Unhappy working vacation

Bill Fedun a self employed former military man from Ontario, Canada is in Malta for a working vacation in which he is helping to set up and repair armours for the Palace Museum armoury. Unfortunately the weather, the food and the beer have turned out to be below expectations. Unlike last year, Bill is not in a happy mood:

Oh well...we had lots of company. Lots of grumbling people at the gates of Fort St. Elmo. If any body from Malta is reading this...you lost a LOT of money today you fools! When I was there, it was lovely, sunny and nice, though of course, the streets were flooded with over 6 inches of water at times. Its not like they make provision to drain off rain water...I think I saw the year's supply of rain this morning! There is not a lot of rain here...lots of cactus though.

Yesterday dropped into the Takali airfield. It isn't an airfield any more, of course, though it saw LOTS of action in WWII. Now the local craftspeople are trying to eke a living in the old nissan huts. Seems like an idea of the 1960's, with the tie dyed shirts and embroidered jeans, but these are just plain taudry, and well past their "sell by" dates. There is a plan to change it all...probably by putting up hotels...that seems to be the usual answer to urban renewal around here.

Bill Fedun wrote this other journal last year during a two week visit to study original armours for his business. A good read with beautiful Malta photos. (Malta Journal VIA library)