Donation
If you find this blog funny, clever or even useful, you can keep it alive with a small donation. Thank you!
$10.00
-
Recent Posts
-
Join 8,777 other subscribers
Category Archives: Travel
Where is Malta?
After receiving the 25th e-mail from a friend that included the question “Where is Malta, actually?”, I decided to devote a blog post to this recurring question. I cannot do so however, without voicing my despair about people’s lack of … Continue reading
You don’t like your grave? No problem, we can pick you up again.
Seen outside the cemetery in Mellieħa, Malta in December 2011: (C) for the photo: Andreas Moser
Il-Majjistral Nature Park and Anchor Bay in Malta
Last week, I spent a sunny December day on Malta‘s west coast, hiking through Il-Majjistral Nature and History Park and along Anchor Bay. I set out at Għajn Tuffieħa / Golden Bay and made my way north through this barren landscape: There is … Continue reading
Valletta at Night
I hope you have enjoyed my previous photos of Valletta. I stayed in Malta’s capital city for the evening, to take more photos of this beautiful and romantic city for you: As you see, the city seemed to be empty … Continue reading
Valletta, capital of Malta
Yesterday, I visited Valletta, Malta’s capital city. Valletta is the smallest capital city of any EU member state, measuring just 600m by 1000m and with a population of around 6,000. My arrival in Valletta coincided with a Scout music … Continue reading
Malta and Germany swap refugees
The Times of Malta reports: A group o 152 sub-saharan Africans will be leaving Malta to embark on a new life in Germany on Tuesday. All had arrived in Malta after the outbreak of the crisis in Libya. They are 43 … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Germany, Immigration Law, Malta, Travel
10 Comments
A bombastic welcome to Malta
Can this timing be coincidence? Only two days after I announced my plan to move to Malta, a car bomb detonated this morning in the town of Hamrun in otherwise very peaceful Malta. The timing of the explosion seems suspicious. … Continue reading
Leaving London, Moving to Malta
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford, said Samuel Johnson in 1777. I have been living in London for two years now and it is a … Continue reading
Don’t be afraid of the stranger!
My default attitude towards other people is trust. Unless or until I become aware of a reason to mistrust someone, I will trust anyone whom I meet. Because of this I use Couchsurfing when travelling, I host Couchsurfers, I have … Continue reading
US hikers sentenced to 8 years in Iranian prison
Two young Americans who had been arrested by an Iranian border patrol while hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan and who have been held in prison in Iran for more than two years have now been sentenced to eight years in prison for … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Politics, Travel, USA
Tagged adventure, espionage, Josh Fattal, Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, US hikers
13 Comments
The Happy Hermit 