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They Went For Baroque Building This…

Island of Malta, Malta, Valletta, ,

Ok bad pun.

I promised Kim we would have a more casual trip this time so we did something else I am bad at, sleeping in on vacation. I am up early and ready to go no matter where I am and Kim has had to teach me to slow down when away. 26+ year of marriage later and multiple trips abroad I am beginning to understand although I do get antsy quickly I still admit. So… after sleeping in a bit we hit up two other places we wanted to see, the St John’s Co-Cathedral and Church of St Paul’s Shipwreck.

St John’s Co-Cathedral is the church for the Knights of St John and is a fine example of Baroque architecture. Rich for the eye, the pictures I have added to this post do not do justice to what we saw. The knights sure knew how to show their devotion. Many of the Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller (aka leaders of the knights) are buried here and it was interesting to see the title ‘Grand Master’ associated with knights vs rappers and TMZ.

St Paul’s Shipwreck was after the Co-Cathedral and is dedicated to the man considered the spiritual father of the Maltese. Full of classic art and several relics including the right wrist-bone of St. Paul it was a the type of low key historical location we were looking for on this trip. Sorry, no pictures allowed so you will have to come and visit! Let me know when you plan to so we can join you and have a drink.

We ended the day by walking around the city, it is a truly unique place full of architecture that is familiar but new at the same time. We are truly glad we came and are sorry to move off. Below are the pictures taken today with no labels, you will get why we like this place.

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Impressions of Malta

Island of Malta, Malta, Valletta

Hello Everyone!,

Today will be my first post for the blog.

Thanks to getting to Valetta early we were able to go the War rooms after checking in. On the way there we took an accidental tour due to bad directions. After a lot of stairs, we made it to the War rooms. I personally think that the rooms so far were the most interesting part of the trip, as my dad would put it we have continued our adventure of World War II stories from different views around the world. Seeing the defense of Malta room and the place for planning the invasion of Sicily was intriguing. After the museum we got ice cream and sat at the famous pub where sadly the famous actor Oliver Reed died after multiple drinks. We met some nice people who had boats from Greece and sailed all the way here from there! I got to check upstairs to their”well decorated” bathroom had many signatures on the wall. We walk back to the room for a quick rest then out to dinner. Did i mention that MTV Malta was going on while we were there? There were many people playing like Omi, Echo smith, Tori Kelly, Jason Derulo and Martin Garrix. Dinner was great and i got a couple of hours of listening to the concert.

Today we had a nice walk into town and visited 2 churches, the first was gigantic with many other mini chapels to honor those who have helped the church. Along with that there was a museum with 23 tapestries. The second chapel i actually thought was better than the first it was a simple chapel for sailers and fishing people. There were candles and to remember Uncle Gene I lit one to let him know wherever he is, that we will always miss him and remember the good times we all had. It had been super hot so we got a quick snack and went to the room to relax. We then headed to dinner where i FINALLY got my octopus that i waited for this whole trip! The dinner was delicious and after that this led to me where i am right now typing this entry for you guys!

I hope you guys enjoyed this little update from my side! I look forward to writing more! posts!

— Syd