Category Archives: Malta Expat

Daily Life as an Expat in Malta: World Oceans Day

view from Bugibba Square Malta

I used to write posts about daily life as an expat in Roatan and those continue to be some of my most popular here on the blog. Since, apparently, you guys like to peek inside at the mundane bits of expat life, let’s get this series started again! This time, I’ll let you know all about […]

Day Trip to the Island of Gozo from Malta

Island of Gozo cliffs near the old Azure Window

Did you know that Malta is an independent nation consisting of three main islands in the Mediterranean? We live on the island of Malta, which is the largest. The island of Gozo is the second-largest and less densely populated. The island of Comino is non-residential. Both Gozo and Comino are easily accessible from Malta and, […]

Volunteer for a Coastal Cleanup in Malta

Recently, I joined a diverse group of people coming together for a common cause: I was a volunteer for a coastal cleanup in Malta. A coastal cleanup is a fantastic activity to do wherever you are in the world. There were many in Roatan, but I was never able to take part because of work […]

The Annual Mdina Medieval Festival in Malta

dancing at Mdina Medieval Festival

My favorite part of moving to a new expat home is exploring and learning about my new host country. One of the first things I do is check out upcoming calendars for festivals, annual events, and anything else noteworthy so I can try to catch them all. The first one that popped up for our […]

Free Walking Tour of Valletta With Colour My Travel

Visit the Saluting Battery in Valletta for the daily 4pm cannon firing

As the exploration of my new expat home continues, I opted for a free walking tour of Valletta with Colour My Travel. Colour My Travel offers a wide variety of tours in the area, including ghost tours and full-day private tours of the island. Please note: I do not offer walking tours of Valletta! I […]

First Impressions of Malta

Amanda Walkins expat in Malta

We’ve been expats several times before, both in each other’s countries and beyond. We’ve traveled extensively between our single lives and now together. So I feel like we have a fairly decent base by which we can compare our lives as new expats in Malta with other potential expat homes. Our first impressions of Malta […]

And Then We Moved to Malta

fortified city in Malta

We bounce around a lot and, in doing so, we’ve accumulated a wide variety of moving experiences. When we moved to Malta, we were cautiously optimistic about the opportunities before us. Ireland hadn’t gone so well. We’d been out of the water and away from the sunshine for too long. But I’m incredibly happy to […]