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Morocco Malta and The Med: Malta Day 2

Just being in Malta was a thrill, and waking up to this sunrise in Malta and knowing we had a FREE day we could do whatever we wanted as long as we were back on the ship for Sail Away at two, what freedom! We are up early and we are going walking. Across the street is a hill that goes straight up to the top where the Fort Saint Elmo is, and Saint John’s Co-Cathedral and downtown Valetta!

A cat sanctuary! With food and water and shade from the sun and protection from the cold!

We find the Museum of Archaeology! And it’s open!

Yes. We are such history nerds; this museum thrills our hearts. We want to come back to Malta!

We are a little giddy with our freedom to go wherever we want. We hike this narrow peninsula, check out a few of the shops, we use up all our time just being free to go where we want to go. One jewelry shop we found had a large sign posted that said something like “Viking Ships recommended shop”. We didn’t buy anything there; he didn’t have what I was looking for (anchor studs in 18k gold) but he was a very good salesman. (No, I never did find the earrings, I am still looking 😊)

This is our last Euro stop for about a week, so we need – again- to replenish our tipping change and bills. Malta has done something very strategic with the Cruise ships. It’s easy to leave, to go out walking and shopping, but to get back to your ship, you have to go through a maze, in theory to get your cruise ship card checked, but there wasn’t anyone in the checking place to check our cards. In that maze are a lot of shops, many with higher quality wares, good pottery, good local foods, wines, honey, nicer than the lower end souvenir shops.

We do spend a little here to get Euro change.

So the reality is “two days in Malta” is really from 8 a.m. one day to 2:00 p.m. the next day. I get it, our next stop is Tunis, and we probably need that extra time to get there, but oh, we hate sailing away from Malta.

Oh my friends – if you get a chance, go to Malta.

January 14, 2025 Posted by intlxpatr | Adventure, Cultural, Exercise, ExPat Life, Travel | Malta, National Museum of Archaeology, Valetta | Leave a comment