Country Archive
Your Passport to a New Life Overseas
Date: 06/23/2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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You need a “story” when you move to a new place. Some identity that the people you’ll meet can latch on to. A way to fit in.
That’s been my experience, both in Malta and Mexico. When I first moved from Washington, D.C., to Gozo, the smaller of the Maltese Islands, I was a curiosity. Had I tried to explain that I was moving someplace interesting, exploring the world, escaping U.S. politics, my story would, no doubt, have elicited blank stares.
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Date: 01/25/2007This year, our Quality of Life Index 2007 survey looks at 193 countries. And Malta has the best climate in the world.
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Date: 12/07/2006Valletta itself is history brought to life. Surrounding the city are ancient bastion walls of golden stone once defended by the Knights.
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