yellow and e r red

those are the banners of bir kirkara

aha

banners

yes

because they won the football league you see

aha

yes last last saturday

last saturday

they fa- w- they won it so look at like the banners

aha okay i see o h there was a celebration yesterday in valetta

a big celebration

you know

a big celebration yes

and

cos usually it 's always between birkirkara and va let ta

yeah

yeah

aha and b -kara have won

yes birkirkara won this time

birkirkara

okay

yes

and the fact they got them on tv as well

yeah

yeah celebrating

aha

and even the headmaster of one particulary school was saying that he 's from birk irkara

yeah

he was really proud and he kept saying this and they won

aha

xx

second consecutive no it 's not consecutive it 's their second win but not consecutive cos last year sliema won

no it 's not a consecutive win no no

no it 's not cos last year look at this flag it 's all torn now

yesterday i was in valetta er in the evening

yes

with my hosts a nd er there were a lot of people from the cars you know hh with sire ns shout ing and we were no

yeah

yeah yeah yeah

we did n't know what 's what wa-

what was happening

what 's happened

why

the cause the cause

yeah

yeah

the maltese love celebrating you know

yeah

i know

whatever it is they 're got in their car scooting it 's

yeah

i 'm what we 'll try and do i will try and pass you through these are called the three villages

yes

there is lija balzan and attard they are

aha

so like there is the three cities there are the three villages

yes

the three cities are

in the southern part

in the south of malta

senglea

ah

and they are very pretty

i see

very pretty religious they are very charming and we 'll try and pass through them so you get an idea of what it 's all about

aha

okay

so this is balzan we are passing through balzan er one of the villages

okay

and we are heading towards e r the south

we are going towards mdina we are going up north now

towards

oh now it 's the north

yes yes

mdina is in

okay

oh yes north center so

but mdina is in the central part of of the island

mm yes it 's course so there there is north really i was maybe center as well yes i think

okay yes you know that er serbia won this erm what 's called erm world championship in basketball like three years ago

yes

right

a nd er there was a great celebration in belgrade

yes

aha

because we er we played with er the united states

aha

o h

and that was after the bombing you know and erm they led er the nato bombing in nineteen ninety-nine and we beat them so we were so proud

yeah oh

it was the sweetest victory and

e r the game was played like like in er four four o'clock in the morning and and half of serbia because of t- the t- t- time span in america you know

ah

in the morning

xxx

aha

it was played in the us yes

aha

aha

and it was four o'clock in the morning and half of the country watched the the match

did you watch it

o h come on

no really really t- it was like that and i watched e rm the second half okay

from five to let 's say si- six o'clock oh i don- and i do n't wake up at five

when you woke up i guess

it was six o'clock in the morning

o h

and we won and everyone went out in the street with cars with sirens out celebrating it was

o h

celebrating

crazy really like everyone

xxx

pretty much like valetta then yesterday

yes yes yes

exactly and there was one case er some guy was so so happy he jumped from the window on the street and broke both legs hh can you imagine yes

oh my god

cos they won

a h poor thing

look at this house

yeah

[S3] look

yeah

what about this house

it looks pretty

yeah

ah

it 's great

i thought it was the house of someone important you know

well it must be

it looks er an ambassador residence

i was going to tell you it looks like the ambassador 's house i went to

yes

but i do n't think it 's the same one cos i xxx from here

look this is the spanish embassy here

yes

i 'm trying to get to the village core

yes yes yes

but there are so many one-ways i 'm sort of going xxx

look there is another one-way

take your time

we are lost

take your time

yeah yeah yeah

and are you watching the eurovision tonight

tonight xxx

ye s yes

we hope the maltese win

it 's a national pastime

i know everybody watches it x you know

the only thing we somehow do well

yes

as a nation

no but this ti- but this year we are not going to do well for sure because we do n't have a good song

we are not going to do well i think

aha

x xxxxxxx

okay wha- what it 's called

three churches i think

this is this is the balzan here this is the balzan church

the balzan here this is the balzan church the the

yes

it 's quite old

and

so where is the three churches

that 's right we get to the from here

this is one of the branches that we work for xxx

xxxxxxx

yes yes i know i remember every time i

ah

i come across it

really

and this is where we were is it

yes

the xx

mhm

we are going round and round and round

in circles

so we 'll ah well yeah right

so we 'll find another

we 'll try another road

xxxxx

yes x x x x how we 'll pass

we 'll show you the president 's palace once we are here

oh

and then i will i will

great

on the way back we 'll pass through through this

we stop

you have to take a photograph

of it

it 's beautiful and it 's got xx when [S4] was

it is it 's really big

still a child we used to take to come here and walk around the gardens

aha and what 's this village called

xxxxx

is this a village or

yes it 's called attard

attard okay

now we are in attard we were in balzan now we are coming to attard

aha

this is the second village

yeah the ambassador the american ambassador lives here as in very close

this is no

look these are san anton gardens

these are the gardens of the palace

it 's pretty wealth place because otherwise that 's

ah okay

the official residence of the president

aha ah

over there

exactly

but we ca n't see much unfortunately

of your president

yes

yes yes

mhm okay and attard is also a family name

yes it 's also a family name

am i right

ye ah

that 's correct

how do you know

because i have to search for literature you know

a h all right so you have the sur names

and er

yeah

and it 's like always camileri then

camileri is xx names

er borg

borg xxx

a h borg is very very common

borg cassar caruana they are all very common

mhm

[lastname2] is quite common too that 's ours xx

if i lived here i would try to learn er maltese definitely

i would like to i mean i would like to know what people are saying to each other

yes

or

yes it 's true

your friend [firstname1] knows how to how he understand maltese

he understand

he understands maltese very well xx

not re-

i know yes cos i was telling them

really

yes cos how sweet

he do he does

yes he can understand maltese last time when i told him something in maltese and i forgot then and i was speaking to him in maltese he replied in english

ah

and i said you understand and he said yes

really

he 's been here for twelve ear- years a nd er his family and they they are i i told you already they are extending e r their erm permits

mhm

each and every year and in the beginning they thought we are staying here for lon- only one year two years and then it was each and every year the same so they really did n't know otherwise everyone would have learned er maltese

aha aha aha

because they asked er at school to you know exception from maltese er when they arrived

aha

mhm

because it was really difficult in the beginning

i can imagine

and now his mother complains

because er she would have wanted him to speak maltese as well

so now they are going to live here permanently right

if only they knew

no no they are extending their pe- permits it 's not er possible to obtain to to get er citizenship

really

i mean if you are a foreigner and e r especially for serbia it 's hh erm you have to be ma rried to a maltese to to get it i think

xxxxxxxx

he said aha because

xxxx xxxxxxx chance of the trophy

hh he just said that erm

a h

because my father is from [place1]

my team i think my team won because they are waving the flags the hibernian team flags

yes yes

cos you have cos

let me say

so must have beaten birkirkara

look happy he is he 's like a child e rm

cos he lives in pa- he used to live in [place1] when he was young

aha

and the the team of [place1] is hibs hibernians but in short it is hibs

yes

but here there is the the main football ground

mhm xxxx

she does n't know that there is that it is all the football ground

yes the football ground the maltese

but

because we have one stadium only here

yes

and it 's over here it 's very close to here

aha

before going to mdina we 'll take you to buskett now buskett is

yeah

er the grand master used er he had a as like a summer residence there you know

yes

and he built like a small forest to be able to do hunting you know

mhm

they got exotic animals from abroad

yes really

and they got wild birds and pheasants and rabbits all right

aha

and e r they used to go hunting there

yes hm

i was sleepy every time we go for a xxx

xxxxxxxxxx there are e rm chimpanzees monkeys

there used to be

not any more

i have n't seen them for some time

aha

it 's really green here

mhm

that is the mdina xxxxx

one of the rare green places

o h great it 's not very far

no

no no no

nothing is far here so

nowhere is very far around here

yeah

look at that

but this has been going on like fo r i do n't know

xxxxxx

two days three days

xxxxxx birkirkara

xxxxxx no no this is another one

and now this is another one

this is another one

a h

these are the hibs

another trophy

because now there are two there is the league

a h okay

they they play along the year

aha

like this are for example

yes

which birkirkara won

and then there is the trophy the trophy is like their fake up

yes

now they played for the semi-final today

aha

now they are for the final

okay i see

but now the final will be against floriana so it 's should be

yes

what do you think of our roads

sorry

what do you think of our roads

of your roads

xxxx

you drive on the wrong side

that 's what i know

it was funny last time every time we used to go to my car she would go to the driver 's side

yeah

yeah and she asked me [S3] do you want to want to drive

interesting

and i was like o h oh my god

i ca n't used to it

i ca n't used it

i used to love this song when i was young

now you are old

no i am older let 's put that in

okay

genie in a bottle

aha genie in a bottle

genie in a bottle

so how are you

okay all right x

are you taking rest today

yes no yes

she was so busy

she was so stressed oh my god

she had xx

yeah

she is busy in fact

i know because right now it 's a nightmare

it 's still xxxxxx

because

she 's got five assign ments

she 's got five assignments xxxx

five five assignments of one lecture and then i have another assignment of another one

take exams in a week 's time

yeah yeah

and exams

exams next week which i did n't study for yet

at the end of the week

and it 's it 's so hectic right now

yeah

they give us so much to do

yeah i i saw you in the library

and it 's

i mean

i felt so sorry

i mean erm

i 'm really sorry i was rushing but

yeah

she told me have an hour

and the professor really put you under pressure like yes

she told me have an hour

at home

re ally re ally

she told me have an hour and in that hour you have to read the whole chapter

yeah

and s- so i arranged like the phrases cos i what happened was for example i had to write in table forty-three for example and then some of the sentence continues

yeah

and i just explained the tables without saying listen this is table forty-three or this is table forty-four so obviously she got a bit worried she told me listen change them but now thank god when she saw it already she was happy so i said at least you know

at least that 's a- -nother thing done basically

i 'm glad i had my way with her really

she is very nice xxx us

yeah yeah she is definitely

but she worries a lot mind you

i came when it was very chao- chaotic

ye s yes it 's true because

the worst time

there were seven of us yes yes i can imagine

yeah

xxxx

we are already here

almost

not really no

this is this is erm

rabbat

we are going this is we are going to buskett now

rabbat

yes yes

where the cars are dizzy

i do n't mind driving

usually erm in buskett people go on picnics there

mhm

a nd erm i used to love going as soon as i was young and i 'd play twister with the children

and over here e rm a miracle happened there 's there is a sort of statue of a madonna

statue of our lady

and it wept blood recently it 's a year ago or two years ago

really

yes the blood

from the statue

yes

from the statue yes

blood came out of her eyes

really

aha

and er

did you did you see it no

yes we see it

yes it 's still there it 's still there

now it 's still there we did n't see it weeping

you saw it

it 's still there

a h you see you saw the statue

and it 's human

you s- yes can see it 's in the statue

and it 's human bloo d

because they took a sample of the blood to test it and it 's human blood

really

aha you can still go and see it

when we come back we 'll show we show the statue to her

yeah yeah

you can still see the statue i mean obviously we did n't see the tears falling

yes

but you see the statue with blood right on her face

that 's the castle over there look

not over there

mhm

can you see it

yes yes yes great and how do you explain that i mean why why did it happen

nobody knows

you do n't know

no idea

nobody knows

nobody knows nobody knows

some say that she cries because

some people believe it was a miracle some people do n't believe it was a miracle

mhm yeah yeah

some people say tha t we need to do penance we do to pray more

er how to we have to pray more so because she is sad because of sort of what 's happening in the world

she is sad because of the sins

so sort of we need to pray more and so we need to do our our part more

and recently another madonna cried in birzebugga e rm beginning of january at a erm

at a person 's house though not at a ch- in a church

look at the wind [S3] look those are windmills

yes

yes

wow

there used to drop water from the wells

mhm

er a lot happened

cos there are a lot of farms

yes

i think you can smell it

no no problem

x x x the bells x x of cattle

these are rubble walls you find these rubble walls in the countryside

mhm

that 's how the fields are defined if you do n't get

yes

fences or hedges it 's these rubble walls

yeah

they are built manually i mean stone by stone

there 's the castle over there

that 's something new to me really i mean

yeah

what rubble walls

everything

it 's different from from the northern part

yeah yes it is

that 's the entrance to the castle over there look

yes yes i see

all right xx the castle it 's a pity i mean everywhere is closed and we did n't have much time you know because there are a lot of places to see in malta

mhm

yes

and you know with [S4] studying we would n't have gone out more because we would have taken you to more places

yes

thank you no

it 's so small malta is so small

i am really glad

but there is so much to see

we have just go through

i am beginning to believe that er there is more than in vienna

more things

it it because you know compared to our size

look at xxx

yes a h this is great

what have we got here

i think there is a procession

procession

what 's that the maltese flag

what is that

did we win the eurovision

already

in our dreams

uhu

but there is the american flag as well

cas- cassette

oh i have to tell you i saw your erm yesterday i was at a jazz concert

yes

and i there was a very famous singer e rm

maltese singer

yes maltese

claudette patch

clau dette patch cos she sings yes

no no

no

some er it 's beginning with a with an h erm ha ha ha erm a blond woman

ha ha

a blond woman

with an h

she went to the eurovision er song contest

wait a minute

two years ago

ira

ira losco

ira losco

no

no a h the one that came the one before last lynn chircop xxxx

e r the the song was waves

a h

a h

something with waves

yes yes

the one whose mother just passed away

her mother just passed away

o h

she is very sweet

yes

she sang for her mother yesterday but she did n't tell

a h

a h

look at this truck

really

oh yes that 's what happened she she lost her mother last year

she is such a nice person

she is such a nice person that woman

erm what is she called

something beginning with an h i think

na- nadine nadine axisa

nadine

yes yes

look at this truck look at this truck

an american

a h

what 's this supposed to be

one there 's never sees

so it was nadine yesterday

y es yes

was she at bay street

no it was cavalier

no they had a jazz concert yesterday

at saint james cavalier

e r

was it good the concert

sorry

was it good the show

o h the best really

aha

so good there was a

they said they said it was supposed to be a very good show

a h because i read in the newspaper that she was going to

take part

aha not actually take part it was hers i i think

yeah it was hers and there were two three guys playing

cos she has a a very good band

playing yes yeah look at this forest this is amazing

so few trees in malta so far and now

i do n't know you gets of the opposite

look in the forest

yes

cos now we are building everybody builds large houses

xxxxx

yeah

once the school brought us here to clean

this is great

yeah

yes we had that child- -ish

aha

and they had to clean all these roads

and they gave us a t-shirt with clean up the words written on it

really

and it was so funny one time i was at home and i was

look at this this is great

i know i like it here is a

mhm

and you get fresh air so

so i have the opportunity to to hear your singer

from the eurovision song context though the old one but

no i was really surprised because i brought my hosts er to the concert i wanted to to give them something you know because er the lady is leaving on on monday

xxx

yes

to serbia

really

and i wanted to take them out

a h right

so i i did n't know where to go to

so where are you going to stay

sorry

where are you going to stay

no just the lady is leaving but the

aha

the father is staying the father of the family so i 'm staying with them

okay

thanks for asking anyway

i thought you did n't have any- -where to go i was so to ask you if you would like to come with us

o h thank you so much thank you so first we wanted to go to i wanted to manoel theater

yes

theater and erm er there was some play a one-man play

a one-man play

sh- shylock yes

that is very good

very good really

very good

and i was n't sure if if that 's that was the right thing to do because

yeah you did n't know what they would like it

you never know

aha aha

it 's a one one-man play and it 's not

aha and who was the actor was it [firstname3] [lastname3] xxx

i do n't know i do n't really know

yes cos i heard about him as well

but i think it is a safe choice

yeah and this concert was great and they were glad and they liked it

great

yeah

would you like to stop and have a photo yeah

yeah could be good yes

yeah

if you wish

i think the best is to stop here near the entrance of

and there is a maltese farmhouse if you wish as well

yeah

it smells

yeah

i 'm helping

xxxxxx did you want me to take it a photo

well

if if you want

we can do it me and [S4] - [S4]

all right yeah

yeah

all right but then you go and take xxx

fr- or from the car

xxx

you can take it from the car really you do n't have to go out

no i think what you need to do is to go near the gate

yes yes i will

hm

xxx

the beautiful smell

that camera hold xxxxxxxxxxxxx

xxxxxx

again what 's the name of the castle

it 's verdala

xxxx the mansions are closed

yes that 's why the

it 's verdala castle because it was it was built

ah

okay

by grand master verdala

aha

and the gardens of bus- buskett

and the xx was taken then verdala died erm of sunstroke he was out hunting and

really

xx verdala unless it it must have been either verdala or valetta one of them so when you take a photo you do n't record the smell do you

no

x x thank goodness for that

record recording your voice that there is a smell

yeah

yeah you 'll never forget

so beautiful

it is i know it is it 's either with when it 's

it 's peaceful

aha and when you have a sunset or a sunrise here it 's even better

a h

i can imagine

very sorry

mhm

does your father know that you are going to visit mdina

no not yet

but i 'm going to tell him

you take some pictures and then you go and show them to boyfriend

yes

yes

or you send them on the computer wo n't you

yes yes

yes you can through internet

if this was mdina we were talking about

ah well yes

okay so what was er your party like yesterday

it was okay i mean

it was an anniversary tenth anni versary of

yes because our bank agents xxx subsidiary

a h

it 's the substitute that that takes care of insurances

aha

and it was the tenth anniversary yesterday so they invited a lot of important people and there was plenty of food you know plenty of drink and

it was fun really because you get to meet your friends there it was quite relaxed really

yes

so it was enjoyable

it was at the xx at

portomaso you know portomaso is in saint julians

o h this hotel portomaso

yeah yeah yeah

look at the skirt xxxxxxxxxx xxxx

i was looking at this truck

yeah

xxxxxxx xx

look at the people

i really never saw anything like it it 's full of lights

i noticed that there are many tracks here in malta

yes it 's true

and erm

and jeeps

yeah jeeps i was surprised because er the roads are small and

it 's true

there is not much space

so you stayed at home yesterday

yesterday no first we went out in the afternoon first erm aha yes went out in the afternoon

mhm

cos every may

xx is going to show the weeping madonna if you wish

ah okay

every may we have a tradition to go and see the rosary at girgenti so we went to see the rosary at girgenti

yes

then we went to mcdonald 's for an ice cream

yes

and then i i continued working

xxxxx

we are not going to be late

no exactly

you want to come along with us

okay but i am wearing a sleeveless top

no it does n't matter

aha okay i see

so you are staying here

yeah

okay and we we 'll we 'll le- leave everything yeah

you can leave everything here