Hello!

Hi Mauro,

welcome to Malta and to the forum.

I'm not sure about online supermarkets. You have a nice regular supermarket just around the corner from St. James !

Are you working as a doc at St. James ?

Intersted in coming along to one of our Expat mneetings?

Regards
Ricky

I'm a Nurse, not a doctor!

There is actually an apparently fancy supermarket just down the street and around the corner, in the direction of the waterfront in Triq Windsor. Never seen it open though... doesn't match my shifts hehe. Is that the one you're referring to?

Yup, I'm interested on the meetings. Already gave a "maybe" for friday's outing, but bars are not my thing... wonder if you also organize other kinds of events?

Hi,

We would definitly prefer to see you at Expat meetings and not at St. James although it is a very nice hospital.

The supermarket I was meaning is up your street , turn left on High Str. past Stella Maris church and then turn left when you see the phone box ( Scott's ,only a few minutes walk from St. James).

The Expats do organize other events , especially during the summer( boat trips, bowling) but they meet mostly for drinks and nibbles at various bars/restaurants.

Ricky

Hi,

I am here for 2 weeks now, and I am living very close to the university too: between the university and the skate park in Triq Paolo Debono. The closest supermarket I could find so far is this one: http://goo.gl/h1wAo


Cheers,
Tobias

Hello,

I'm a Belgian student and I'm currently living in Malta to do an intership. I arrived on Friday. I was desperately looking for a supermarket as well yesterday, the one I found was Tower Supermarket on High Street in Sliema.

I would to get some ideas and tips so I can make the best of my time here. I woul love to meet some people.

I hope to see you around!

Nikki

Hi everyone!

Ricky the day after you posted that, I read it and went out shopping - and it was great! That one is big, has a good variety and is quite close to my home. Perfect, really... thanks a lot

Tkuhn, it's the same one as Ricky said. Yes it's very handy isn't it? hehe oh and we share the same birthday! I'm also an April's fool Welcome, neighbour!

Hi NikkiD, welcome to Malta! Yes Tower Supermarket is huuuuuge... the best one I've seen so far, and I think it really is the biggest one in Malta You have smaller ones such as Lidl and Smart, and other ones without franchise names, spread around.
However, if you have the time and enjoy it, I would advise getting to know the local commerce. Small shops, so you'd have to go in and out of a lot of them, but it's so much more fun... and after a week or two you start knowing the owners, and they start treating you in a personalized way. Vitto the Italian shopkeeper at the grocery I go to already invites me for an Italian Espresso when I'm on my way to work, at 6am We both start at the same time... hehe

As to other things to do... the island might be small in size, but it's huge in things to do. What do you like best?
As for meeting people, consider attending the expat meetings (although I haven't been to any), or checking out couchsurfing.org (is it okay to "publicize" this here?). CS has an awesome community as well and they keep very active

On a final note, I've been blowing every chance at an expat meeting (first one canceled because of the rain, then I couldn't attend, then... gah!) but I still have my eye on it. Soon, I hope...

Hugs and Kisses to you all,
Mauro Henrique