What brings people to this little rock? Our current landlady asked this question this morning at breakfast. I have been thinking about it all day as we visited the ancient walled Maltese capital of the Arabs called Mdina. 
I think a lot of people mistakenly come here for warm weather at this time of year. It isn't really warm. People go about in jackets. Now if a person from Edmonton Alberta was to land here at this time of year they would say it was warm, but the locals think it's really cold. We think it's cool. In the afternoon it gets to be shirtsleeve out but as the sun sinks it gets to be jacket weather. The history is very strong. In spite of the destruction during the war there are lots of very old buildings including one that is supposed to be the oldest man made structure on earth. You can see the work of the Arabs and the Normans. There are fabulous churches everywhere. But yes, history is the big draw.
It's cheap. Compared to other European places it is very cheap. Gozo is really cheap.
It is very restful. Sliema is trying to reverse that, but it is very restful.We came mostly for the first reason. We thought that it would be warm, but we have come to enjoy this little rock for all sorts of reasons, and we will be a bit sad tomorrow as we fly away to England.
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