Live life with fine Spanish wines

The tourist season has started in Malta. We already have had our fair share of guests coming in from various parts of the world visiting us on this tiny but beautiful island in the middle of the Mediterranean sea.

I always take my visitors to the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta where one can take in breath-taking views of the Grand Harbour and the three cities on the other side of Valletta. Valletta has one of the biggest natural deep water harbour. From here, one can see the cruise ships stopping in Valletta for a day. The visitors from the cruise liners can reach the center of Valletta in about 10 minutes by walking uphill. It is very impressive to see some of these huge cruise ships so closed to the city.

The other day I took one of our guests to the Upper Barrakka Gardens as usual. (more…)

I have a secret. I no longer live in Spain. I moved to Malta with my family last year and I have been telecommuting from Malta since then. I used to think I was one of those who would stay long-term in Bilbao (using Ane Miren’s terminology, see her blog on 8 April) because I married a Basque guy. Things do not go as planned sometimes. When the opportunity knocked, we took it.

Malta is a small country with a population of slightly more than 400,000 people. When we first arrived in Malta in the summer of 2007, I was appalled to see young teenagers drinking alcohol in the streets of Paceville. The Paceville (pronounced as Putt-Che-Vil) area has the highest concentration of restaurants, (more…)