{"id":8384,"date":"2026-11-07T20:49:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T19:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/?p=8384"},"modified":"2026-11-07T20:49:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T19:49:27","slug":"das-salz-dieser-erde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/11\/07\/das-salz-dieser-erde\/","title":{"rendered":"The Salt of This Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am spending the final week of my stay in Malta on Gozo. Consequently, today\u2019s agenda included an initial exploration of Malta\u2019s second-largest island&nbsp;&#8211; specifically the northern part, covering the <span  xml:lang=\"mt\" lang=\"mt\">\u0120gantija<\/span> temples and the coastline around <span  xml:lang=\"mt\" lang=\"mt\">Marsalforn<\/span>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8384  gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/11\/07\/das-salz-dieser-erde\/20261107_095355\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/20261107_095355-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Gozo from the ferry\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/11\/07\/das-salz-dieser-erde\/20261107_123730\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/20261107_123730-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"\u0120gantija temples\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/11\/07\/das-salz-dieser-erde\/20261107_122510\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/20261107_122510-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"\u0120gantija temple\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/11\/07\/das-salz-dieser-erde\/20261107_113555\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/20261107_113555-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Xag\u0127ra Twins\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/11\/07\/das-salz-dieser-erde\/20261107_130949\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/20261107_130949-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"View down to Marsalforn\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div 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title=\"Cathedral of the Assumption (Victoria)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/11\/07\/das-salz-dieser-erde\/20261107_160654\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/20261107_160654-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"View from the Cittadella towards the north\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"clear\">\n  <div class=\"wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"img gps\" style=\"height:500px;\">\n  <div class=\"geomap\" id=\"map_gozo2026_north\" style=\"width:100%; height:100%;\" >\n  <noscript>\n   <p class=\"noscript\">\n    For showing the map, JavaScript is needed. However, either this browser does not support JavaScript, or it has been disabled.\n   <\/p>\n  <\/noscript>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n My hiking route\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>  <div class=\"notice\">\nThis blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in <a href=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8384\">German<\/a>.  <\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[139,119,348,60,128,85,58],"class_list":["post-8384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-diary","tag-europe","tag-churches-monasteries","tag-mediterranean","tag-city-sights","tag-temples-sacred-sites","tag-unesco-world-heritage","tag-hiking","trips-sicilia-malta-2026","country-mt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}