The May bank holiday provided us with a few days of paid vacation so we decided to use our time share condo and venture to Malta. Pretty easy 4 hour flight, but once there we had some fun challenges navigating the roads and construction. Lots of wrong turns and a little profanity, but eventually we would find our way.
First day was spent in the Valletta area.
The two photos below are from St John's Co-cathedral (don't ask me what the co is for). I renamed it "gaudiest cathedral ever". Every inch of wall is covered in gold leaf, painting or sculpture. While it has some wow factor, we both felt it was just too over the top.
The real draw is that it houses some of Caravaggio's best paintings including 'the beheading of John the Baptist' (for whom the Roman Catholic cathedral is dedicated. The paintings were amazing and worth the price of admission in my book - but of course, no photos were allowed!
We then took a cute little train ride around the city. The architecture is interesting - has a middle eastern feel to it, but also European.
First day was spent in the Valletta area.
The real draw is that it houses some of Caravaggio's best paintings including 'the beheading of John the Baptist' (for whom the Roman Catholic cathedral is dedicated. The paintings were amazing and worth the price of admission in my book - but of course, no photos were allowed!
We then took a cute little train ride around the city. The architecture is interesting - has a middle eastern feel to it, but also European.
After some heavy duty walking, we decided to have a glass of local wine at this place below. Super cute and the wine was pretty good too. The waiter suggested one that went really well with the local black olives - biggest, juiciest olives I've ever seen - and they did go really well with the wine.
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