RealClearWorld provides a link to a BBC News Magazine story about the island nation of Malta. It's a former British colony where Queen Elizabeth II lived as a young married princess in the late 1940s and early 1950s, before becoming Queen in 1952 upon the death of her father.
The BBC communicates something of the flavor of the place. Like Gibraltar, it mixes Mediterranean warmth and charm with British order.
The DrsC very much enjoyed the two visits we've made to Valletta. It's not as pretty as Corfu, but English is widely spoken and the weather's balmy.
If we decided to live somewhere in Europe, Malta would be an outstanding choice. We don't suffer overmuch from "island fever" and could afford to get away periodically, probably to Switzerland.
