I love this kind of stuff, my turn now..
Timetravel.
The new gate to Valletta, or as the Maltese call it acidly: "The no gate", at least it is an improvement to the clunky 1960's lego-gate that replaced this...
A long, long time ago in a simpler age.
And how Slammer thinks it should look.
The causeway into Valletta...
...under construction, it crosses the great ditch that separates Valletta from <Floriana, originally planned to be a moat from Marsamxett Harbour to Grand Harbour, seems that somebody told them to get real and stop wasting money...
..and the mashup..
The new Opera house rebuilt after the Germans rearranged things here, along with the "stick your finger in your throat" civic centre with "no gate" in the background, (seriously, how can you put such a boxy thing into a historic city core?)
..because when you look at Republic Street before the war, you can get an idea what was lost.
Honestly would this not be a better view?
St George's Square
You can still hear pomp and circumstance looking at this picture.
Surprisingly not a lot has changed.