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Flag of Malta Mdina, Malta
Sunday, January 13, 2008

A girl I know at work said, two days in Valletta, that's way to much, you need to get out there and tick some more things off of the list !!!

Actually, we had to decide between checking out the three cities across the harbour, or go into the countryside and see some other stuff. The other stuff won.

The Plan

Catch a bus to Mosta, check out the church, then walk a couple of K's over to the walled city of Mdina

Mosta

In this world, there are numerous churches that have domes. Actually there are thousands of them, and according to the people who know domes, the two largest are St Peter's in the Vatican City, followed by the Pantheon in Rome. Now number three is in Mosta, and as I have been to the first two, I really needed to tick this one off of the list !!!

Finding places in Malta, can be a little hard. Some of the language looks Italian, whilst other bits look Arabic, and when they speak, it sounds Arabic, but it's ok, until 1964 this place was under British rule, so everybody speaks English here. Still, I didn't ask, well I didn't need to, because it kind of stood out like dog's balls !!!

One other thing, this place is very religous. As we approached the church, everyone was entering for a service, so we decided to join them. This time, we pulled out the camera, snapped a few shots, but it wasn't as impressive as Valletta's cathedral, and we were unable to see a disarmed bomb that went through the ceiling during WW2. We listened to them sing a hymn in Maltese, and for fun, we joined in, singing in English. I knew my Mum sending me to Sunday School all those years ago would come in handy !!! And just for my friend Daktari, I can now say I have been. Tick !!!

The next step was to find a way to get to Mdina. We had a map in the book, and it looked easy enough, but in true Maltese fashion, there were no signs. Now this time, I would have asked, but there was not one person on the street as they were all in church !!! So we caught a bus back to Valletta. Once there, we jumped on another bus and headed over to Mdina

Mdina

Once again, no signs, but there is no mistaking the twin towns of Mdina and Rabat. Rabat has some catacombs, but in true Maltese fashion, it was Sunday, so everything was closed. Actually, they say the only thing to really see are the two sets of catacombs there, so it just means we need to come back another day.

As for Mdina, the walls are impressive. They are the equal of Kotor in Montenegro, but you are not really able to walk on much of them. At the part that you can, we looked down, and there it was, the fucking dome of Mosta !!! We could of walked. I blame it on the British, why didn't they beat these people into submission, all they needed were a few signs, but fuck me, they forgot to put them up !!! It was fun running around, and at 14:30, the cathedral opened. They say that if you missed Valletta's, you need to see this one. The murals were impressive, and the whole floor like Valetta's, was covered in coloured marble gravestones, and as there wasn't a service going, we snapped to our hearts contents.

There were a few other things to see, but like the rest of Malta, it was closed. And as it was getting late, we fucked off back to Valletta.

Then it happened again, our weekend was over and we were heading back to London

And Finally

Good things come to those who wait, or so I'm told, and Malta, well the small part that we experienced was great. The people were very friendly and the food was great, but trust me, the wine, oh the wine, it rocks, so we did the only thing possible, we purchased a load, just to re-live the memories !!!

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001 Church, Mosta	002 Church, Mosta	003 Church, Mosta	004 Domed Ceiling, Mosta
005 Domed Ceiling, Mosta	006 Church, Mosta	007 House, Mosta	008 House, Mosta
009 House Sign, Mosta	010 House Sign, Mosta	011 Statue, Mosta	012 Statue, Mosta
013 Church, Mosta	014 JP 2, Valletta	015 Walls, Mdina	016 Gate, Mdina
017 Tiled Idol, Mdina	018 Door Frame, Mdina	019 Entrance, Mdina	020 Alleyway, Mdina
021 Building, Mdina	022 Window, Mdina	023 Alleyway, Mdina	024 Church, Mdina
025 St Agatha, Mdina	026 St Agatha, Mdina	027 St Agatha, Mdina	028 Door Knocker, Mdina
029 Emblem, Mdina	030 Church, Mdina	031 Building & Tree, Mdina	032 Courtyard, Mdina
033 Balcony, Mdina	034 Building, Mdina	035 Alleyway, Mdina	036 Statue, Mdina
037 Church, Mdina	038 Alleyway, Mdina	039 Mosta, Mdina	040 Malta
041 Lucy in Mdina	042 Mdina	043 Building, Mdina	044 Idol, Mdina
045 Sun, Mdina	046 Alleyway, Mdina	047 House, Mdina	048 House, Mdina
049 Museum, Mdina	050 Alleyway, Mdina	051 Building, Mdina	052 Well, Mdina
053 Balcony, Mdina	054 Alleyway, Mdina	055 Idol, Mdina	056 Alleyway, Mdina
057 Idol, Mdina	058 Tree, Mdina	059 Balcony, Mdina	060 House, Mdina
061 Walls, Mdina	062 Walls, Mdina	063 Walls, Mdina	064 Gate, Mdina
065 Ave Maria, Mdina	066 Entrance, Mdina	067 Idol, Mdina	068 Walls, Mdina
069 Door Knocker, Mdina	070 House, Mdina	071 Stain Glass, Mdina	072 Stain Glass, Mdina
073 Church Ceiling, Mdina	074 Church Ceiling, Mdina	075 Church, Mdina	076 Gravestone, Mdina
077 Gravestone, Mdina	078 Gravestone, Mdina	079 Gravestone, Mdina	080 Gravestones, Mdina
081 Gravestone, Mdina	082 Gravestone, Mdina	083 Gravestone, Mdina	084 Church, Mdina
085 Church, Mdina	086 Wall, Mdina	087 Building, Mdina	088 Building, Mdina
089 Bus, Mdina	090 Bus, Mdina	091 Queen Victoria, Valletta	092 Airport Bus, Valletta
093 Fountain, Valletta