Savvy Women

It took me awhile to settle on a destination. I knew that I wanted to do something European, but I wanted warm (or at least not frigid), too. A lot of the continent will be terribly cold and snowy during the months of December and January. So my choices were considerable limited.

I thought about the following cities/countries as possibilities:
• The Greek island of Crete
• Rome or Naples, Italy
• Lisbon, Portugal
• Tirana, Albania
• Barcelona or Madrid or Seville, Spain
• Valletta, Malta

Because I’m a very visual person, I started by looking at pictures, on Google Images, of these places. Those that seemed beautiful (and all on this list were) made the cut, and then I started thinking about more practical things, like airfare costs and stuff like that. Eventually, I settled on Malta. Actually, one of the factors that caused me to choose this particular destination is that I planned a trip to Malta several years ago and then, at the last minute, had to cancel. This will be my way of getting a “do over.”

I had to look at a ton of videos about Malta before I settled on one. I wanted to find a clip that featured Valletta, the capital city, since I’ll be spending most of my stay there. While watching all those that I could find, I eventually selected one that was posted by a couple of Libyan tourists who arrived in Malta via a cruise ship, so the video opens with them at sea. It is marvelously edited and shows many wonderful views of Valletta and Mdina. We should all be thankful that these giving people made the effort to share this.