... read more
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Fishing

Europe » Malta » Malta » Sliema June 7th 2010

Today we are going to do a bit of catching up places we have missed on previous days. We had a good day but both our cameras batteries went flat today even though they were showing full charge before we left home. Maybe got something to do with all the flash photography today. We firstly caught the bus to Mosta Dome, which has the third largest unsupported dome in the world. This local church is certainly something to see as the dome is enormous. Like the other churches we have seen, the internal decoration is rich in red and gold. The most amazing thing about this church is that it probably should have been destroyed during the war. During an air raid in 1942, a bomb pierced the dome and landed in the church below without ... read more
01 Mosta Dome
02 Mosta Dome
03 Mosta Dome

Europe » Malta » Malta » Sliema June 3rd 2010

Today we went and did some exploring around Mellieha and Sliema. This involved an awful lot of walking and we should have had the iPod with us as we could have created a world record for steps taken in one day. We started out by leaving our villa complex and walking through the Santa Maria estate down to Mellieha Bay itself. The road is quite steep and on the way we passed hundreds of villas, some of which are huge. There is certainly an awful lot of money tied up in real estate in this part of Malta. Mellieha is situated at the northern end of the island and the bay is well protected by ridges on either side of the bay. As we got to the bottom of the hill, we noticed that there were ... read more
01 On our walk to Mellieha
02 Bay through gateway
03 Prickly pear




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