My first days in Malta, after leaving a ship at the container port, were in the pretty nearby fishing town of Marsaxlokk. Though it was December, the weather was warm and you can see the delightful ambiance that awaited me at my, originally, unplanned Mediterranean port of call. Sometimes Fate is the very best travel agent.
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DrFumblefinger explores the architecture in “Downtown Casablanca”. Most were constructed in the period between WWI and WWII, and show art deco and art nouveau features combined with Moroccan/Moorish features.
A delicious lunch was capped by a pleasant young Berber girl pouring mint tea for us.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe
PortMoresby guides us to a community weekend market at a historic Northern California home (07/23/2014)
My discovery of the Kennet & Avon Canal was a revelation. I’d been confronted with a dilemma, the fact that
On a walk that had taken us past Assumption Cathedral, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the French Embassy, into a Muslim
Malta is less than 200 miles from the coast of Africa.
It has a winter climate that is absolutely perfect.
Its summer climate can be extremely hot.
Christmas in Malta is amazing. The locals wearing their furs and heavy coats.
And its still between 70 and 80f !
Maybe the simple truth is that the world is full of blue boats.
More blue boats…..I believe I’m seeing a trend, here, PM.
Do you dream of blue boats?
The real question is more like “why are boats painted blue in so many places?” In Venice we found that the UPS boat, which surely should have been brown, was bright blue with a UPS-brown rudder!
Beautiful spot, PortMoresby, one of our favorites. Great place for seafood too…