International Fireworks Festival

The weekend started with public holiday in aid of May Day/Worker's Day celebrations.
Valletta had various outdoor concerts going on and the Grand Harbour hosted the first day of the International Fireworks Festival.
There were stalls selling food and drinks and we had a perfect view from the roof of the Deaf Club. There were even 'subtitles' - text was projected onto the bastions across the Grand Harbour.
On our way home we met some other students from the residence and went to Zmerc pub in Balzan before heading home.

The Feast of St Paul Shipwreck

In AD 60 St Paul was shipwrecked on Malta as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles 27,28.

St Paul is the Patron Saint of Malta and the anniversary of the shipwreck is now a public holiday celebrated with a feast. 

The Legend of St Paul and the Viper

This is a well known legend. It is believed that St Paul was gathering wood to add to the fire to warm himself and the other shipwrecked people when out of the sticks came a venomous viper that bit him. The Maltese people present expected him to die of poisoning but instead no harm came to him. It is said that from that day snakes and scorpions in Malta are quite harmless and not poisonous.