Our address is 15 Marian Flats, Triq Depiro.  Marian is the name of the building (named after the Virgin Mary) and we are flat number 15 (the flats are numbered 8-15 so we are the last one!).   Triq means street and Depiro is the street name.  So, our building does not have a street number, but rather a name, as do many homes in Malta.  We’ve found houses that are named Sylvia and Lily, too!  The middle window in the top row is ours.

Welcome to Marian Flats!

First, you must walk up 4 flights of stairs, or 60 steps. Ready?  The building is made of limestone and the flats all have high ceilings – both are ways to keep it cool in the summer.  Incidentally, those same features keep it cool in the winter as well. 😦

You made it! Welcome to Flat 15!

When you first walk in our door and turn left, you will find yourself in our home school room/spare bedroom.  We love this room because it is spacious with lots of natural light.

If you turn right, you will see this long hallway (all the way back to our bedroom).  All the rooms are off to the right of the hall.

The first stop down the hallway is the dining room. This is also our living room/hangout room. Our flat is furnished and some of the furniture is family heirlooms – we try to be really careful!  🙂

Continuing down the hall a bit, we come to our small but functional kitchen.  The girls are making me lunch!   And yes, the kitchen is too small for the refrigerator so you’ll find it in the hall.  However, the washing machine does fit nicely in the kitchen, right behind me.

After the kitchen is the bathroom and then Lily and Sylvia’s room.  The girls wanted their bed pushed together so they could sleep next to each other like at home.

Finally at the end the hall is our room. Another nice, spacious room with good natural light.

And here, standing in our bedroom door, I can look all the way down the hall to the home school room and the front of the flat.  The doors on the left are the girls’ bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and then the dining room through the wood doorway.  See the fridge in the hallway?

Last but not least, the roof. Where we hang our clothes (always), read and eat (sometimes) and run around (whenever possible). We love the roof and are happy to only have to walk up one flight of stairs to get there.