Hello everyone,
just a few greetings from the island 'Malta' where Toni and I are spending a few days to escape the German frostiness! The island presents itself as a funny and exotic mix of English shops and architecture with a lot of oriental influences! It will be really interesting to discover the food, places and sights here! Very typical for us sisters: the morning walking route. I decided to go to the right and Toni and I found ourselves on the arterial road of Malta ;). We were not THAT thrilled about the shops and sceptical people staring at us in jogging clothes. However we later on found the oldtown of Valletta and were reconciled with the island ;)!! Today we already had a funny little tour through an 'interactive' museum about the great siege of Malta of 1565. So Toni and I learned that the Maltese were a reason that the Ottoman Empire was hindered on invading Europe (see the whole article on Wikipedia here ).
A few insights from our first day: 'fig conserve' at Café Jubilee is more like fig glue paste (I have never ever experienced such gooey and gummy jam ;), Malta in February is not especially warm even if the sun is shining and when walking through the main shopping street of Valletta you sometimes have the feeling as if you are in an oriental London (with shops like Accessorize, Dune and Marks&Spencer one after another).
A very very positive surprise was our hotel Phoenicia where Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth have stayed several times (e.g. in year 1949). You enter through a large reception room and in the main hall (where we are sitting right now) you may sip a cup of tea and enjoy a scone or chocolate cake!!
Hope to be reporting many more Malta insights in the next days!
Yours, Theresa
Hello everyone,
few brief greetings from the island 'Malta' where Toni and I spend a few days to escape the cold in Germany. The island is presented as a very interesting and exotic mix of English influences, shops and architecture mixed with seemingly inappropriate Mediterranean-Oriental influences. We are looking forward to this interesting mix of food, places and sights in the next few days to explore!
was very typical, however, our morning run round. My (!) Enter the following we ran to the right and found ourselves on the city arterial road. So very excited we were not whether the skeptical-faced men and Boy, in jogging clothes as we explore along the closed shops along rest. At least then we found the old city of Valletta, and were reconciled with the island. Today we visited have a very cute exhibition on the theme of 'Great Siege of Malta' in 1565. So the Neu4bauer sisters learned today that many Maltese tough time prevented the Ottomans, on Europe by sea pounce (full article on Wikipedia here ).
Some mini-impressions: Fig Jam Café Jubilee advertised in fig tastes more like glue (I have never in my life such a strong and sticky ate jam!), Malta in February not really warm although the sun is shining and Valletta is one in the commercial streets a little like a lost in the East London before (with stores such as Accessorice, Dune and Marks & Spencer in a row lined up).
A very nice and pleasant surprise is our Phoenicia Hotel - where even Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth spent the night in 1949. You can enter it through a large lobby with a concierge, and in the large main hall to sip in huge sofas and chairs in addition to WLAN a cup of tea or enjoy a scone.
hope, now more to report from Malta!
your Thea
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