This year I have been lucky to do quite a bit of traveling thanks to the part-time work I am doing with Oxbridge, the study abroad company I have been working for for the past 8 summers. I have been visiting high schools in Europe to promote Oxbridge's programs, and the obvious bonus of this work is that I get to visit new places, many of which I might not have chosen to visit otherwise. I have gone to some great spots, but my favorite trip so far this year was Malta. I ended up there thanks to a week-long recruiting trip that started in Lisbon and then took me (and about 25 other summer program and university reps) to Porto, Rome, and finally Malta. I was really lucky to click with three lovely ladies at the beginning of the week, and the four of us spent the evenings together eating great meals and forming new friendships. Fortunately my new friend from Amsterdam was planning on taking advantage of the visit to Malta and had also booked her return trip for a few days later, so we ended up spending the weekend together on the island.
As the photos show, Malta was amazing! It had such a great mix of beautiful architecture, natural beauty, and old world charm. The highlight was when we took a ferry from Malta, the main island, to the island of Gozo and got to snorkel and swim underneath the Azure Window, a huge natural arch on the coast. Doug's dad, the arch hunter, would have loved it! A few things I'd like to remember about Malta: -The sound of the language -Great cheese -Delicious local beer - Cisk -The beautiful old doors -The old-school shops still in existence - haberdasheries! Sadly they were all closed the day we toured around because it was lunchtime -The religious icons all over the place -The candle festival in Birgu (I don't have any photos that do it justice, but it was beautiful - check out some photos from the world wide web here)
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Don Carrico
1/29/2017 04:39:48 pm
Megan, the pictures are beautiful keep'm coming.
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