Another Adventure

We arrived in Malta yesterday to begin five months of living in the city of Sliema. We will be administering a Luther College study abroad program with 12 students who will arrive at the end of the month.

We have a traditional Maltese apartment that is quite livable. The neighborhood is good, with the ocean only three blocks away. This is a big tourist area, mostly for northern Europeans, so there is plenty of shopping, many excellent restaurants, and plenty of night life (which doesn't mean much to us, but that our students are sure to find when they arrive).

The University of Malta is about a half hour walk from here. It has about 11,000 students and is rather compact, with buildings much closer together than at most American universities. This historic capital city of Valletta is across the bay. We have seen it from a distance, but have not yet had the opportunity to explore it.

View of the Valletta skyline from the central campus of the University of Malta.

Before the students arrive, we'll be escaping for several days of travel around Europe on our own. Stay tuned!