Malta

We were moored by the walls of the old city of Valletta the capital of Malta. There is a lift 10 mins walk along the dock from our berth which takes visitors to the lower bastion gardens and the salute battery. A cannon is fired at noon and 4 pm every day with appropriate ceremonials. 

From here there are walks around the old city taking in many of the historical and cultural sites. It was very busy so we only wandered a few hundred yards from the lift but there was enough to see in the 3 or 4 hours we had on shore. We finished in a bar in the square to taste the local mushy pea and ricotta pie before going back down in the lift to the ship. We picked up one or two souvenirs in the shop on the quay.

I went to the sailaway on the helicopter pad, but it was a bit of an anticlimax as it only took about 10 mins to clear the old harbour. It was a pleasant enough stop on our way to Athens.