Vagablond's Malta Musings

Janice Nieder posts an entry about Malta in Vagablond, a blog that discusses 'the best in stylish travel, food, wine & shopping':

Malta is certainly not the easiest spot to travel to. There are no direct flights — although breaking up the trip with an overnight each way in London was quite enjoyable. Particularly if you’re passing through on a weekend a wonderful detour is the stomach-boggling Borough Market under the London Bridge. (Sorry, but I have to interrupt myself here, in case you haven’t been to the Borough Market, you have got to go. It’s like Seattle’s Pike Place Market, married San Francisco’s Ferry Building Market. I swear it’s worth the international commute to do your weekly shopping here..

..And Malta is certainly not the prettiest island we’ve ever seen. The monochromatic landscape is crying out for some bougainvillea, tulips, daffodils…whatever-and the pale yellowy-white bleached stain of the sand-blown limestone architecture that is seen everywhere hardly provides the necessary Pantone panacea…but just wait — after a day or two, your eye and mind becomes accustomed to, even appreciates, the visual softness that provides a such a peaceful, serene feeling.

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