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Malta - Day 1: SmartCity, Kalkara, Vittoriosa and Senglea


[View of Valletta]
[View of Valletta]

The travelling day is always short and often accompanied by the feeling of relaxing and the excitement to be in a new place. But we were welcomed to the city of Valetta by a cat. I was overly excited knowing there are so many cats in Malta; thus the first thing I did was to buy cat food and make sure I have it with me at all times. After settling and finding food for our hungry bellies, we spent the evening exploring Valetta. 

[The cat welcoming us in Valletta]

The next day, the plan was to rent an electric bike and go to the SmartCity. Before going to rent our bikes, we had a nice breakfast in one of the parks in Valletta, where we met more cats, and I photographed some pretty flowers. 

 [Lovely Terrace]

 [Sleepy cat]




[Somewhere in Valletta]

After spending more than half an hour trying to figure out the automatic bike rental system, we ended up going by bus. D was a bit disappointed, but I was happy with the decision as Malta barely has any bike lanes, and people are driving like crazy. 

The SmartCity is a technology park build after Dubai Internet City and Dubai Media City. It looked fancy, and the area around it was beautiful. After exploring the rocks and picking up plastic garbage, we decided to walk back to Valletta.   

 [SmartCity - view towards the sea]

 [Around the SmartCity]



First stop was the lovely bay in Kalkara. The houses are so pretty here, made mainly of limestone with colourful windows and doors. We enjoyed the view of the bay and observed cannibalism between fish. 

 [Kalkara Bay]


 [Kalkara Bay]

[Fish eating other fish]

Next stop was Vittoriosa and Senglea, both small and interesting cities. We did not explore them entirely, just saw a bit of both and continued our trip.



[Bay between Vittoriosa and Senglea]

Quite soon, I felt tired and in no mood to further explore. We got lost and ended up in a not so touristic area of Senglea, where we met a serene cat. Afterwards, we looked for the closest bus stop to take us back to Valletta. The evening was uneventful; we went for a walk through Valletta and witnessed two cats fighting for a piece of bread.   


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