Pasta e Fagioli
In less than three hours you can travel from the UK to Malta, which only has one international airport in Valetta. British Airways fly from London Gatwick and Air Malta fly from Gatwick, Heathrow and Manchester, as well as others. Among the budget airlines that fly direct to Malta are easyJet, Ryanair and Monarch. Shuttle Direct offer transfers from Malta Airport to anywhere on the island. The team at Shuttle Direct will meet you on arrival and take care of the final leg of your journey, which is only 45 minutes at most, depending on where you are based in Malta.
People arriving by ferry will usually have combined their Maltese trip with a stay in Sicily. Ferries arrive in Valetta harbour, from where a Shuttle Direct driver can be waiting for you to take you to your final destination
Introduction
This tiny archipelago is bursting at the seams with a huge variety of things to see and do. From prehistoric temples to hidden coves, and from scuba diving to fossil finding, Malta has bags of appeal.
Malta is a colourful and culturally diverse place with friendly locals who are proud of their past, but who with equal passion embrace their future.
What to Do
While there are places in Malta that exude distinct elegance and style, other areas make you feel like you have entered a time warp. Being situated in strategically important places, these islands have been much fought over and defence systems can be seen dotted all over. Mdina and Victoria are two hilltop towns that have fortress-like appearances, and watchtowers can be seen all along the coast.
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Boxes In The Spirit Of Thanksgiving
In the spirit of the season, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) turned a silly prank into a goodwill gesture for the needy. Earlier this month, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) left boxes at the door of several Democrat congressional offices on Capitol Hill. The joke was to call attention to the fact that the members of the House represent districts that likely are not favorable to the impeachment circus. The boxes could come in handy, should the vulnerable lawmakers lose their re-election bids in 2020.
At the time, a panic broke out that the boxes may contain hazardous material related to terrorism. The boxes were clearly marked with the initials ‘NRCC’ though and while the staffers in the offices were simply carrying out the established procedure to deal with suspicious packages, the response was seen as over-the-top. Naturally, this made it all the more amusing for the Republican pranksters.
Is it really that surprising? The modern party’s geographic base consists of the same states that reacted to Lincoln’s election by seceding. Old grievances die hard.
This poll is circulating today among anti-Trumpers of various stripes as evidence of how completely the cult of Trump has taken over the GOP, but there’s less to it than meets the eye. Granted, it seems deeply insane to prefer Trump to Lincoln on any metric, but polls like this one that pit current pols against historical figures usually reflect a strong bias towards the current guy. Partly that’s due to the fact that Americans are momentarily invested politically and even emotionally in the current guy’s fortunes. And partly it’s due to simple ignorance. We’ve all seen those man-on-the-street interviews with dopes who don’t know who the vice president is and can’t name a single Supreme Court justice. If you asked 1,000 Americans at random to describe who Abraham Lincoln was in a few sentences, how many would deliver a serviceable thumbnail biography and list of his achievements? A quarter, maybe? Another 50 percent would know, hopefully, that he freed the slaves although not much else. The last quarter would be in the category of having to guess which century he was president in.
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