Ħaġar Qim, over 5000 years old, is found at the top of a promontory with a fertile plain to its east and garrigue sloping down to the sea to the west. 500m downhill from Ħaġar Qim one finds Mnajdra, a contemporary building, probably used by the same community given its proximity.
The late-Neolithic site of Ħaġar [...]
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Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra Archaeological Park
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2024
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Utopia lies at the horizon. When I draw nearer by two steps, it retreats two steps. If I proceed ten steps forward, it swiftly slips ten steps ahead.
No matter how far I go, I can never reach it. What, then, is the purpose of utopia? It is to cause us to advance.
Eduardi Gughes Galeano
22 Comments CherryPie on Jan 7th 2024
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
James Openheim
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 10th 2023
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Malta – Day Nine
It was a choice between visiting the fishing village of Marsaxlokk or the Hagar Qim temple complex.
We checked the bus time tables and found that the bus to Marsaxlokk would arrive earliest so we decided that we would go there for the day. Then Mr C noticed a bus that was heading to the temples [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Nov 28th 2023
