Monthly Archives: August 2013

 It’s only my fourth day here and either I had already slid into full vacation mode or a Maltese state of mind because I had another lazy morning. Either way, I decided I wasn’t going to rush to do anything …

I slept in a bit today finally stirring about 09:00. I brewed a cup of tea and watched the headline news on Al Jazeera English and CNN. Before I set out for the day, I visited a bit with Patrick …

I’ve only been here a day and I’m already looking to get off the not very large main island. Seems crazy, no? Seriously, there are three inhabited islands in the archipelago – Malta, Gozo, and Comino though the latter is …

To begin the tale, this is my second overseas trip this year – the first being to South Africa and Zambia and it started auspiciously when the flight from Dulles to Frankfurt left more or less on time at a …