Monthly Archives: April 2011

Monday This week begins on Monday, with a trip to Mosta market. Mosta is our neighbouring town and the main church boasts the third largest unsupported dome in the world, being larger than St Paul’s by 22ft, and only surpassed … Continue reading →

In the very first post to this blog, where we announced our plans to move abroad, I mentioned that I wanted to cut back seriously on the amount of time spent in front of the computer and in dabbling with … Continue reading →

A friend has asked for an update on Kingston the cat who was planned to be with us here in Malta by now. We got his rabies injections and other inoculations done, and applied for and obtained his “pet passport” … Continue reading →

Sunday A day of “holiday” for the Maltese who go out to lunch, and often have their festas on that day. Today was the Festa Fawli or strawberry festa held in Mgarr, a town whose church has a silver dome. … Continue reading →

Well, we have been here for a week now and are getting impatient to be getting on with familiarising ourselves with the island’s wonderful historical sites, but are being handicapped by having to get our infrastructure in place. Sounds very … Continue reading →

It was a strange feeling to be tidying the house prior to a trip but knowing that we were actually leaving for good. I don’t suppose that many people move house or emigrate by Ryanair! Actually it turned out to … Continue reading →