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To the left, we are queuing up to get onto the
bus for our trip to the capital of Malta, Valettea. To the
right, some of the fascinating walls made original to fight off the Muslim
shit form the East. |
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Another view of the fascinating wall structures
made during the 16th century and was never used. Those that used them were
the French in the beginning of the 18th century during the Napoleon wars.
But the Britsh kicked their assholes in 1812. We are walking
to the streets of Valetta. |
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The narrow streets of Valetta are really
fascinating. The cross of the knights of Malta. They ruled
the island for some 400 years. |
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The St. Johns cathedral was a fantastic piece
of architecture. Some of the paintings are really rare. And beautiful.
Martin was impressed of the painting of the capitation of John on the wall
5x6 meters. Very impressive. The mosaic on the floor was
impressive. You were not allowed to step on it, due to war and tear.
Sensible. |
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In the cathedral, you had the standard wood
carving of Jesus on the cross.
Martin and his favorite dancing partner, Aud. She really
could move on the dancing floor. Most enjoyable company. |
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The parliament of Malta. Nice building.
More narrow streets. Really cute. |
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Some of the fortifications build to fight off
the Turks and others. Very impressive. Martin saying hello
to the hero of Malta La Valetta. He saved the island from the marauding
Muslims and killed some 8000 of them in the process. Some another 10 000 he
enslaved and used them to flush the toilet for the Christians. Nice jobs for
the Muslim crap of the time. |
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Then it was time for a film show that lasted for
45 minutes. Most impressive, taking you back 7000 years showing you the
settlement and hardship Malta went trough. The latest was WWII and how they
survived 3 years of continuous bombing by the Nazis. Impressive.
Martin in the audience. Roy, his buddy and dancing instructor took the
pictures. |
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View of the Valetta main harbor.
Another view of the fortifications made some 300 years ago. It has stood its
test of time. Even towards Nazi bombs. |
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Another view of the fascinating walls made. Roy
wasn't to impressed how they took care of their electricacl cables. But
then, he is an electrician.
More impressive views of the fortifications. |
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Just before having our lunch, Martin is posing
in front of one of the narrow streets of Valetta. A view of
the gun embankment, made by the British during their rule of the
island. |
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A memorial put up by the British, remembering
their dead ones from the Napoleon war, WWI and WWII. Very impressive.
Time for lunch. Our wonderful opplåsbare Barbara was very efficient and
managed to fix us up with beers instead of wine. Lovely Swedish bra. |
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Instead of 8 glasses of wine, Martin and Roy got
4 glasses of beers. Great. Jorunn from the West coast of
Norway. She came along for the trip. She really didn't want to dance
Fastings. And she was a drag to dance with. |
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Our entrance for the restaurant where we had our
lunch. Five floors up. We ate at the DeRobert's Roof Top
Tear race Restaurant. It was crowded, but acceptable. |
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Back at the hotel, Martin in his favorite
position, in bed with his computer and a beer, watching Sky News. Martin
found an unsecured wireless network he used if the PC was high enough. Very
enjoyable. Martin's favorite holiday. He had everything. But
the weather was not on the dancers side. Rainy, stormy winds lashing the
island. Not nice. |
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After the dancing class, Martin was watching the
line dance. Not his style. But the instructor really was
into it. Great fun to watch, but in the end, Martin and Roy had to
participate without much success. |
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On the way back to the room, Martin met John in
the pub where they showed the soccer match, Russia-England. Which Russia won
2-1. John was a group of 120 British airman for a reunion. Their ages varied
from 25 to 95. Martin met one of the latter and asked him if his name was
Van der Merwe, due to his South African accent. Great fun.
Aud, Martin's favorite dancing partner. She's a great dancer. |
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Martin and Aud is a good couple on the dancing
floor. Aud being less than Martin's age, is fit and a tremendous dancer.
Martin and Aud at it again. Martin lacks some 30 years to keep up. But it's
great fun in any case. |
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Martin enjoys it with Aud. She knows how to wear
a man out. Birgit is more easy going. A good pupil and don't
mind being lectured at. Great girl. |
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Birgit is great fun.
Martin enjoys it with Birgit.
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