My humble house

Mdina, the Silent City, Malta

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Took a bus again as this is only means of public transport in  Malta to Mdina , the walled city. Mdina is just an old, fortress city .

Isn’t this a beautiful tree infront of the fortress
The walls
Walking above opposite of the city
View as can be seen the Med
Walkaway. It was quite windy
Gate leading into the Mdina
Narrow alleyway
Just walking
Dolphin door knocker
Really cute door knockers

There are people living here because there were designated car parks for residents and cars .

This has turned into a restaurant
Huge ficus tree infront of restaurants
Some old buildings in Mdina
Sat down in this wrought iron curved bench
It’s very comfortable

Much of this old city is stone so I guess thats why it has lasted as long as it has .Had a nice tea in this cafe at the bastions with a outstanding view of the area . I had a pot of coffee and Rahiyah had a pot of tea with a piece of walnut cake and a passitize ( filled with riccota cheese) . It wasn’t (surprisingly) expensive but there was a queue for tables .

The cafe with the view . I cannot remember the name
View from the cafe
Cafe which is kinda on the bastions of the fortress
Square , all stone
Narrow labyrinth of streets but its not big in terms of area size
Gardens outside the walls
Thought this tree was peculiar but different in a park while waiting for the bus

Waited for bus to get back to Valletta. The bus journey took 30 minutes back when it seem longer coming to Mdina by bus because the going to journey went through several small villages .

These covered balconies are a distinct architecturial feature of houses here . Beautiful balconies .

Walked home and discovered a Commonwealth Graveyard of Fallen Heroes at the bottom of the road. Our accomodation is  Pieta area which  is hilly and quite steep to climb up and down .

Neat graves, the graves nearest are of Indian soldiers fallen  during 2nd World War
The taller tombstones are older but do not belong to the Commonwealth Cemetery but is in the same site

Valletta has a deep habour . Therefore, Valletta was used by the British Navy as a strategic port during the Second World War . Eventhough , Malta achieved independance in 1964 through a series of political negotiations ( no bloodshed like Malaya ) , the British Navy only left left Malta in the late 1970s. I think probably why Britain has left indelible ( is this the right word ?) in Malta. I noticed Malta used 3 pin point plugs , drive on the right side of the road , red telephone boxes and have bloody British brands like Marks & Spencer , the Body Shop, Starbucks and profileration of British tourists . This is obvious as so many British tourists . People here also do speak English so it does feel like the UK but the Mediterrean UK haha, slightly disconcerting for me . Maybe, I prefer when I travel to be immerse in a totally different environment which I did feel travelling in Italy from what I am already  familiar  to . I have to think over why I feel like this .

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