We choose the house we are renting mainly because of the view. It is located right on the side of a valley called Wied Ghomor which reaches from San Gwann (our side) over to Sweiqi and Ibraq. Changing with the seasons Looking at the valley everyday you forget how much it changed depending on the season. But when we moved in in September the valley was brown and barren and looked like this: but now (March) it is green and…
So apparently it is officially winter in Malta. Locals have long been in coats, jeans and winter boots. I personally am still in t-shirts most days. Sunday was the equivalent of a British summers day with a high of 21 degrees… A bit of wind and on the water front and I did actually see two men with hats on! We spent this ‘winter’s’ day wandering around Birgu – one of the 3 cities. Beautiful buildings, more rock, more forts…
This is my first post and I didn’t want it to be a negative one but I’ve had such a bad morning I’m afraid it is. Traffic. Traffic. Traffic. Seriously the traffic in Malta is insane. Some days it feels like all I do is creep along in traffic moving about 1km round the island.