Heavyweight contender here. This is called a ‘Paul Gascoigne’, and the chunky Geordie legend would doubtless by proud to lend his name to an early morning feast like this one. (I can see a young Gazza getting stuck-in to one…
Author: David
The Fontanella Cafe (or ‘tea garden’ if you will) has become almost compulsory on your ‘to do’ lists of Malta. That’s assuming you’re not just visiting the country for a week of getting smashed in Paceville at night and lying…
Narrow streets Almost six months after arriving in Malta, myself and Dany finally got our respective asses in gear and went to visit what I remember some guidebook or other describing as the ‘jewel in the crown’ of Malta. Or…
Embed from Getty Images Maltese (or ‘Malti’ to be more accurate) is a language with roots in Arabic mixed with Sicilian/Italian and as such is almost completely incomprehensible to a native English speaker like myself. Just about everybody here speaks…
As a Dubliner myself, it’s only right and proper that I start here. Every day as you walk along the seafront between Sliema and St Julian’s, you will notice a gaggle of pasty-faced citizens perched on stools outside of The…
It’s a strange country. 60 seconds walk from my apartment to this… hard to complain. There, I’ve said it. A mish-mash of different cultures, lumped together on a rocky island in the middle of the Mediterranean, half-way between Europe and…