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The Maltese Week / 16 – The Island of Gozo

Posted on July 16, 2010 by admin

I have heard for the first time about Gozo when I bought on Amazon one of the tour guides in preparation for the trip. The title was ‘Malta and Gozo’. What in the world is Gozo, I asked myself. The … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 15 – The National Museum of Archeology in Valletta

Posted on July 1, 2010 by admin

If there is time for just one museum visit in Malta or Valletta I recommend it to be in the National Museum of Archeology. (video source heartofmalta) Located on the Republic Street, the 5th Avenue of Valletta which divides the … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 14 – The National Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta

Posted on June 26, 2010 by admin

I love to visit art museums. Big ones and small ones. Famous and anonymous. In the big metropolis of the world or in remote places. Visiting an art museum (at least 0ne) is an almost mandatory part of a trip, … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 13 – St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta

Posted on June 9, 2010 by admin

St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta is not only the most visited tourist attraction on the island, but also one of the most beautiful churches and religious monuments in Europe. It is located in the center of the city of Valletta … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 12 – The Megalithic Temples

Posted on June 8, 2010 by admin

The relative isolation of Malta as an island in the center of the Mediterranean, while still accessible to navigation allowed for the early development of a civilization that built an impressive number of monuments comparable to the Stonehenge megalithic structures, … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 11 – Food

Posted on June 7, 2010 by admin

Let me start with the top. The best dinner we had during our Maltese week was in the Venus restaurant in Bugibba, the sea resort next to Qawra where we stayed, located by the St. Paul’s Bay, in the area … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 10 – Marsaxlokk

Posted on June 6, 2010 by admin

Let us start with a short lesson in Maltese pronunciation. ‘x’ is read as ‘sh’ – so the name of the fishermen village I will tell about in this episode reads approximately as ‘Marsashlock’. Marsaxlokk is the biggest and most … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 9 – Lighthouses in Malta

Posted on June 5, 2010 by admin

Whoever knows me well also knows about my passion for visiting and photographing lighthouses whenever and wherever I have the occasion. I could not miss the opportunity during my vacation in Malta, a place which I suspected may have some … Continue reading →

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Fog in New York, Sandstorm in Tel Aviv

Posted on May 28, 2010 by admin

This was one of the craziest trip that I have taken. I flew out on Sunday night to New York for the two days IESG retreat meeting and flew back home on Wednesday night. What was common to the two … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 8 – The Knights of St. John

Posted on May 22, 2010 by admin

S-a-mbracat în zale lucii cavalerii de la Malta, Papa cu-a lui trei coroane, puse una peste alta, Fulgerele adunat-au contra fulgerului care În turbarea-i furtunoasa a cuprins pamânt si mare. The Maltese Knights dressed themselves in shining armors … Such … Continue reading →

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