We thought we were visiting the town of Sliema in Malta today, so why is it that we were faced with the UK high street stores of M&S, BHS and Next, to name but a few. This is not what we were expecting! We feel cheated and robbed but not for long, there is nothing like a M&S biscuit to keep you going and what’s this we see they are now selling frozen meals from back home!
The shopping area was very popular and busy, imagine your local town on a Saturday afternoon, but with sunshine! As much as we will appreciate being able to get the odd item from back home in the future it was not what we were looking for today. We wanted to feel like we were in Malta.
This was soon achieved though by just walking a few streets inwards away from the shops. Wow, what a difference a few streets make. It was so peaceful and most of the buildings were old with lots of character, it reminded us a lot of Italy, which is a place we love.
Apparently the locals regard Sliema as quite an upper class area and a nice place to live. We can certainly see that once exploring onto those backs streets. We will definatley be back and not just for the M&F food!