Malta

2024 Grateful 17: Malta will never be the same

I first visited Malta in 2010. A new job. New people. A new chapter. I briefly contemplated moving there full time but I had done

2015 Grateful 14

Someone asked me today if I ever tired of travelling. The hassle. The queues. The lost luggage. The never-quite-knowing-how-much-a-flight-will-cost until you press the final button.

2014 Grateful 37

As I child, I gave up chocolate each Lent. I’d hoard every bar I was given as a present until Easter Sunday when I’d gorge

2013 Grateful 41

I can bitch and moan with the best of them. Depending on the day that’s in it and the mood I’m in, it’s either glass

The separation of person and passport

My greatest fear, as a traveller, was realised last week. For years, I’ve broken out in a cold sweat when hotel receptionists ask me for

Grateful 3

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

Grateful 6

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see. So said G. K. Chesterton many moons ago and although

From the inside out

For the first time in a long time I’m enjoying how I look. I still don’t have that hourglass figure I’ve craved for what seems

Ask my fan…

Move over Facebook, make room for the humble fan. ‘The fan expresses the caprices of the heart, nay even sometimes speaks’ or so claimed the

Time as a couch, not a tool

Last week, I did something I rarely do. I went to evening mass on Saturday. A middle-aged man stood by one of the confessionals, watching