Stories from travels in

Gozo

azure window

Making travel compulsory

I travel. A lot. And I love it. I like finding new places, seeing new things, meeting different people. And when I go back again

The Azure Window

Back in the days when I first started travelling, I had this urgent need to see everything. I’d visit cities having done my homework and

carnival in Malta, colourful floats, carnival floats, prinjolata

Carnival in Malta

Shrove Tuesday – the last chance for you to use up your eggs, empty your jam jars, use up the syrup and pig out before

Maltese lace bobbins

New life in old art – Maltese lace

Back home in Ireland, in Carrickmacross, they’re famous for their lace. It’s a tradition that dates back to the 1820s apparently and from what I

Fort Chambray Malta

Who’s to blame? Fort Chambray

Do I need to drag myself, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century, or can I stay in my self-enforced state of denial, at odds

Island of Gozo near Maxokk Bakery

Out of the smallest kitchens…Maxokk Bakery

It doesn’t look like much, does it? And its name, The Maxokk Bakery, apart from being unpronounceable, isn’t really an accurate description of what it