a day in Mdina

Saturday, i was in the residence until late in the morning, i had my lunch (several ham and salami sandwitches) and i made up my mind for going to Mdina, the former capital city of Malta.

Mdina rises in a hill so you have a wide landscape. You can see several other cities from here with the blue of the sea and the sky in the distance.

Mdina is the name for the old city inside the walls, It is a a complety walled city, with bastions and towers, plenty of medival ambient, with regal houses, churchs, museums, a cathedral...

The most of the streets are very narrow and there are some little squares too, you could think that you are living some centuries ago when you are inside Mdina, due to, it is really carefully preserved.

Beside Mdina, but already outside the walls, there is another city called Rabat. Rabat is a moderm city but with a lot of history too.

i visited the St Paul's catacums in Rabat, and you dont be afraid, nowadays there is no dead bodies, though they used to be there a long of time ago... :)

Regarding the heritage, really these islands had a very long history with a lot of influences, you can see something interesting everywhere you go.

Every city has its own history and vestiges, most of them are catholic stuff, the people here feels the cristiasm deep inside, really at heart.

I am here studing and to tell the truth i think i am not going to have enough time to see all this vast heritage, because i only do some tourist trips the saturdays and/or sundays... It will be a pity, but an excuse to come back again in the future ... ;)

In the other hand, it was not all tourism. Yesterday i attended a party in Paceville. the venue was the Havana Club. i did not like the ambient and went back to th residence early.

The problem was not the music, it was dance music as in every other pub here, so what was wrong with the ambient?,

Mainly i was intimidate by the security guys (more wide than tall) and the policemen (yes, the policemen inside a Pub, every 5 minutes ¡)

i think there were something wrong with that place yesterday...

By the way, drinking here is more expensive that to drink in other pubs around here (as a example, a pint of Cisk -local beer- is 4€ here vs 2,6€ in Native pub )

This is a photo of Paceville, upstairs you can find all the wellknown pubs here...

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