Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Malta 2023
The Inquisitors Palace is situated in Vittoriosa, Malta. The building initially housed the Magna Curia Castellania Melitensis, a civil tribunal established by Grand Master Juan de Homedes y Coscon in 1543. Currently, it is also home to a historic house museum and the national ethnography museum.
Built in around the 1530s, what today is known as [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 22nd 2023
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Fountains are like thoughts, always bubbling up from the depths of our minds.
Unknown
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 17th 2023
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The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
James Openheim
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 10th 2023
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Malta 2023
On one of our walks around Valletta a road had been blocked off due to filming taking place near one of the buildings. I wasn’t able to find out what was being filmed but during my search I saw that Fort Ricasolo was being used as a film set for Gladiator II. Part of the [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Dec 9th 2023
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We enjoyed our last breakfast in Malta before checking out of the hotel and leaving our cases with the concierge. Our taxi to the airport was due around 1pm leaving the morning free.
We walked into Valletta to visit Muza, the National Museum of Art, which is housed in the Auberge d’Italie. The Auberge building needed [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 30th 2023
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After breakfast we set off on another bus adventure, this time to St Paul’s Bay to visit Malta’s National Aquarium. During our hour-long journey, we saw many different styles of architecture, landscapes and neighbourhoods.
The aquarium is split up into different zones that feature both marine life and the history and hidden treasures of Malta. There [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 29th 2023
