My 365 friend, Mailyn ( http://365project.org/mittens) has challenged me to post landscape shots consecutively for three days – the shots do not have to be current. This is my final post: a shot I took the day before yesterday.
This is a view of Mdina, Malta’s Medieval capital city. In fact the seat of Malta’s Archibishopric and cathedral are sited here. Mdina’s existence goes far back to Roman times and centuries before that. It was much bigger than it is today until, under Arab rule between the 9th and the 11th centuries, it was downsized to be better defencable in case of attack. It has retained that size up to this day.
Joke: During the medieval period, sons of the noble families used to make profit by obtaining licences from their government and sail out on missions of adventure and piracy helping themselves to the riches they manage to capture from merchant vessels. This noble young sea captain who had a beautiful wife obtained a licence to go out looking for spoils in his magnificent galley. But before he left home he wanted to secure his wife’s fidelity. So he decided to lock his wife into a brand new chastity belt. He then called on his most loyal friend and said: “You are my most beloved and loyal friend. You know of the esteem I have for you. I here entrust with you and you alone the key to my chaste treasure.” Having given each other a brotherly hug, the sea captain mounted his steed and rode off to the harbour and to board his galley. Not half a mile from his palace, he heard hoofbeats behind him and turned to see his friend riding hard to catch up with him.
"What is amiss, my friend?" asked the captain.
"My dear friend," gasped the other, "you have given me the wrong key!"
Thank you so much for looking and for the wonderful comments and the fav's on yesterday's picture.
Wow! Its so good to find out about lands in other parts of the world! Takes one out of oneself! I like the processing you have got here to accent the scene!
I was back traveling again, Malta would definitely be on my list of one of the places to see. Love the processing to create that colorful scene in the oval. Fav!
