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Valletta, Malta
... br> Duration: 4 hours
Tour Code: vlt-001
Malta's lovely capital of Valletta was built primarily as a fortification, as you will discover firsthand by touring the city via motor coach. Once in Mosta, site of the soaring 19th century Mosta Dome church, you can admire its inlaid marble floor and the gilded, carved stone flowers set around the dome, the third largest in Europe. This tour also ...
Rabat Heritage Sites
... the Maltese platter. Odd, that was what I had originally wanted.
Each one of these Maltese platters is different - I thoroughly enjoyed this one too - artichokes, a Maltese bean dip with soda crackers, pickled onions, Maltese sausages, olives, capers, greens, Maltese bread - a lovely salad. I think I will try to make them at home. I had to get a half bottle of wine since they didn't have glasses. I had a Maltese cabernet sauvignon. ...
Temples, Tombs and Marsaxlokk
... from elsewhere - Italy or Canada (fish). I had been wondering because I have seen all the restaurant signs for local fish or seafood and fresh fish. I had prawns again today - I probably will not again here. Maybe it is because they are prawns and not shrimp but I have had a strange feeling about them - wondering how their texture got that way - maybe frozen and thawed and refrozen??
So I got a bit ahead of myself. I walked around the harbor ...
Valletta Me Outta Here
... guard. Today, they live in metal shipping containers placed to form villages, one on the site of an abandoned airport. In the mornings, enterprising members of this population line the streets in search of day labor to earn extra money. We caught a glance of these men early in the day.
Since these refugees first land here, under European Union rules called Dublin II (passed long before Malta joined the EU in 2004) since this is where they first set ...
Valletta en Mdina
... maar de internetverbinding valt voortdurend uit en de wijn is niets bijzonders.
Om 19u gaan we terug aan boord waar we genieten van een verfrissende douche en een drankje op ons terras. Om 20u vertrekt het schip. De zon is ondertussen onder en de stad is mooi verlicht. We hebben een mooi zicht vanop ons balkon.
Om 20u30 hebben we een reservatie in het Franse specialiteitenrestaurant Chez Jacques. Om te beginnen krijgen we een klein gebakje ...