[ApplegateRanch]

In 1967, while my father was working in Libya, (still a kingdom for another few months) he had my mother sell our their mobile home, and move to Malta to be near him.

Being an under-employed, living at home community college student, I was was welcome to join her IF (HA!) I could pay my own way.

Needless to say, I had to just find an apartment instead.

To this day, Malta is a sore subject; it hurts when gravy trains derail!

Lots of pictures, books, souvenirs and even a Maltese cookbook; but, alas! They are all second hand memories.

[SunkenCiv]

My condolences. ;’)

It’s not as cheap to live there as it used to be in, say, the 1990s. Now, lots of newer construction, condos, that kind of thing, along with modernized older buildings. When I used to check into it once in a while, airfare was prohibitively expensive (that was through Hamburg). It probably makes more sense to visit Italy, budgeting a lot of time for that of course, and take a ferry over to Malta.

[SunkenCiv]

Of course, some parents will stop at nothing to get their kid to finally move out. ;’)