Thursday, July 28
Today we caught the ferry across to Sliema to book our boat trip for tomorrow. It was a pleasant walk in the sun, then we headed back to Valletta to see Malta 5D. This consisted of a 3D movie depicting Malta's history, with an extra 2D of moving chairs, smells tickles and splashes. It was good fun and at least the theatre was nice and cool after our time in the sun.
After all the big, rich lunches we've had the last 3 days, and with the thought of getting into bathers tomorrow we decided to go healthy and have a salad for lunch. The Maltese filled us again with large servings of salad, with some local specialities and everything freshly prepared and top quality.
Then it was off to see some more churches - this time a quick visit to St. Dominic's, which is just around the corner from where we are staying. They are getting ready to celebrate their 800th anniversary, so the street front has bunting and banners, while inside men were working away to have it looking good for the celebrations.
Next up was St.Paul's Shipwreck Church, which has Paul the Apostle as their patron saint, as he was shipwrecked on Malta on one of his missionary journeys. They even purported to have part of his right wristbone as a relic on display, as well as a section of the marble pillar that he was supposed to have been beheaded on - both very significant items for this church.
We are loving Malta more each day, and certainly plan to return for another visit.
Today we caught the ferry across to Sliema to book our boat trip for tomorrow. It was a pleasant walk in the sun, then we headed back to Valletta to see Malta 5D. This consisted of a 3D movie depicting Malta's history, with an extra 2D of moving chairs, smells tickles and splashes. It was good fun and at least the theatre was nice and cool after our time in the sun.
After all the big, rich lunches we've had the last 3 days, and with the thought of getting into bathers tomorrow we decided to go healthy and have a salad for lunch. The Maltese filled us again with large servings of salad, with some local specialities and everything freshly prepared and top quality.
Then it was off to see some more churches - this time a quick visit to St. Dominic's, which is just around the corner from where we are staying. They are getting ready to celebrate their 800th anniversary, so the street front has bunting and banners, while inside men were working away to have it looking good for the celebrations.
Next up was St.Paul's Shipwreck Church, which has Paul the Apostle as their patron saint, as he was shipwrecked on Malta on one of his missionary journeys. They even purported to have part of his right wristbone as a relic on display, as well as a section of the marble pillar that he was supposed to have been beheaded on - both very significant items for this church.
We are loving Malta more each day, and certainly plan to return for another visit.
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