Final couple days in Malta takes me over to check out the 3 Sisters on the other side of Valletta from where we stay. First check out Bugiba and then get up through kalkara and up to the northern tip of that peninsula where the Malta film studios are located and right next to fort St. Rocco which was closed. Get a bus back towards valletta and try and check out Senglea on the way back but the bus over shoots my stop so I have to get another bus back but do eventually get to check it out. Each of the 3 sisters seems to have a slightly different feel; I think Senglea was my favorite as it had all these small roads and felt more residential as the others had forts, museums, etc. All were nice though I will say. Kalkara was most spread out and exploring the coast near the studio was pretty cool cause the waves were rocking the shore. Starts raining a bit while walking around Senglea so get a bus back to Valletta to get back to Sliema on a different bus and I dont know if its rush hour or rain or what but the amount of people going to Sliema is crazy and people are just packing on the buses as they get there. Get to my stop before my ticket expires which was fortunate.
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| Made it to the 3 sisters area. This bridge connects Senglea and Birgu |
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| Beautiful harbor |
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| Pic back over looking at Birgu |
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| How can you not enjoy views like this? |
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| Looking over at Senglea |
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| Entrances to Birgu fort |
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| Beautiful church front |
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| Love the rising arches of the road below the buildings |
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These boats keep getting bigger
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| Little inlit of water |
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| Fort St. Angelo in all its massive glory |
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| Like I said, those boats just get bigger |
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| And bigger hahaha. I love those outposts from the fort |
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| Looking over at Valletta with a big boat at shore |
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| Upper gardens |
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| Entrance to the fort |
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| Bell on top of the fort |
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| Looking out over some of the fort structures |
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| Looking over at Kalkara |
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| Looking over at Valletta |
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| Just some serene Malta scenes |
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| Old brick stairwell down the wall of the island |
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| Stopping to enjoy a lovely door |
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| The lack of uniformity over here always surprises me but still is pretty |
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| And then you find amazing buildings that look like this |
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| Living that small alley life |
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| Someone is having a big anniversary party |
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| Awesome door with a free set of keys in it |
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| Gotta check out some points of interest while we walk aimlessly |
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| Sleeping beauty spinning wheel |
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| That is an intense painting to have in your bedroom hahah |
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| See that arch to the left, yeah hit my head on that cause tiny houses/spaces dont agree with me |
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| Old looking door |
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| I do really enjoy these small cobblestone alleys/roads. Quiet, relaxing, shaded usually, just a nice place to be |
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| This area just has unique and awesome doors everywhere |
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| More modern and still unique and beautiful. |
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| You tired of cute alleys and doors yet? I doubt it :) |
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| Randomly walking around and come across a scout meet up location in the fort of Birgu |
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| open doors mean come on in |
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| This guy has his party hat on for the anniversary |
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| Space between the inner and outer fort walls |
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| Heading over to Kalkara |
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| St Josephs Church over in Kalkara |
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| Rinella bay under the Fort Ricasoli |
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| Looking over at Valletta |
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| Crinkly enjoying the view |
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| Wading out into the sea |
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| One more Valletta view |
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| Waves crashing into some fort ruins |
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| Waves crashing next to the movie studio |
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| More of the abandoned area to explore |
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| The Immaculate conception Church |
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| Let the random walking continue |
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| St. Pauls Church |
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| Walking my way up Senglea |
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| The entrance to Senglea... drive or walk through. Pretty awesome |
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| Through the walking tunnel we go |
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| For being called the house of Darkness, it looks relatively bright |
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| Senglea Basilica |
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| Big church has big doors |
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| Looking over at Birgu down an alleyway |
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| Tiny peninsula also has tiny churches |
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| Ft. Angelo and the massive boats from earlier |
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| Thought this was a dead end... nope alley running perpendicular |
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| View of the fort angelo again |
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| Looking over at Valletta |
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| The wave breaks and Ft. Angelo jutting out |
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| View over of the upper gardens. |
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| Found this futbol pitch on the end of Senglea... that would be an awesome place to play |
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| The coastal forts of Birgu and Kalkara protecting the inner harbor |
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| Tip of Senglea |
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| Taking boats into their dock |
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| Those clouds coming in... not looking good |
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| Looking out to sea from Senglea |
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| Maltese star on the tip of Senglea |
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| Cool windows in a building next to the lil church we saw earlier |
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| Daytime darkness |
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| Found the local football club |
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| At the church waiting for my bus |
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| Big beautiful clouds that are dumping water everywhere |
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| More huge clouds |
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| Crafty cat interior |
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| getting our drink on |
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| Taps at the cat |
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| Moon finally coming out between rain spurts |
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| Plough and anchor |
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| Rolodex of pictures of people who have come to the bar |
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| Last beer in Malta, make it a good one :) |
Waves rocking the shore
Grab a juice and head back to the place where we then head over to Dubliner for dinner since the food was great last time I went and its semi close (rain still coming down on and off and the waves are still coming in hard). Decide to pub crawl back to the place to try and not be out in the rain for too long. First stop was Crafty cat which had an ok selection of craft beers but smelt weird so after that drink we head over to Plough and Anchor which is this hole in the wall fishermans bar near the place that just feels like only locals go there yet most of who we saw were expats. After that, we head back to the place to end the night. Next day we head to Crudo to grab a lunch and juice real quick before heading back to the place to pack, shower, work on some stuff, and chill around the house. Meet Marc in Valletta to meet some of his friends at Cafe Sotto for an awesome pizza dinner with some great people. We try and go and grab a drink on straight street (the old alley full of drink places that valletta is known for) and we all get a drink but they are shitty club drinks so we finish that one and all head out to our respective places to turn in for the night.
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