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Valletta
... then showed us, with a great deal of pride, his Malta.
In many areas it reminded us of the marina district of San Francisco or the bays in Sydney harbor. There are yachts and yachts and yachts, great homes and expensive cars just like Monaco and the French Riveria.
Thanks, Maurice, it was a very special day …. ‘we owe you’.
Aside – Maurice is ...
Gotta go to Gozo!
... yellow is the overwhelming colour of Gozo and the buildings themselves blend in beautifully and seem almost to spring from the desert colours.
Each apartment block is clearly defined by its decoration, tones or balcony style and is basically just one apartment wide and 3 or 4 up. So one dwelling goes all the way from front to back of the building making them very spacious inside but cool because only front and back have a patio door leading to the balcony.
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Hypogeum, Hagar Qin Megalithic Temple, Catacombs
... huge blocks of coralline limestone. Perhaps originally a sanctuary, it became a necropolis in prehistoric times. There were about 7,000 bodies buried here starting in 4,000 BC. So it pre-dates the entire Egyptian civilization as well as the one over in Knossos on Crete that was destroyed when Santorini erupted ~3,000 BC.
We also went to one of the Megalithic Temples of Malta. Seven megalithic temples are found on the islands of Malta and Gozo, ...
Valletta, Gozo and other cities
... strip. We went into St John’s Church, oh my god it was incredible, very gold, very ornate baroque style church which was amazing, lots of gold carvings with incredible detail. We had some lunch - pastizzis again as they are so cheap and so good - yum! Troy went to the Archeological museum and I went shopping for some decent clothes for Italy. I found some black pants to go with my nice top and I am set. I also bought a small oil ...
Merry Christmas
... msza o polnocy i impreza. Takze, jest 3:30 nad ranem, a ja dopiero usiadlam. Zaraz ide spac... Jutro noc formalna, bede zajeta caly dzien. I dobrze, przynajmniej nie bede miec czasu, zeby myslec... ENGLISH: My dears, I wanted to wish you all Merry and Snowy Christmas, spent with your families and friends. And a Very Happy New Year of 2009! I hope it will bring you only the positive sides... I`ve just left a Christmas party. First time I`m spending ...