Wednesday, September 9, 2009

*MALTA*

After a day at sea we docked at Valletta, Malta; a small island in the south of the Mediterranean. It was only a short day, so we went exploring on our own without a tour guide. The weather in Valletta was much hotter than Barcelona and James and I were pretty sweaty by the time we made it back to the ship.
Like I said, Malta is small. It's best known for it's knights and gardens, as well as a beautiful church with an original Michelangelo painting. James and I basically spent the morning strolling the town and then headed back to the ship. We knew we had some pretty intensive sight-seeing ahead of us, so we kept it easy.



"Probably", we're just not totally for sure. The language barrier at it's best.


The steps in the city are very short, so that the knights could climb them easily with their armor.


There are 365 Catholic churches on the tiny island of Malta. No excuses huh?


The beautiful limestone forts.

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