Most people who visit the "Three Cities" walk along the waterfronts of Birgu, Senglea and Cospicua. But if you cross Birgu and make it to the other side, you walk into a fourth, overlooked city — Kalkara.

Every time I leave Malta to go to Northern Europe during autumn I notice a difference in mood. In my home country Germany it is already cold and grey and everyone walks fast with their heads down.

Did you imagine Valletta to be a classy capital with high concentration of culture and arts? Probably you did, and so did I.