No prob Sir. Marines are deployed aboard ships for 6 month tours of the Med and Pacific. MEU's they are called which I'm sure you've heard of. Malta is a favorite port of call for sailors and Marines as English is spoken here by 95% of the pop and there is usally a bar or club "every 17 steps" as one of my former Marines from Arkansas put it so eloquently. To make a long story short, I met a girl on a port visit...and 6 months later I EAS'd from the Corps on terminal leave and came back. That was 6 years ago. I spent 3 years with the girl I came here for which was surprising. Sadly it didn't last and I met a few others then I met my wife. We have a 15 month old and a 2 week old so life is good. Malta is a popular tourist spot for the Brits (Malta was formerly a Commonwealth until the mid 60's) as well as Italians. Also, since English is taught here on a wide scale so in the summer there is a booming trade in Engllish language schools as students come form all over the world. The food here is outstanding as there are many traditional Maltese dishes as well as a big Sicilian and southern Italian influence. Lots of pastas, seafood and pies and many different kinds of homemade fresh breads as each neaighborhood still has a local bakery nearby as well as a local butcher and fish monger. The climate is subtropical (almost like Fla) and the summers here are wonderful. The women are especially nice if you like dark hair and olive skin. Overall, I can't complain. I picked a good spot
As for photos, I'll see what I can dig up after work.