For my 23rd birthday, BJ and I decided to take a 4 night trip to the Maltese Islands. They are a very small, independent country in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily. We got to see a lot of the country! We spent a day touring the north island of Gozo which is rich in history, culture, and landscape. The next day, we took a boat cruise to the blue lagoon on the uninhabited island of Comino where we went swimming and just enjoyed the beautiful blue water and the natural, limestone landscape. On Friday, which was my 23rd birthday, BJ and I just relaxed and enjoyed the area we were staying in. Just sitting on a bench by the sea was so wonderful. I have never in my life seen landscape like Malta or water so blue!
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| Valetta, the capital of Malta from our ferry to the city |
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| Me on the rocky banks of Valetta |
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| BJ with the city of Valetta behind him |
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| BJ and I |
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| Bell Tower on the Valetta Harbor |
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| Beautiful Garden in Valetta |
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| Valetta's Gardens |
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| Valetta's Gardens |
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| The view from a little cafe we sat at in St. Julian's |
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| BJ at dinner the first night with St. Julian's Bay behind him |
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| Amazingly blue water at the harbor in Gozo |
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| Church in Gozo |
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| Park in Gozo |
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| Gozo countryside |
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| Gozo countryside. The arches are what is left of an old irrigation system to get fresh water throughout Gozo |
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| Gozo countryside as we were coming up on Azure Window |
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| BJ on the beautiful Gozo shoreline |
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| Me |
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| Azure Window |
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| Us. |
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| The Mediterranean is extremely salty! This is where the water has evaporated and I of course had to play in it |
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| Mhmmm Salt! (No, I did not actually eat it!) |
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| Me with Fungus Rock behind me |
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| It was extremely windy which made the water even more beautiful |
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| BJ playing in the wind |
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| Enjoying the coastline |
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| You would not believe some of the places our bus fit through, so I took pictures |
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| More of the crazy roads our bus took |
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| A beautiful church in Gozo |
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| This is out front of the church |
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| Xlendi Bay in Gozo |
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| Marsalforn, Gozo where we got in a swam a little |
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| The blue lagoon on the uninhabited island of Comino |
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| Comino, the water was as blue as my swimsuit and you could see straight to the bottom even though it was 5-6 feet deep here! |
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| Super nifty guards in Valetta. They marched back and forth in front of this door all day long |
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| My birthday picture in Valetta! My pretty earrings are from my amazing boyfriend =) |
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| Cool statue in St. Julians |
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| Heading to my birthday dinner! |
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