Cycle for your life
As the weather cools and autumn begins to set in finally, my thoughts turn to cycling. But when a neighbour who is a triathlete told me the other day that she won’t cycle on the roads anymore, it hit...
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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 ArticleMothers’ Day in Malta: an alternative view.
It’s Mothers’ Day. The hydrangea stalls have been busy for a week or more. They’re a tradition. The first sign (hint to husbands and offspring) that the day is near. They are not the only tradition...
View ArticleWho let the kids out?
Today was the first day of the summer holidays for Malta’s schoolchildren. They now have a full three months off. Which means parents, particularly working parents, have a full three months full on....
View ArticleMalta’s long summer holiday: Kids’ views
Malta, kids and a long hot summer. Holiday bliss or hell? As we reach the half-way mark in the school holidays, we’ve done a straw poll of some kids’ feelings about their long time off over summer....
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Beach Tennis in Malta
Beach tennis, a good fun introduction to the sport There’s a beach tennis court marked out at Golden Bay. The kids found it before we adults. We realised that something was going on as usually they...
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Tennis courses for kids the Elitennis way – a whole new ball game!
With back-to-school just around the corner, parents in Malta start thinking about signing their kids up for extra-curricula courses. The odds are that most children go to either football or ballet...
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Malta is back to school, finally!
Malta's schools start back after summer - finally! Malta is back to school. I’ve just spent three hours labeling school books, pens, bags, drink bottles and you name it, anything that can and will be...
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Schooling in Malta: any room for alternative models of education?
Education has repeatedly been a hot topic in Malta. The schooling sector has seen all sorts of church-state interplay and ruckuses from the 60s to early 90s. Now, in times of more measured reflection...
View ArticleLife at Sea at the Maritime Museum
This Sunday, 19 May, sees another “Life at Sea’ event organised by Heritage Malta at the Malta Maritime Museum in Birgu. Heritage Malta will open the doors of the Malta Maritime Museum free of charge...
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The Fortifications Interpretation Centre: a must-visit in Valletta
The Fortifications Interpretation Centre was established on the initiative of the Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs through the Directorate of Restoration. It is a public institution that aims...
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Malta with Children: Try out the Temples
Visitors during the warmer months will most probably want to spend a good amount of time on the beach especially if they have young children with them. However, away from the hours building...
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Malta’s National Aquarium: a review
A day of blustery, mixed weather in late spring, a child off school for the day and no idea what to do to kill time. How about Malta’s National Aquarium, which opened last year but which I’d not had...
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English language school’s seal of educational excellence
Learning English in Malta may seem, as we say in colloquial English, a ‘no-brainer’. Malta has all the ingredients for mixing a fun, leisure holiday with English language learning for all ages and...
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Fanfare to Football in Malta
One of my first recollections of Maltese island life over 20 years ago was of being caught up in a raucous crowd of Valletta F.C. fans. I was doing the tourist sites of the capital with a backdrop of...
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European Health Insurance Card: don’t leave home without it
We all do it – travel without health insurance! I am as guilty as the next person. We book online with credit cards for our flights and hotels, and uncheck any boxes asking us to opt in for travel and...
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Tennis in Malta gets a new academy
This spring sees the launch of a new tennis academy in Malta; a welcome addition to the Islands’ sports facilities and one that will no doubt help improve both the awareness and level of the game here....
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