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Heart Of Sliema

Posted by menyok on in Travel

Sliema, coming from the word Sliem,meaning `peace’, was once a fishing town on the peninsula across Grand Harbor from Valletta. The town began to develop rapidly in the early 20th century as a summer resort for wealthier Valletta residents. Their elegant villas and town houses line the quiet, inland streets.

The Sliema promontory offers on one side stunning views across to Valletta and on the other, open sea views. The promenade, which runs for several kilometers from Gzira just south of Sliema to St Julian’s, is ideal for walker and joggers. There are plenty of seats along the promenade and on summer evenings the seafront becomes a sociable meeting place for locals.
The coastline has two tower fortifications: a De Redin watch tower built in the 17th century; the other was built by the British in neo-gothic style in the 1880s. Nearby Valletta with its historic attractions and corporate importance is also very close the area is considered to be most central on the island.

Sliema, once a fishing town, began to develop in the early 20th century as small resort for wealthier Valletta residents. Their elegant villas and town houses line the quieter back streets. The sea front from Gzira to St Julian’s, which offers first stunning views across to Valletta and then open horizons, is a popular meeting place and ideal for walkers and joggers.
St Julian’s and Paceville are Malta’s main nightlife areas. Picturesque St Julian’s Bay, still used by fishermen, is lined with bougainvillea-clad cafés and restaurants.

The top places to visit in Sliema are the Mediterraneo Marine Park where you can enjoy a day swimming with dolpfhins.

Teatru Salesjan:
Now, 105 years after the official opening of the theatre is redefining its identity.

The Teatru Salesjan is now operating as a cultural hub, opening its doors to new artists who need an affordable space in which to work and enhance their work. In doing so, the theatre would re-establish itself as a ‘home’, ‘school’ and ‘playground’ for creative work to flourish and for artists and audiences to become direct protagonists of culture.

Another kids friendly plays for both parents and children is the Playzone:

-A clean, unbroken play area with happy children and friendly parents. It felt almost like a social gathering of families. Language was no barrier, many different nationalities played together happily.

The Beach:

Sliema has no sand beaches, though in Malta any stretch of waterfront that gives access to the sea is termed ‘beach’. On Tower Road, in front of the Preluna Hotel, a broad expanse of large smooth sandstone rock slabs bordering the sea becomes a summer ‘beach’ with metal handrails (set into the rocks) giving safe access for bathers. Alternative swimming and sunbathing is offered by a number of seafront lidos, both on Tower Road and on the point of the peninsula, known as Qui-Si-Sana. There are neither beaches nor lidos on the Sliema Ferries/Strand side.

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Positivity Bracelets by Alex’s Angels

Posted by menyok on in Fashion

There is a new trend that has begun. Bracelets with “Positivity” by Alex’s Angels are a thing that will have everyone talking. They are new and very unique but great to have around at the same time. These will help for those that wear them to think positive at all times.

Alex’s Angels has different varieties to choose from. Some are made with crystals, some with sets. You can get them in black, different colors or even just a tee shirt printed with “Positivity” on them.

With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, they also have Irish “Positivity” bracelets for you to choose and wear. As the old ways are, if you’re not wearing green, someone will pinch you. They can’t if you’re wearing these.

The “Black Positivity Bracelets” will match any occasion, style or just for every day. Check out the photo for a unique view of these and how they are shipped, wrapped and carefully packaged.

This is brought to you by Alex’s Angels and written by Lia Burres. The item was given to me in exchange for my honest thoughts and review. There has been no other compensation, nor is there any intended.

An Overview of the Freshwater Pearls

Posted by menyok on in Shopping

With respect to cultured freshwater pearls, nature freshwater pearls of awesome quality are very tough to get or make. It is because everything depends on nature. Therefore, it might not be that tough to realize why freshwater,despite having imperfectness, are still more pricy that the best known cultured pearls.
The procedure of making natural freshwater is completely the same as the procedure of creating seawater pearls. First of all, a foreign object gets into the oyster or the mussel. It is really a heavenly experience for the small pebble. If the oyster is unable to take it out of his system, it starts feeling irritated. To lessen the irritation, it will commence the secretion process of the mother of pearl, which is the main ingredient of any pearl.

Pearl makers or divers will make a tiny opening in the oyster shells to insert a mantle tissue of other oysters. The insertion will make the freshwater oyster commence the process of producing the mother of pearl. Pearl manufacturers can assure the result or the quality of these products by controlling other aspects such as the oyster’s health, water temperature, and so on.

Japan was the dominant country regarding the cultured pearl industry. After having success in their endeavors in working on saltwater mussel, they planned to undergo the same experiments on the freshwater mussels of Lake Biwa. Their endeavor was successful and also people were happy to find fresh colors, which they have never seen before regarding the pearls. Thereby, cultured freshwater found in Japan gained immense popularity and all the cultured freshwater were addressed as Biwas in the past no matter from wherever place they have been originally discovered. This led to the growing popularity of Freshwater Pearl Jewelry.

Sadly, pollution has caused substantial damage to pearl production in Biwa, and it was exactly this moment that a new dominant country also entered the scene, which is China. The country has ample amount of natural resources that Japan don’t have. They have ample amount of open land, unlimited lakes, and various other water bodies, and unlimited manpower who are ready to work at even below the minimum amount of wages offered. This led to the huge amount of production of pearl strands which is highly popular among people.

Though the initial experiments of China regarding cultured freshwater pearl production were quite unsuccessful and didn’t appealed to the masses, China soon became the master of the required methods to make that not only stand out the best pearl’s quality manufactured in Japan but also were sold at inexpensive prices with respect to others. Most of the inexpensive pearl rings are made of Chinese pearls that people just love to wear.