I wont ever get to Malta, too far away and I'm too old so this travelogue serves as a substitute glimpse at a fascinating country. Thanks, Ryan, for doing all the hard work. Looking forward to subsequent vlogs. Cheers.
Yes Malta being where it is was invaded over and over again and have had different rulers during different periods of history. Arabs, Ottoman, French, British...
Hello from Adelaide. My partner Hugh and I had a wonderful stay in Malta at Naxxar. Busses go to all sorts of places from there. We stayed in a studio apartment at a retirement village called Hilltop Gardens. It gave us an idea how it might be if we went there again for really old age. A nice place. It gets you away from the tourists and in touch with Maltese.
It's a pity I did not get to see much of inside Valetta on this trip. We made it there on the final evening for dinner and that's about it. We were also pretty jet lagged.... Hahaha...
Howdy mate, thanks for watching! I hope you show your mom this video! Let her tell you how much it has changed, or not. Malta has incredibly stunning churches.
Love your vlogs. Watching your presenations it's obvious you are meticulous in your local name pronunciations and you're very good at it! So please, say Mdina not Medina. Important for us. Mdina is in Malta, Medina in Arabia somewhere. Pronounced : Imdina or L-Imdina. P.S. Look at the destination banner on the Mdina bus.
Thank you for showcasing my birth country. I grew up in Malta and know the country backwards. I am guessing the treat you are eating is the famous Gaghaq Tal Ghasel (Honey Rings) They are filled with a treacle/golden syrup mixture. yumm.
Oh snap! You're Maltese! That's so cool... Funny how I've always known about Malta since I was 12 when I was in school in Singapore. Singapore and Malta were working closely together at some point because they both got their independence around the same time from UK. Both PMs visited each other frequently and for a brief moment, Singapore Airlines flew to Malta with their 747s or 707s. And now my husband is Maltese. So it was all leading up to this! Haha...
That's right... Gaghag Tal Ghasel. These delicious cakes were literally EVERYWHERE! But my fave was really the paztizzis. That's coming up in the next episode. 😆
@@ryansofly I vaguely remember the Malta-Singapore relationships but definitely recollect the Singapore Airlines 747 flights to Malta, I used to wag school to go watch them land (we lived not far from the airport). They were used primarily to bring Maltese migrants from Australia to holiday in Malta. That started my love affair with Australia and eventually migrating. Lucky you having Maltese husband, the best :)
Mr. Ryan thank you for this video. Very pleasant and informative to watch. However, as a Maltese living abroad, I have noticed that Popeye Village has become a tourist trap and it has nothing to do with Malta's, History , culture and aesthetics of the surrounding environment. So the sooner that garbage is taken down the better. In the past 40 years, the environment has gone through a lot of destruction and harm. Not to mention the congestive roads and volume of traffic. Plus I have noticed the old red British left over of letter boxes and disused Telephone booths! What an eye sore and annoying sight to remind us all of the British colonial past! Prosit, and good luck on your other destinations.
I hear you, we went to Popeye's early in the morning before the crowd arrived. As we were leaving, that one and only narrow farm road leading in only allows ONE car to pass at any time. It was tough getting out. I cannot imagine this in summer. A lot of these places I went to on this trip are only a one off, tick off the list and don't have to return. Ah yes, colonization. I too grew up in Singapore post British rule and the consensus was they let us down by failing in defending the island from a Japanese invasion during WW2. That's why post independence, Malta and Singapore were sister countries for a while. We got our independence around the same time, our PMs visited each other, And let's not forget Singapore Airlines flying to Malta with their 747s. 🙂
@@ryansofly thank you so much for the insightful reply. I remember Li Quan Yu first PM of Independent Singapore! I also remember a pristine and an idyllic country side in Malta of the 1960s too. Cheers and Good luck.
