We started out early today and once again the sun was shimmering in the sky the heat here is quite different from home, it is not a suffocating humid but enough moisture in the air to make you feel damp. The rays of sun are not as piercing either. We drove out to St Paul's Bay and stopped to look at Popeye Village on the way from a distance. The seaside colourful shacks were set back in a nice little cove and is a favourite tourist spot. The landscape in and arou...

Today we went back to Valletta to see the cathedral it was breath taking! Every square inch of the church was covered in art or artistic finishings I was trigger happy with my camera unfortunately I was unable to take photos of the most significant artwork due to conservation reasons of some sort? Although we were lucky enough to take photos with out flashes in most other places. The artwork were painted by two significant artists of their time Caravaggio & P...

OMG it's been another long day and without a siesta. It's been go go go.... We had another great day, I've been dying for a swim since our arrival, but it's been so hectic and I hadn't had a chance to go until this morning. I was determined, so got up early, left Carmel asleep and walked to the nearest swimming area in the bay, finally I had the water licking at my feet, OH so nice! glorious in fact! We visited the old capital city of M'dina which was a city com...

Today we started the day at mass at the local church which was obviously said in Maltese which was hard to follow but was enjoyable all the same. We then went to the Hypogeum which housed a massive underground three level structure carved in stone which dated back to the first settlers in Malta this was used as a ritual burial site. It was amazing on the size of it and how it was constructed with fools of antler bone and flint rock. We then visited the Tarxian t...

Today we started the day at mass at the local church which was obviously said in Maltese which was hard to follow but was enjoyable all the same. We then went to the Hypogeum which housed a massive underground three level structure carved in stone which dated back to the first settlers in Malta this was used as a ritual burial site. It was amazing on the size of it and how it was constructed with tools of antler bone and flint rock. We then visited the Tarxian te...