Inā ʻoe e aloha i ke ala o ke ola, ka mōʻaukala, a me ke aniau kupaianaha e aloha nui ʻoe i ka noho ʻana ma Malta.
Aia ma kahi o 50 mile ma ka hema o Sisilia ma ke Kaiwaenahonua, he wahi moku ʻo Malta e hōʻike ana i kahi lewa o ke Kaiwaenahonua, ke ʻano o nā pae lawelawe olakino kiʻekiʻe loa, a me kahi heluna ʻōlelo Pelekane. ʻO Malta kahi home i kahi ʻāpana o ka lele lele maikaʻi loa o ka honua a ke ulu nei ma ke ʻano he wahi hoʻomaha hoʻomaha kahi manawa pau ʻole o ka manawa ma hope o kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Hoʻohui nā manaʻo kūpaʻa kaulana ma Malta i ke kūlanakauhale awa nui a me ke kapikala o Valletta — kahi home o ka ʻenekinia kahiko, kahi ʻāina kūʻai hele wāwae e kūlia ana, ʻo ia nō nā hale ʻaina nui, a me kahi pūnaewele puni honua.
ʻO Sliema kekahi mea ʻē aʻe i aloha nui ʻia, ma luna pono o ka wai mai Valletta, kahi āu e ʻike ai i ka nui o nā koho waiwai i kūkulu hou ʻia. Ma ke kahakai ʻākau o ka mokupuni paʻa, kahakaha ʻia nā kahakai ma kahakai a puni ʻo St. Paul Bay i kahi mea kūpono no nā ex-taps me kāna hele kai.
No ka poʻe e manaʻo e neʻe aku mai ia mea āpau, hāʻawi ka mokupuni nani a maʻamau o Gozo i kahi neʻe lohi o ke ola; kahi laulā o ke kai mālie e ʻike i nā ala hele wāwae; panalāʻau, nā hiʻohiʻona Mediterranean a me nā māla o nā onaona ʻaʻala, hihiu hihiu. Eia nō hoʻi, ʻaʻole ʻo Gozo āpau i ke ʻano. No kēlā poʻe e ʻimi nei i ka launa ma waena o ka mālie a me ka hōʻoluʻolu, ʻo ke kapikala nui o ka mokupuni ʻo Victoria-kahi wahi ikaika me ka kūʻai ʻana, nā hale ʻaina, nā keʻena pōmaikaʻi, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe āu e koi ai.
Inā ʻoe he Europhile e moemoeā e pili ana i ka hoʻolilo kālā ʻana i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka moʻomeheu waiwai a me ka mōʻaukala o ka Old World, akā ʻeha hoʻi no nā lā mahana i hāpai ʻia me ke ao maikaʻi, nā lani polū, a me nā ʻaoʻao i waho o ke kai, i kēlā manawa e noʻonoʻo e haʻalele. iā Malta, kahi pae moku mokupuni nunui i ke kiko o ke Kaiwaenahonua.
ʻO 100 mau mile mai ke kapa o Sisily, ʻo Malta ka lāhui liʻiliʻi loa i ka European Union, akā hāʻawi ia i nā kānalua ma mua o ka nui o kāna nui e noi ai: nā kūlanakauhale kahiko maikaʻi loa me kēlā me kēia ʻoki hōʻoluʻolu, kahi nui o nā hana kaiapili āpau a me nā mea hoihoi. , kahi pūnaewele puni honua nui loa, a me kahi ala kūpono, hoʻomaha o ke ola. ʻO ka ʻāpana ʻoi loa ʻoiai ke ʻano o ke aniau o ka ʻāina nui ʻo ʻEulopa, ʻo ka mokupuni ka ʻōlelo Pelekane maʻamau.
Mai ka wā ma mua loa i hoʻokaʻawale ka poʻe Pelekania iā Malta ma ke ʻano he keʻena kapu hoʻomaha loa, akā e hoʻomaka wale ana nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika e ʻike i kāna mau leʻaleʻa. Inā ʻoe i lohe i kekahi o kēia mau mokupuni, malia paha kamaʻāina loa ʻoe iā Valletta, ke kapikala nui o Malta, nona ke kūlanakauhale kūloko a me nā ala pōhaku nani e hoʻokū koke ai iā ʻoe i ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāono.
Noho Kūpono Kahi Noho
Manaʻoʻiʻo paha ʻoe i ka noho ʻana ma kahi mokupuni ʻo Mediterranean i hoʻopulapula ʻia e ka lā kahi mea wale nō e hiki i nā mea waiwai ke hāpai. ʻAʻole pēlā ma Malta. Hiki i kāu mau dālā ke hele weliweli loa. Wahi a kekahi mau ex-taps e noho maʻalahi lākou ma ka liʻiliʻi o $ 2,600 - a i ʻole ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi - i kēlā me kēia mahina.
Ma Malta, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā condos lumi ʻelua i kūpono, he 10 mau minuke wale nō e hele a puni ke kai, no ka mea he $ 550 wale nō i kēlā me kēia mahina. No kahi lumi lumi ʻelua me ka moana e ʻike pono ʻia, lana ka manaʻo e lilo i $ 1,100 i kēlā me kēia hanana i kēlā me kēia mahina… kahi manaʻo weliweli ʻole e kamaʻilio ana mākou i kahi kuanaʻike ma ke Kaiwaenahonua. Hāʻule nā kumukūʻai i ka hanana āu e makemake ai e noho i uka a i ʻole ka mokupuni ʻoi loa ʻo Gozo.
ʻO nā mea kūʻai, nā ʻahaʻaina ʻana, a me nā kumukūʻai maʻamau e pili ana i ke kumukūʻai pōkole loa o ka mea āu e manaʻo ai. ʻO kahi laʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi i kahi ʻaina ahiahi kahakai delectable no ka mea heʻuʻuku e like me $ 23 no kēlā me kēia kanaka-me kahi kīʻaha waina kaiāulu. Pēlā nō, hāʻawi ʻia i ka liʻiliʻi o ka mokupuni a me ka laulā (a me ka manaʻo kūpono) o ka halihali, nā ex-taps me ka hauʻoli e noho kaʻa ʻole, e mālama ana i nā tausani o nā hoʻoili kaʻa, pale, a me nā koina kaʻa.
ʻO Bounty e mālama pono iā ʻoe
ʻOiai hōʻike nā ʻike i ka pae ʻāina ʻo Maltese ʻekolu wale nō mokupuni i noho ʻia — ʻo ka nui o ia (Malta) he 122 wale nō mile kuea - e ʻike ʻoe i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o kēia mau mokupuni i kahi kahawai o nā hana hoʻoikaika ʻole. Aia kekahi mea e hana mau nei.
ʻO ka maʻamau, hāʻawi ke kai Mediterranean i ka nui o nā ala hou, mai ka ʻauʻau ʻana i nā wai polū pōhaku makamae a hiki i ka pīpī ʻana i loko o nā puka komo, i ka holoholo ʻana, hoe ʻana a i ʻole kayak. Aia ka lani i nā mōʻaukala, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mānoanoa o nā mokupuni ma mua o nā wahi āpau o ka honua. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i loko o nā makahiki e noiʻi ana i nā Temepela Megalithic o Ggantija, nā koena Roma, nā hale aliʻi kahiko, nā pale kaua, nā māla, nā wahi hoʻomalu o ke Kaua Honua II, nā hale hoʻomana he nui loa o nā mokupuni, a hoʻomau nō i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā "mea hou".
I kēlā manawa, aia nā hoʻolauleʻa hilinaʻi ʻole a Malta. I loko o ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa, kahe ka poʻe i ke ala e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā helu leʻaleʻa o nā hoʻolauleʻa huali, nā hōʻike, nā ʻahaʻaina, a me nā ʻano leʻaleʻa like ʻole. Ma ke ʻano he lāhui Katolika, aia ka hapa nui o kēia mau hoʻolauleʻa i ka haipule, akā e ʻike nō ʻoe i ka hapa nui o nā kūlanakauhale Maltese i kahi ʻano hoʻolauleʻa kūʻēʻē o kā lākou iho (e like me ke kaona ʻo St. Julian's "Gostra," kahi o nā kamaʻāina kūloko. e hoʻāʻo e neʻe i kahi kiʻekiʻe loa o kahi lāʻau aila e kū mai ana ma kahi kani, ʻoiai e hoʻohauʻoli iā lākou.
Nui a hewahewa nā manawa kaiaulu o ka mokupuni, e laʻa me Malta Jazz Festival, ka International Fireworks Festival, a me ka Notte Bianca - kahi hoʻolauleʻa kahi e wehe ai nā kikowaena mōʻaukala a me nā wahi noho aliʻi o ka mokupuni i kā lākou mau puka komo a hoʻokipa i nā poʻe kipa e ʻike i nā hōʻike kū hoʻokahi. nā hōʻikeʻike i loko o ka pō.
ʻO kahi kaiāulu ola Lively
Ma waho aʻe o ka nui o kāu mau hana i ka manawa kūpono ʻole e haʻalele ai ʻoe i Malta, akā naʻe, ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pūnaewele ex-pat ikaika loa e ʻōlelo Pelekania nei me ʻoe e mahalo ai i kēia mau hoʻomaʻamaʻa. Ua ʻike ʻo ka Helu Kanaka Maltese 2011 ma mua o 6,000 Pelekāne ex-pats e noho ana ma Malta, ma kahi o 4,000 Australians a aneane he 2,000 mau Kanada. He pūʻulu kono, he nui nā hui ex-pats i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ma ka mokupuni, e kiʻi mau nei no nā kakahiaka espresso, nā mea inu ahiahi, a me nā meaʻai a puni ke kaona. Pēlā nō ʻoe e ʻike ai i nā hui me ka hana, no ka laʻana, he Ramblers 'Club, kekahi mau kalapu holo, nā hui holo lio, nā hui puke, a ʻo ia wale nō ka hoʻomaka.
Komo i ke koena o ʻEulopa
I ka hanana āu e makemake ai e neʻe mai ka mokupuni no kekahi manawa, ʻo ke koena o ʻEulopa kahi lele pōkole wale nō - a i ʻole ka holo ʻana o ka moku. ʻO Sisily kahi hola a me ka hapalua holo waʻa holo, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo Roma i hoʻokahi hola ma o ka ea. ʻO nā kaiāulu kūloko nui, no ka laʻana, Paris, Geneva, a me Athens ka hapa nui o kahi haʻalele ʻelua mau hola mai ke kahua mokulele honua ʻo Malta. ʻO EasyJet lāua ʻo Ryanair, ke hoʻolimalima mokulele, hoʻokele iā Malta, a hiki iā ʻoe ke huakaʻi i ka ʻāina nui no ka mea he $ 60.
