Gruesome Scenes from the Great Siege
July 11th 2015 Today's our last day in Malta. Our ever reliable relative, friend and tour guide Louis picks us up and we head towards Valletta. As ever, parking's not easy. We pull into a spot with a sign saying it‘s reserved for the head of the department responsible for the collection of parking fines. I hope he doesn't work on Saturdays.
We go into the iconic Phoenicia Hotel which Louis tells us has been h
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