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What’s in a Name? A Lot if it’s in Malta.
In Malta, nicknames live on, down the generations There’s not much diversity in surnames here in Malta and a mere handful go to making up most of island’s phone directory. We’re asked time and again by...
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Memories of Maltese Home Cooking
Try homemade ricotta pie instead; healthier than pastizzi perhaps. Most guidebooks talk of Maltese cuisine bearing witness to Malta’s varied cultural past and being strongly influenced by neighbours...
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Paceville’s local beach
St George's Bay: even better by night when it's ideal for chill out time. St George’s Bay, on the edge of Paceville/St Julian’s is a reasonable sweep of seafront promenade with a small sandy beach....
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Golden Bay
An August Sunday on Golden Bay - and still space at midday! Golden Bay is the most developed and popular of a trio of sandy beaches in the north west of the island (the others are Ghajn Tuffieha and...
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A Pretty Bay, Malta style
Pretty much an eyesore Bay. Nice sand, shame about the view. This is the only sandy beach in the south of the island. Like St. George’s Bay, this is an artificially sandy beach – once upon a time it...
View ArticleHolidaying in Malta with kids: visit Mdina
For me, the ideal ingredients for a good outing with under 5′s (and even older kids, come to think of it) are: space to run around not too much to see or do – avoid over-tiredness at all costs! toilets...
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The Sunday Lunch Cog
Many's the time you'll eat far better at a Maltese home... Families are big in the Med. If you live on a small island like this, you have no real excuse not to meet your parents and your siblings. And...
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Food Icons: Cockney’s
You don't go to Cockneys for silver service. You go for the view and a great plate of pasta When we tried to locate a decent picture of Cockney’s on our database, we couldn’t find one. So we settled...
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Children’s ‘parties’ where harmony reigns
Few parents in Malta relish children's parties. But smile, because these are something new We so often refer to children as the future, but actually they are very much the present too. Unless we enrich...
View ArticleNext door family for Sunday lunch!
Sunday lunch with an extended family…that’s what Next Door Family EU encourages. On the average Sunday, families across Malta cook up a regular lunch, but on 18 November, they’re being invited to add...
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