Another week, another photo of Malta

It's been a week - a whole week since my last photo - Ack! I can't believe how fast time passes. More fabulous Maltese architecture today:



This is an interior courtyard of the Grand Master's Palace in the new capital of Valletta. While this was the seat of government during the time Malta was ruled by the Knights of St. John, it is still the seat of the modern, elected, post-separation from England parliament today. I actually got to go into the rooms where parliament sessions take place. It was surprisingly small and dark and entirely filled, floor to ceiling on every wall, with tapestries.

Specifically, this is a shot of the courtyard as taken from the "yo, don't enter here unless you work here" entrance with the guard watching me warily and thinking "like, hey, tourista, that means you". The things you do for the perfect shot...

And, for your viewing pleasure, I submit a link to a cool daily photo site, and most of you will recognize some of his subjects, or today's subject at any rate:

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/