I ventured out on the city buses yesterday & found myself in the capital. The buses cost less than a Euro & you pay each time you get on & off- no such things as transfers, but they are quite easy to get around with on this island. Did I tell you that the buses are quite special- they are colorful yellow with stripes & sayings on them- and the front of the bus is round. Apparently, they will all be gone sometime in July for the new fleet of buses that will replace them. The people are very upset- I am told that the president or government made the decision- no vote was taken by the people & they like their "old" buses as they are historical...
Valletta is quite pretty- overlooking the water. Their streets are quite steep in places reminding me of San Francisco. I visited a church where St Paul prayed after he was shipwrecked on the island of Malta....and also I went to St John's co-Cathedral where a famous painting of Carravaggio can be seen- thre Beheading of St John the Baptist- what an amazing picture- sad but a beautiful masterpiece.
It was our anniversary so that night- after Bob finished at the hospital- we walked to the harbour for an outside Maltese "italian" dinner- priceless....
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