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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Tritons’ Fountain
The fountain consists of three bronze figures of mythological Tritons holding up a platter. Two of the Tritons are sitting, while the third one is kneeling, and they are balanced on a seaweed base. The face of each Triton is visible when viewed from City Gate. Their posture gives a sense of strength as well as [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 10th 2024
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Parliament House
The Parliament House (Maltese: Dar il-Parlament) is the meeting place of the Parliament of Malta located in Valletta, Malta. The building was constructed between 2011 and 2015 to designs by Renzo Piano as part of the City Gate Project, which also included building a new City Gate and converting the ruins of the Royal Opera House into an open-air theatre. Construction of the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 8th 2024
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Fountains are like thoughts, always bubbling up from the depths of our minds.
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6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 17th 2023
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Grand Hotel Excelsior, Valletta, Malta
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 13th 2023
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Fort Ricasolo
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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Malta – Day Eleven
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
