Malta Journal

Journal

December 26, 2016

This is our first stop, we have arrived in Malta. When we got off the train we met a nice lady who spoke English and gave us directions to the capital, not only was she willing to do that she had also given us ideas on where to go in Malta. After that we canceled some of the stops which the lady had warned to be too crowded, we headed for Valletta, Malta's Capital, because we all know advice from the locals is the best. We didn’t mean to, but we wandered the street more than we had planned, the architectures in Valletta are really splendid, the buildings were very tall with a narrow road in the middle which we do not see often in Asia. It was a totally new experience for us.

Road On Malta

December 27, 2016

Today we went to see the temples that were built with huge stones. We learned that they were even built before pyramids existed. It was really impressive how such huge stones could be moved with the most basic tools. There was even a legend saying that these temples were built by giants.  Apparently, religion in Malta has influenced them heavily. Surprisingly, 95% of the whole nation believes that God exists. There is 3% who does not believe that God exists but still believing in living spirits. Only 2% of the population are not religious. Malta has the highest rate of people believing in god in Europe. Their religion, Roman Catholicism is the highest percent of what people believe in and the state religion. We met some more people on our way that were visiting the same site as us, and they told us all about the temples and a few legends. We also heard a story about The Act of Aristotle, the story is talking about Paul of Tarsus was shipwrecked in Malta on his way to Rome. That was the time when Christianity was brought into the country.

Ġgantija

In the afternoon we decided to explore around at their education system, after all, we’re still students and college is still ahead of us. We decided that it wouldn't hurt if we just poke around their schools and universities for a while before we head back and learn what European education is actually like. In Malta, it is actually pretty special. They could choose where they wanted to learn. Such as the state, the church, or private sector. We went to the campus of the University of Malta. It is a really beautiful university. People are learning, and it seems like they are having fun. It is a very good environment to study at!

University Of Malta