Thursday 16 May 2019

Altercation between a van and coach below our balcony.



View across the bay.



St Patrick's Salesian School and Church, Sliema.



Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady
Also known as the Rotunda of Mosta.



Inside the Rotunda........



.... domed ceiling.



.... inside......



... main altar...



Take you hat off inside the church!



Fork Handles.



Panoramic view.



Replica of the German bomb.





View from across the busy road.





Mosta statue.



Ready for invading tourists.



Statuary ouside the Rotunda.



No fault nor biscuits.



St Peter.



Provide your own caption......



Inside the glassworks at Mdina..



What it says.......



Demonstration of glass blowing.....





Examples of glasswork......





Mdina from the coach.



Headless fertility statue inside the museum at Ħaġar Qim



Walking up towards the megalithic temple.



Images from the site....











The 'Oracle hole' from the inside......



.... and from the outside.





20 tonne stone slab.....









Mnajdra temple excavations - which we didn't have time to visit.



Filfla Island - used by the RAF & RN for target practice.



Windswept....



Mdina fortress.





Nice pair of knockers......



Tourist Trap.



Palazzo Santa Sofia.



St Paul's Cathedral.



Tight squeeze......





Casa Mdina.



View north east from the ramparts.



The dome of St Paul's Cathedral.



Not a patch on the Bridge of Sighs.



Square in front of the cathedral.





Cathedral museum.



National Museum of Natural History.



Pineapple anyone?



Leaving the fortress....





The weather is deteriorating....



Ramparts at Mdina.





Strolling towards our coach......



We had to wait in the cold drizzle for our mini-bus......



Back at the hotel.