Malta

Malta was really cool. I loved it! It's an island in the Mediterranean about 60 miles off the coast of Sicily. It's main rescourse is limestone, in fact that's the only raw material on the island. This view was right outside our balcony.
Malta's history goes back 7000 years! We went to the nation's capital city Valletta.

We also went to the old capital Mdina

Mdina is a medieval town known as the "Silent City" only about 100 families actually live there now. It's an ancient city dating back to 700 BC, first fortified by Phoenicians and later reconstructed by the Arabs. It reminded me a lot of Toledo.
The buildings were really beautiful Malta gained it's independence from the British in 1964, being under it's rule since 1814, we noticed a lot of British influence.A little souvenir shop in Mdina We also went into a glass blowing shop

On the way to downtown Valletta

The streets were packed! There were thousands of people just on this main street. It was really cool. Valletta

St. Paul's Cathedral

St. Pauls Cathedral was really pretty, lots of gold. Paul was shipwrecked on the shores of Malta and stayed there for some time introducing Christianity to the island. The statue outside of the town center

The countries official languages are Maltese and English, they also speak some Italian and a little French.

It was a beautiful day!

The view of the port was so pretty

Where the ships dock - this was an important military base during WWII and still is a major port.
Goodbye Malta!