Welcome to my Malta travel budget post. I don’t generally talk about money here. I’m British, it’s not done. Besides, the usual subject is “how to make money from travelling and/or blogging!” I don’t know that. I have a 9-5 (well, two days a week it’s 8:30-4:30 which is never confusing to my body clock … More How to go to Malta with less than £200: my Malta travel budget

I didn’t do much research before going off to Malta. It came up pretty suddenly – I only booked the flights about ten days before I went and there was quite a lot going on in early January so I didn’t do a lot of research which meant that a few things caught me by … More Things that surprised me about Malta

I didn’t know a lot about Malta before I went there. I didn’t even know what town my hostel was in – I now know it’s officially Marsa but it seems to be at the crossroads of every town I’ve ever heard of and a few I haven’t. Everyone at work knows Malta pretty well … More Valletta: a day in the fortified city

The first thing I did in Malta was go to Gozo. That’s what had been recommended to me most in the couple of weeks – well, ten days – between booking and flying, so that was my first stop. It was hot when I reached my local bus stop, which was made out of glass … More Hopping around Gozo

Airlines have reputations and in Europe, the airline with the single worst reputation is Ryanair. If you’re fortunate enough to have never encountered Ryanair, it’s a low-cost low-frills airline of the lowest kind. To quote my boss’s disgruntled mum (to be fair, she’s disgruntled about everything and that’s putting it very politely), “we didn’t even get … More I flew on Ryanair for the first time!