EFSLI Spring School and Ta'Marija, Mosta

With colleagues from Finland and Greece at Ta'Marija

Ta'Marija's resident musicians

Last weekend I attended my first EFSLI (European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters) event - a Spring School held here in Malta where Kyra Pollitt, an extremely experienced and well-respected interpreter from the UK delivered a wealth of training relating to voiceover skills.

It was a fantastic opportunity to meet other sign language interpreters from all over Europe and to learn about how the profession is developing in different countries.

On the Saturday evening we went to Ta'Marija restaurant in Mosta (www.tamarija.com) for a sumptuous buffet of traditional Maltese fayre followed by dancing!

I'm already saving up for the next one and looking for an excuse to go back to Ta'Marija!

http://www.efsli.org/efsli/efslischools/

Rotaract 2110 Sicily e Malta Distrettuale - Domenica

President of Rotaract Palermo Cefalu and the Pane con la Milza chef from Ninu U Ballarinu's

After getting back to the hotel in the early hours of the morning we dragged ourselves down to breakfast before going for the district meeting.

Thankfully Rtr. Etienne Fenech - President of Rotaract Malta La Valette and new Sicilian Rotaractor friends Emanuele and Alessandro volunteered to interpret the proceedings into English so that I could follow the meeting.

It was quite an insight to be on the receiving end of the interpreting process for a change.

There were some interesting presentations including a project coordinated by Rotaract Palermo Cefalù called TERRARIUM PROJECT, an international project with two parts:

1. Clubs pay a fee to be involved in the project - this money goes towards a project with Amnesty International defending human rights.
   
   
2. A symbol of international cooperation and working together is created in the form of an aquarium filled with earth from around the world, this will then be exhibited in different locations. More information can be found here.

Another international project called BBT - 'Building Bridges Together' was launched but I will write more about that soon...

After the meeting we were taken for a traditional Palermo lunch - a hot spleen sandwich served with hard cheese and lemon juice and which tasted a million times better than it sounds. The chef is a bit of a local celebrity and gave us all calendars. As a result the President of Rotaract Palermo Cefalu gave the eatery a banner. More info about the local delicacy can be found here.

Pane con la Milza

Then our hosts took us to the most popular bakery for a famous 7 layer chocolate cake before we were driven back to Pozzallo for the catamaran. 

My apologies Fontanella but I think you have just lost the chocolate cake crown!

*Although you could say that this was more of a mousse than a cake...

Seven Layer Chocolate Cake