The Maltese Islands

I just landed in Paris from a long weekend in the Maltese Islands. It’s one of those obscure places that not too many people, especially in the states know about. There have been a few movies filmed there, including one of my favorites: The Count of Monte Cristo, which is where I first learned about this wonderful location. Malta is located in the Mediterranean Sea, just south of Sicily. It’s a British colonized island with many vast ocean views.

We rented a little eurocar, so I was forced to learn how to drive on the wrong side of the road. Besides going for the turn signals and just getting the windshield wipers monsoon style, attempting the psychotic round-abouts started out to be a bit hanus. Naturally we are used to looking left then right when making a turn, and it’s the opposite here so, I nearly got us ran over a number of times, but by the end of the second day I started to get the hang of this wacky business.  I felt like a little European in a roller derby. All that said, driving British style was a highlight of the trip.

(the eurocar)

The food unfortunately was mediocre. I wish I could say it was amazing, but more disappointing. We had a couple really nice restaurants with some really great food, but other than that my lime chicken fajitas were better than most of the food there. We did have a great time hanging with some great friends.

Here’s a photo story… take a peak: http://www.nickonken.com/Stories/Malta/