I am sure any Maltese visiting my website will immediately recognize where my picture was taken. It was taken on the Black Pearl. The Black Pearl has a long and colorful history. It was built in 1909 in Sweden and is believed to be one of the last surviving wooden trading schooners. That in itself is enough to make it special.
Today it rests in Sliema Creek between Msida and Ta’Xbiex, and has been turned into a fashionable restaurant which can only be described as “being one of a kind”. The Restaurant is on the upper deck and there is also a Pub on the lower deck.
Ask any one in Malta, and you will be told that the Black Pearl once belonged to Errol Flynn. To tell the truth, it may or may not have belonged to him. Seems no one knows for sure. Does it really matter if it is true or simply a legend?
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