{"id":10647,"date":"2025-11-09T07:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T07:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=10647"},"modified":"2025-11-02T05:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T05:27:34","slug":"10647","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=10647","title":{"rendered":"A Father-Son Adventure in Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Lucas and I stayed behind in sunny Cyprus, Michael and Henry set off on a five-day adventure to the island nation of <\/span>Malta \u2014 just the two of them, ready to explore, eat, and discover everything it had to offer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Malta is a tiny island country nestled between Sicily and North Africa. Over the centuries, it\u2019s been ruled by Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs, the Knights of St. John, the French, and the British before gaining independence in 1964. Its strategic location made it a crossroads of cultures, and today you can see traces of all those influences in its architecture, language, and cuisine. Michael and Henry made their base in Floriana,<\/strong> a small town just outside Malta\u2019s capital, Valletta. With its old stone buildings, leafy streets, and views of the harbor, it was the perfect home base for exploring the island.<\/span><\/p>\n