{"id":10,"date":"2002-01-07T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2002-01-07T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=10"},"modified":"2005-10-07T02:14:31","modified_gmt":"2005-10-06T23:14:31","slug":"back-from-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2002\/01\/07\/back-from-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Back from Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Happy New Year and Merry Christmas to all of you reading this! I just came back from my vacations which I&#8217;ve spent on Malta (small island not far from Italy). Nice place. Lots of castles, fortified walls, musiums with knights and all that staff. Plenty of places to see.  Some pictures from the trip are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mamchenkov\/archives\/date-taken\/2002\/01\/03\/\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nUnbeleivable, but I haven&#8217;t touch a computer for 10 days. Have seen plenty of Internet caffees though. Basically, every place where you can eat or drink has a sticker with &#8220;Internet inside&#8221; and at least 1 computer. Expensive though.<br \/>\nCame back to a huge mailbox and a long todo list, so had to sort out some priorities. Found out a new policy on backup tapes and offsite storage: now everything is in a really secure place with water-, air-proof bags used for transportation. Excellent!<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Happy New Year and Merry Christmas to all of you reading this! I just came back from my vacations which I&#8217;ve spent on Malta (small island not far from Italy). Nice place. Lots of castles, fortified walls, musiums with knights and all that staff. Plenty of places to see. 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