Wake up late cause we stayed up late. Go for a swim by the place and then take a shower. After we get dressed we drive around to Valletta to walk around a little bit to see the city. Then we make our way over to the ferry to catch it back to Sliema and go to the brew for dinner and drinks; the beer is ok but they are out of the porter which is a bummer for me. They have a cover band playing live music which was pretty good. After we close out, grab a scooter and head home, stopping at La Luz cause thats what we do :)
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| Yeah Valleta is the old town on the island. Beautiful |
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| Views over to the other side of Valleta |
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| The island of many forts |
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| Looking along Valleta at the upper gardens up there |
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| View out from the lower gardens |
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| Walking through the lower gardens and see this monument and fountain |
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| Cool little statue on the side of a building |
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| The maltese 8 point is seen all over the place. Now that I know what it is, been seeing it in other countries as well |
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| Giant food hall in the heart of the old town |
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| Random colored balconies breaking up the stone monotony. :) |
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| Found one of the main squares |
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| Beautiful courtyard |
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| One of the first churches that has its door open |
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| Lovely entryway |
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| Doors and gates closed :) but looks awesome |
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| The Royal opera house site which got destroyed during the war got turned into a live arts performance area so you get some awesome old architecture and modern seating right in the old town |
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The Il-Berġa ta' Kastilja building
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| Look at the stone work all over that building |
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| View of the Moon from the upper gardens |
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| Cannons ready for use |
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| For the noon salute they fire these bad boys |
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| Looking out from the gardens on the 3 sisters |
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| View with plenty of firepower looking over the 3 sisters and the 8 point |
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| Road up to the Parliament |
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| Looking over at the bus area from the high ground |
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| Another view of the Opera house building |
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New Parliament building
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| Walking under the lights of the bridge |
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| Fortress set up with places to chill low and high |
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| Beautiful fountain for some amazing night pix |
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| This place is hilly, gotta know where youre going or your calves will be huge quickly |
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| Good for them connecting these hot points with ferries to take advantage of their water connection. |
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| Time for our reward |
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| Brews at the Brew... seems fitting |
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| Kinda a bastardization of bbq coming from texas but it gets the job done over here |
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| In the back room at La Luz |
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| Time to learn more of these commandments |
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| La Luz bar :) |
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| A better day for viewing this church |
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| Drinks with flowers at taproom... why not. |
Next day just chilled at home and did some research, worked on a few things, wrote some emails, etc. We go to play soccer again but im still hobbled so I stay in goal and take it easy (playing sweeper keeper like back when I used to play normally). Was nice taking a step back and just being there watching the ball movement and communication as it had been a long time for me to be around this and many of the players are really good. Head back to the place to shower and chill and ordered food to meet us at the house to make it easy. Next day we grab lunch and juice at eeetwell (such a great place I have no problem going back) and then I try and go swimming in a new place, there in Baluta bay. The water isnt clear at all so I get out after a few laps as half the fun is watching fish swim around. Do some yoga, shower and then we head to Valletta to meet up some other Marc friends at Taproom for some delicious drinks and amazing food while hanging out for the night. After we finish there, we make our way back to the place and turn in for the night.
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