Tag Archives: Malta

The Maltese Week / 17 – Mdina and Rabat

Posted on July 22, 2010 by admin

The last episode of the Maltese travel notes is dedicated to the former capital of Malta – Mdina and the adjoining village of Rabat. We visited them in our last full day on the island. Mdina was populated as early … Continue reading →

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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 / 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 / 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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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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The Maltese Week / 7 – Malta and the Movies

Posted on May 20, 2010 by admin

This episode  should have been about a place that I did not get to visit – the Mediterranean Film Studios. Resource-challenged Malta offers locations, studios, ans a special effect studios for sea scenes with two sets – one out in … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 6 – Good Friday in Mosta

Posted on May 12, 2010 by admin

In the car that took us from the airport to our hotel at the arrival in Malta we saw from the highway a huge structure that was visible from distance and dominated the landscape. Mr. David, the driver explained that … Continue reading →

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