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Jul 17, 2006

Europe » Malta July 17th 2006

Geo: 35.9375, 14.3754... read more

Europe » Malta June 7th 2006

Geo: 35.9375, 14.3754We spent a couple of days in Valetta, Malta's capital. Our hotel, although a bit in need of a refurb was ideally situated so we enjoyed great views from our room and from the restaurant where we had breakfast each morning. Looking out over the grand harbour, its was difficult to find a space that wasn't filled, the city somehow resembling a layered wedding cake, with tiers of buildings extending up every facet. We spent a day walking through the streets. There was no old town. The whole city was old - very old - extending back to the middle ages, although parts of the city had a very colonial feel, thanks to the Brits. Needless to say there was lots of reconstruction going on but we were pretty much used to that by ... read more

The Knights domain

Europe » Malta » Malta May 2nd 2006

Stone Malta

Gruxy

Day 88 April 3rd Valetta, Malta Malta was one of my 2 dream destinations, I was thrilled when HAL substituted it, along with a return for us to Athens and Kusadasi. My other desired destination being Reunion in the Indian Ocean and we were in Mayotte which is close and probably similar. We enjoyed learning more about the Knights of St-John. In Rhodes, last September we had toured their previous home, this time, we saw their great STONE fortress, churches and hospital. The St-John Co-cathedral is the most impressive catholic church I have ever visited because of the inlaid coloured marble tomb stones carpeting the whole floor of the church; then there are these 6 metre by 6 metre tapestries which are falling apart because of their great weight- just beautiful. I purchased a silver filigree ... read more

Sore Stomachs in Stunning Malta

Europe » Malta » Malta March 27th 2006

Azure Window

tardree

Matt: Since arriving in the UK, I have been surprisingly healthy. While Ed has been battling constant colds and a minor bout of pneumonia, I have mocked his weak constitution and told him that my strong European genes made me better suited to living in cold and wet places. And so it was probably karma when found myself waking up on the morning that we were due to leave for Malta with an uncomfortable feeling in the pit of my stomach. The night before I had arrived home late from work and picked up a pizza. Unfortunately our local pizzeria, although making great tasting food, doesn’t have the best hygiene standards and has left us with a queasy feeling the last couple of times we’ve eaten there. I decided to play Russian Roulette with my intestines ... read more

Malta & Gozo

Europe » Malta February 9th 2006

Malta

Leon and Nic

Malta Street Parade 09/02 Arrive Malta check into hotel which is a dive so go and get another one!! have a walk around then early night. 10/02 Planned our sightseeing for the week and walk around Sao Paulo bay nice beaches but a bit too cold to swim. Loads of people in Valletta celebrating cool atmosphere. 11/02 Went on tour to Gozo Maltas sister island. Caught ferry over and explore the Island with a guide. 12/02 Went to Valletta again and had a look at the markets then off to Marsaxslokk little fishing village had yummy seafood lunch. 13/04 Visited archaelogical and war Museums went to the Malta experience and learned loads about the history of the island. 14/04 Cruisy day lounging in the sun and walk around the city. 15/04 Boat cruise around Malta and ... read more

a VISIT to Malta

Europe » Malta » Comino August 3rd 2005

myself

VanillaSKY

out of no where i chose to spend a 2-week vacation in Malta which i had no idea how it would look like, all i knew before my visit was Malta is hot and full of sunshine , and that was enough for me. here is a peak at what comino looked like in august ... read more

Valetta

Europe » Malta May 4th 2005

Harbour

Liz78

I caught the bus into the capital - Valetta. Was pretty cool, a lot of big fortresses from the many invasions that they have been through. Valetta is based between two harbours with Forts at all the entrances. One of the best things here are Caravaggio paintings still hung in the Cathedral they were painted for in the early 1600's when he was fleeing from Rome. They look so much better here than the ones hung in galleries. ... read more

Marsaxlokk

Europe » Malta May 3rd 2005

Track over the cliffs

Liz78

Walked round St Thomas's Bay and over the cliffs and round the coast to Marsaxlokk the next town/village over. This is also just a major fishing village so I had a nice dinner of fresh fish after my 2 hour trek to get there. And before it had completely sunk in that I had to walk 2 hours to get back home again.... read more

Marsascala

Europe » Malta May 2nd 2005

Corinthia Jerma Palace

Liz78

Got up at 4.30am to get to the airport. Ended up walking to Victoria station to get the train to Gatwick as the buses only go every 30 mins and the walk took just over 20 mins. Will write more about Malta later.... read more

Malta Christmas 2004

Europe » Malta » Malta December 25th 2004

Valletta From Harbor

Kathy Bernie

YOU CAN CLICK ON A PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT. IF YOU CLICK ON THE FIRST PHOTO, YOU CAN JUST GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS IN THE ENLARGED FORMAT, PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE TEXT, AS MOST OF YOU ARE Hello Everyone, We are doing something a bit different here. We did many journals over the years that were just sent out as print copies. I am now putting them on this blog site, mostly for our records. I’ve copied the text of the journals pretty much as they were written way-back-when, in this case 2004, so most of you have already read this. The photos, however, should be much better in this format. This was written while we were living in The Netherlands. Settle back and take a walk down memory lane with us to: ... read more

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