My mother tells me I'm an EU citizen now...

Messages of congratulations from friends and well-wishers have been coming in by the dozens over the past day or so. This is one of the first experiences of having Malta as a full member of the European Union that will probably remain with me for years to come, especially because I was not in Malta to witness any of the accession celebrations.

I just shared this with the aboutmalta.com newsletter subscribers, but I'll be back later today or sometime tomorrow with some more thoughts about all this.