Everything's bigger in Texas, but what about Malta?

Hi, Y'all!

We've been on the island for 11 days already, and I must admit, that I really like it... Sometimes everything will feel normal to me, but at the moment I'm busy comparing things to Germany. But I guess, that's normal, too. 

Anyway, you might know the saying: Everything's bigger in Texas, and for Malta that works perfectly, but the other way round. It's known as a dwarf state, and you often realise that this is perfectly true. To begin with the Maltese streets which are very narrow; therefore people tend to drive small cars. With such a little banger it's a lot easier to drive around. And to be honest: Destinations are not soooo far away here, thus a huge car to cruise endless roads might seem pretty useless.

And when the streets are narrow, the sideways are too - appr. 50 cm. But at least there are sideways at all! But when there is garbage waiting to be picked up, you might have to walk in the street. And no, there are no large trash cans in the street as in Germany, only garbage bags, but at least garbage disposal comes daily - organic waste for example three times a week.

Butter packages are smaller, too. Often I see butter packed in 200 g. The local Welbee's supermarket surely can compete with German discounters sizewise, but most of the other shops are pretty small. The Starbuck's just around the corner consists mostly of a counter and is roughly 20 square meters. (But you can sit outside.) The butcher, the mini market and Tony's bakery are similar in size, but I find that very cute and charming. It's like shopping in someone's living room. And Tony's bread is superyummy. Maltese like their bread with a crust but soft and fluffy on the inside. I can live with that! And in case I need a Vollkornbrot, I can bake it myself - as simple as that.

Even drying racks are smaller here! Please compare mine to the one existing here in the apartment: 

In fact even people :-) Surely you find a lot of expats here, but the Maltese aren't that large - compared to them Alex (1,73 m) and me (1,65 m) are giants! 

But what's totally written in capital letters is religion. When I consider that in catholic Rhineland parishes have to be combined and one pastor cares for three communities, so that there is one mass per week per church. In the church just around our corner there is church service every f...ing day. Our landlords go to service every morning between 6:30 and 7:00 - exactly the time when I go sleepwalking with Heinrich... 

And besides that there are surely a few things which are far from being small and nondescript: Meal portions in restaurants 😋, the landscape and the beauty of nature! Please have yourself a look at how beautiful it is: 

On that note: Enjoy the little things in life!