Sliema is a town on the eastern side of the Republic of Malta. We are staying a block from the Mediterranean Sea right next to the beautiful promenade that stretches all along the sea. This promenade has playgrounds, cafes, a scuba club, old Roman Pools carved into the rock and a cat shelter. The population of Malta is just a bit over 500,000, they use the Euro and are part of the European Union, but I am getting ahead of myself. We walked along the promenade next to two and three story buildings made of the local honey colored limestone. This limestone s strong but also easy to work, so many of the buildings had carved highlights or statuettes. The water is a beautiful blue color and quite inviting. We did our traditional first day activities, shopping for food, washing some clothes and orientating ourselves to the neighborhood. The washing was over due, as it had been quite a while since we were in Thailand where we had access to a washer.
these blooms were quite large, 5 inched across at the the face
This large cat sits on top of the car shelter area. There are houses for the cats that look like the pigeon houses of Vietnam only scaled up to cat size
A beautiful day, warm enough for sunbathers
Meow!
This is the most built up part of St. Julians. These buildings are more modern and taller
See the church in the center with the Marriott to the right
Here you can see how a simple building can have elegant additions to make it special
One of a series of watch towers that encircle the island
An outdoor gym
Next dry land is Sicily
A penguin hungry for trash
Who does not love the Ho-Ho (Hop On Hop Off bus)
Hello Malta the bus tour is on our list
Interesting architecture in St. Julians across the inlet
Beautiful colors of blue
A statue for Sri Chinmoy, Ambassador of Peace for Malta
A very dignified pose
Her there Mr. Lizard
At one point this must have been a gas station
Narrow streets and honey colored limestone everywhere
This is our street
Much like Lisbon, many of the buildings are undergoing renovation
Tiny shopping carts
A great gourmet butcher
Well well, what do to with this well?
Yes, we did buy strawberries
