It's Malta!

One of our favorite phrases over here is, "It's Malta!" We usually use it whenever something doesn't go our way. We have to remember Malta isn't Africa or mainland Europe, and it's certainly not America... it's Malta! This kind of cactus is everywhere. The little red ball is called a prickly pear and you can actually eat it (but not the thorns on the outside!) It's kind of like a pomegranite.
Face off! What a classic picture to show the difference between one culture and another. There is a huge class gap between the farmers and everyone else on Malta.
I wish I had more of a close-up picture, but this tree looks amazingly similar to Jesus on the cross. I don't know whether someone carved it or not, but it's still pretty cool.
This is also a very common sight in Malta. There are tiny churches everywhere. Some of them are abandoned and some of them are still in use. At orientation they told us there are 365 churches in Malta--one for every day of the year. I don't know how accurate that figure is, but I believe it.