Today we headed off the San Anton Gardens. These gardens and citrus groves are adjacent to the Presidential Residence. We had a great time walking among the trees and past the numerous fountains. An elderly gentleman struck up a conversation with us as he fed cheese curls to the turtles and the birds. He tried to lure us off to see a very large turtle but we declined. it was a nice day so we lingered in the garden enjoying the sweet scent of orange blossoms. we tried to visit villa bologna but we could not get into the Villa.
An impressive gate erected in 1882 by the Governor of Malta in the 45th year of Queen Victoria's reign
A regal crown ion the top
Many palm trees
A very fancy bike that is prohibited
Orange and lemon trees
Freshly planted flower beds
Large stone archways
Silk floss trees from South America are very unforgiving
We called this turtle fountain
Lots of turtles soon to get cheese curls to eat
One has a different color shell
A little ramp for the turtles
Muscovy ducks, this one was white and would jump up for the cheese curls
Nice looking duck
Iridescent feathers
A magic portal behind the gate
The Presidential residence
Lots of George statues about
A flag with the seal of the president of Malta
Another George, this one is V and the last one was VI
Binding the cypress tree
A former president
Hirohito of Japan planted a tulip tree
The last Geooge
Another fountain
A blast of purple
Oranges on the ground and freshly tilled soil
A very treacherous walkway
El Gato
Leslie is in the maze
It will have to grow taller to become a challenge
A five tiered pagoda
A gift from the copperware manufacturers of Takaoka Japan. They must have sold lots of copper pots here
What might live in this hole in the palm tree?
Unused cages that perhaps once held birds or animals
Empty now
A map of the restored walkways and the walkways still needing restoration
looks like we walked on all the red ones
Lots of trees in these gardens
A random seed pod
Cala lilies
A series of sculptures
Abstracts
Nice to see
A cycad fountain
Love-pigeons
Ring the bell to enter the palace
Nice exposed beams
We were not cleared to enter
Tall cypress trees
One loud peacock
A beautiful orange puff ball
Apparently full of pollen
A big dog
Full of energy
Pointing with the elbow is much more polite
Tiny white flowers
Cactus grove
Delightful
The biggest of al the fountains
Not a pretty face
Heading back out in search of the Villa Bologna
Many stately houses along the stroll
A very old neighborhood
No scrimping on expenses
Sparrow sex
Red is the theme
If only the gate was open
Blue on the door and the planters
Villa Bologna is all locked up
Mr. Google said it was open...
A candidate for rehabilitation
So much going one here, little gate, big doors, bigger gate
A fine hotel
Quite grand
Is this a valid spelling for letters?
A train behind glass
This park used to be a train station
Veggie truck
Heading back
A grand set of doors
Next to a not so grand set of doors
Intimate secrets for "all" the family? Maybe that is why it is out of business
Every so often the building it really decorated delightfully
Land of the Yellow scooters
A very old wall
