I enjoyed reading your TR! Valletta looks beautiful, I should find some time to finally visit it.

Thanks, I enjoyed reading your Australian one as well :)
Sorry mine is not as extensive, but I rushed to get it done last night before I sadly had to start work again today.

A couple of additional pics...
There is a really dirty plane at Gatwick that you can see from the F lounge. No idea what the story is.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...644e09babe.jpg

Valletta reminded me of the game Marble Run. You will inevitably find yourself walking downhill from the upper city to the edge. If you are too pooped to walk back up again, all you need to do is roll around the side of the island until you get to this lift. It will happilly reload you back to the top for 1 Euro.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...a6e9c72d5c.jpg

There are a lot of boats in Valletta, almost certainly more than cars. And there is a lot of money floating about as well. This example was the largest of them. I know lots of folks on FT have a few bob, but I doubt many have a boat like this. Apparently worth $220m and is owned by Jan Koum one of the founders of WhatsApp.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...4283047066.jpg

Visited Valletta last year, loved it. Took a bus out to Mdina one day, that was a good place to visit

Apparently, the aircraft is a McDonell-Douglas MD82 which was registered I-DAVA and owned by Itali airlines. When the airline suffered financial problems, it was impounded in 2010. Supposedly used at one time for pushback training but that might not been the case; was also supposed to be scrapped but that was back in 2015.

I knew someone on here would know :)
Thanks for that titbit.

Fun TR. I know Maltese people in sf who return every summer.

Good to see jkb76 managed to get himself a nice yacht

The circle of owners of similar yachts is probably small. But I would have something like this to offer:
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...1075feafe.jpeg
My nephew would know what to choose;)

Very good trip report. Valletta is indeed a very scenic place.

Would you look at that. An actual flyertalker. No wonder he has no more need to worry about how to renew SEN and get the best value of award miles :D

I freaking love Malta. It's too bad you didn't explore the rest of the main island and do the ferry across to Gozo.

A lot of history that pre-dates the British and the Knights of St John, especially around Mdina and the battlements you see around the island to protect from sea-faring attacks.

Glad you enjoyed your time, and the best pastries are the pastizzis for breakfast!

I did try some pea ones and liked them. A bit dry though.

Some of my favourites are curry beef and spinach & ricotta. Some even have ragu. There are some pastizzi cafes in my hometown since there is a huge Maltese diaspora in Australia.

I wonder where all the photos went?

I still see them.