Carmelo's New Zealand adventures

After graduating as a medical doctor in Malta, Carmelo Aquilina moved to the UK where he has been practising psychiatry for a number of years. He is now spending 4 months in New Zealand and has set up this blog as a travel diary. From New Zealand Adventures:

..I walk from Britomart to Parnell through streets other than Queen Street, which is a relief as it is now as familiar to me as Brighton sea-front. With the help of my street map of Auckland I find my way to the street where Bridget lives and call her to tell her I am there. She comes out to meet me and within a minute of seeing me asks me if I am Maltese. This is amazing, most people here have barely heard of Malta let alone known I was form there. However Bridget and her husband spent 6 weeks in Malta and Gozo many years ago and she had been to visit a friend in Malta last December. Bridget showed me pictures of her time in Malta and said she liked the country but thought it had been swallowed up by buildings and it felt shabby and dusty. I know what you mean Bridget … and you are right...