Blogs from Malta, Europe - page 24

Okay, I'm probably never going to do this..poor decision on my part telling everyone back home that I would. But I'll try..also, if you want to just know when I update I'm pretty sure you just subscribe to my blog and it tells you via email when I update. Anyways, I've basically been wondering around this island aimlessly and trying to get people to not hate me. It's working out pretty well. Everyone is really nice and I think there's definitely a few people here I'll get along really well with (sigh of relief..) Last Thursday was a national holiday in Malta, St. Paul's Shipwreck, and so a bunch of us got a bus to Valletta, the capital, for the festival. It was a lot of fun we had a cappuccino at a pretty cool cafe, ... read more

Malta is a stunning country and it is steeped in history. We could have easily spent our entire honeymoon here. The people are friendly, most speak English (as the British ruled these islands for a time). Every street, every building and every landscape is picturesque. You might be familiar with their very uniquely painted fishing boats. We also learned that Malta is home to a booming movie industry; Gladiator, Troy, The Count of Monte Cristo, Munich, Popeye, etc... were all filmed entirely in Malta. The architecture and settings lend themselves nicely to these epic period-piece films. Our pictures of Malta do not do it justice. The morning looked rainy as we came into port but it turned out to be a bright sunny day for about 90% of our stay in Malta. We spent the ... read more

Stayed in a lovely farmhouse apartment in Xaghra on the island of Gozo. Went to Comino Island for the day which was fabbo. Also stayed a couple of nights in Sliema, Malta (main island) which was rather blah! Thought it was touristy, like Surfers Paradise. However a couple of highlights was the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (superb prehistoric underground necropolis), and the St John's Co-Cathedral (HQ of the Knights of St John). ... read more

Hi Have just joined up with TravelBlog and hope I can get some info. Arriving in late August for a week and would love to know about the "hire car" set-up. Other areas claim that Malta is a "hell of a country to drive in" but would like to hear from people who have actually driven there. Interested in the difficulty, costs and any other issues people can think about.... read more

Maria Dolores is her name and it is the catamaran ferry that brought me from Pozzallo to Malta. It is a young and sexy ferry and goes fast. In two hours she can do the distance of approx 100 km. To catch wednesday my train to Saracusa she should do it in the promised 1,5 hours otherwise I ll have to wait a few hours on the station. Arrived at Malta 12 o clock midnight took a taxi to Sliema where hotel Fortina is. The taxi driver asked the old or the new Fortina. I told him of course the new one and I was right. However the new one , also the nightprter was very proud of the new one ,looks like 20 years old. I checked first the possibillities for the Laundry. Yes. They ... read more