We booked this weekend trip ages ago, not knowing that Storm Harry would batter the islands just days before.

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.

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