Typical Maltese balconies. The buildings look like a British phone booth and a limestone rock had a baby

Sweet decorations in Valetta

Valetta

Overlooking Valetta - quite a hike up the hill from the ferry

The marble floors are in amazing shape for all the traffic, thanks to the no stilettos policy

Maltese crosses everywhere

Allegedly the Knights of St. John are buried here (although recent radar analysis may indicate otherwise)

More intricate floors

Part of a larger sculpture

More (professional) photos of all the tombstones

The details could take a lifetime to study

Much to contemplate in here - off limits to the visiting public

He looks like he's going to crawl into his crypt

Surely this is the tombstone of the knight/hunter who, thanks to the Phoenicians who brought rabbits to the island, earned fame by supplying the raw material for stuffat tal-fenek

The only painting Caravaggio signed hung in the Oratory where Caravaggio was later expelled from the Order of St. John

Government building in capital city Valetta

The only time I have been physically dragged to church (young salesman trying to convince me to see a concert)

The noon cannon shot is loud

Mermen of Malta (Triton fountain)

Pretty balconies in M'dina

Trinacria – with three bent legs and three wheat ears surrounding the head of Medusa is widely known as the symbol of Sicily

One of the Christian catacombs in Rabat (there are Pagan ones as well). This system comprises interconnected passages and tombs that cover an area over 2000 m2. No bones here.

There's a small amount of white sand creating the aqua lighting

Caves by the blue grotto and cat cave

Back to Valetta

Upper Barrakka gardens

Three Cities

Door in Birgu

Ah, here is where all the boats are hiding

Birgu

Navigation museum across the water

Museum across the harbor

Many tranquil streets for meandering along. The island's buildings look like they have been carved entirely from the island's limestone

Touring/ferrying in a traditional Maltese boat...but with a motor