We went all over the place today, visiting the Giant's Temples, (oldest stone-built structure in the WORLD), the newish village church at Xewkija (high-scoring in Scrabble and with the 3rd largest dome in EUROPE) then Xlendi Bay and a wonderful fish restaurant with dramatic seaspray and scenic coastal path.
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| Ggantija Temples - a popular tourist attraction |
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| Not much left inside - called 'temples' but nobody knows what they were used for |
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| Like Stonehenge, these structures were built with massive stones, dated c.3500BC |
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| In the distance, the Rotunda Church at Xewkija, completed 1971AD |
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| The Rotunda building - with its vast dome, seemingly way out of proportion and dwarfing the rest of the village |
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| The impressive dome |
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| ...and impressive interior |
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| Fr Joseph invited us to go up to the roof to see the views... |
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| ...which were spectacular |
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taken with zoom,
the Citadel in the capital, Victoria |
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| Then on to Xlendi |
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| ...to eat some fish. Calamari, but not as we know it! |
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| At the bay, the wind was whipping up the waves |
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| ...and some excellent seaspray |
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| then we enjoyed a scenic walk up the coast |
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| ...lovely cove (went down this time) |
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| across the bridge of Khazad-Dum (with a little imagination!) |
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| ...before returning to our local supermarket for some milk |
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| and Joyce's pharmacy for some antihistamine cream |
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| ...with signs like this in Maltese, (looks a bit like Greek/Arabic?) |
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