Home and Heart
Two drifters off to see the world…
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Our previous photos of our home didn’t show the whole place because of cars parked in front. Here it is with windowboxes we installed. Grocery shopping varies from street sidewalk stands to modern grocery stores. The big grocery stores are multi-level with as many as 4 floors. but not as big as US stores with…
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Let’s begin by walking in the direction of St Julian’s. The photos that follow include an enormous cat sculpture, street food, and the end of the promenade with a zoom in on Chris’s swim club. Next up – walking in the other direction towards the Sliema ferry. Along the way you’ll see one of many…
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The Blue Grotto is in Southeastern Malta where there are fishing villages as well as farming. We’re doing a lot of sightseeing such of this in the first few months before the serious tourist season begins. Having been to the Milan Ballet a week ago at the Mediterranean Conference Center, we decided to enjoy this…
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Mdina is a 4000 year old medieval fortification and now pedestrianized village. It was the capital of Malta in ancient times until the Knights of St. John relocated the capital to Valletta in 1566. Mdina is called “the silent city” because of its strictly restricted vehicle access and noise regulations. It has only about 300…
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Under the shade of the banyan trees, we visited a bird park in northern Malta . We had heard about the 2000 year old apiaries and visited one. The next day we took a ferry to Gozo to see a neolithic temple built around 3000 BCE. After that nice greeting from the cockatoo we were…
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Sunday the 15th… We walked through Birkikara to meet friends for lunch. We looked up the meaning of Birkikara – it translates as either cold water or running water in Maltese On Tuesday we decided to photograph cultural remnants of the British colonization of Malta. The Brits colonized Malta in 1813 and Malta was a…
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We arrived 07 March and have had a busy, tiring, but wonderful first week. We think it might be fun to show you exactly where Malta is in relation to Europe and also where our town is in relation to the rest of the country (scroll down to see Dick’s finger pointing to Malta) Malta…
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For those of you who have been keeping track of the totality of the trip – we have changed plans. We are not going to India. The geopolitical situation is so crazy and has resulted in such flight disruptions, that we are arriving in Malta March 7, 2026 direct from Tokyo. Now on to more…
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Proud parents Evan and Heather showed us their favorite bike path. Kauai is the most natural unspoiled island in Hawaii. This is a banana blossom in their backyard. You can see the baby bananas behind the blossom. Birds of paradise outside our Air BnB Tomorrow – JAPAN!
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Warning – excessive cacti photos taken at Tucson Botanical Garden and Sabino Canyon. We enjoyed our visit with son Nathaniel and his wife Susana. As you can see, his recovery from his accident is amazing!
Home and Heart 