Craziness

Escaping the Berlin winter, Dan-m came to Malta this month and wrote a travel report for his Bad Scene blog:

Certainly Malta is incredibly religious, and by that I mean Catholic -- there are tons and tons of churches everywhere, 18 in Valletta alone! Divorce is illegal and everything, it's kind of frightening, but you don't get that vibe from the people, just the tour books. The people are very Mediterranean-seeming -- laid-back, shouty, enjoy their food, etc. Because of the churches, shoutiness and proximity to the sometimes-stinky Mediterranean Sea, Valletta bears the nickname "City of Smells, Yells and Bells". The first night I was here I couldn't sleep because of the traffic, and about 1am I heard a bell ringing in the distance. Craziness.