Tuesday 31 March 2015

Relocation

Hi.... What are you doing here?

The site has moved over to www.howtomalta.com, where it looks all glossy and shiny.

Go and check it out!

Relocation, Relocation...

There are gonna be a few changes to the site, so bear with me if you notice a little disruption over the next day or so.





Friday 13 March 2015

Restaurant Review: Gandhi Tandoori (St Paul's Bay)


It's a little taste of India in the North of Malta.

Except in fact it's a pretty giant taste of India, but you will hear no complaints from me on that score.

It was low season when we visited, and so the place was sparsely populated and service accordingly prompt and courteous.

Friday 27 February 2015

San Anton Palace and Gardens

San Anton Gardens and Palace
The San Anton palace began life way back in the 1620's, when a French knight called Antoine de Paule was elected Grand Master of the Order of St John and decided to build himself a nice country retreat in Attard.  Despite being variously described as "a man of loose life and conversation" and having "bought his dignity with money" he was celebrated enough for the town of Paola to be named after him.

Saturday 21 February 2015

Caravaggio in Malta

Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio is widely respected as one of the greatest painters of all time, and by good fortune (ours) and not so good fortune (his), he ended up living and working on the island of Malta for about 3 years whilst at the height of his powers.

After a disputed tennis match in Rome, (or because he was into the other man's wife, or possibly because of an unpaid debt) Caravaggio got himself involved in street brawl and killed a gent called Tomassoni, reputed to be a pimp with powerful familial connections.  The threat of these connections inspired Caravaggio to flee Rome and he ended up in Malta in 1607.