It is unfortunate that I am unable to share all my photo memories of our Malta adventure so I leave you with these final glimpses from our holiday.
I captured some lovely moments walking around Valletta; a lizard playing hide and seek with me in the upper Barraka Gardens, hidden gems of history, birds with their [...]
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Last Glimpse of Malta…
7 Comments CherryPie on Jan 28th 2024
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Mdina Cathedral Museum
The Mdina Cathedral Museum is housed within a magnificent baroque building, on the right-hand side of the Cathedral, in Archbishop’s Square. This imposing edifice was built by Bishop Alpheran de Bussan, with the first stone being laid in 1733. This building was to serve as the seminary for the Diocese of Malta.
There are many beautiful [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 15th 2024
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St Paul’s Cathedral, Mdina
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul (Maltese: Il-Katidral Metropolitan ta’ San Pawl), commonly known as St Paul’s Cathedral or the Mdina Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in Mdina, Malta, dedicated to St. Paul the Apostle. The cathedral was founded in the 12th century, and according to tradition it stands on the site of where Roman governor Publius met St. Paul following his shipwreck on [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 13th 2024
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Malta – Day Eight
Overnight I came out with a cold which I am sure is why I was feeling out of sorts the previous day. Thankfully my runny nose had settled down before breakfast.
We caught a bus to Rabat where we visited the Wignacourt Museum which is linked to St Paul’s Grotto, the cradle of Christianity in Malta. [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 26th 2023
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
The man with the backpack is never lost. No matter wither he may stray, his food and shelter are right with him, and home is wherever he may choose to stop.
Horace Kephart
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 13th 2023
