寂静之城 The Silent City

2022年5月15日, 星期日,此次旅行的第27天

Sunday, May 15th, 2022. Day 27 of the trip.

作为“权利的游戏”的粉丝,今天的计划是去几个权游的拍摄地点,来到马耳他之前就做了一些功课,这也是期待来到这里的原因之一!早上我正在计划怎么坐公交车,都要大概1个小时10分钟左右,直达的唯一一班车要坐42站!PJG又一次例外地决定坐出租车!看来他这几天是真的累啦,哈哈, 要用钱买容易。不过坐出租车还真节省时间和精力。他用了Bolt的软件,类似于Ubber,不到20分钟就到了。

As Game of Thrones (GoT) fans, today we planned to visit several GoT filming locations. I did some homework before coming to Malta, which was one of the reasons I looked forward to visiting here!

In the morning, we had originally planned to take the bus, but it was over an hour and 42 stops! So once again, PJG surprisingly decided to take a taxi! It seems that he is more tired these days, haha, and so comfort is easy to buy with money. But taking a taxi really saved a lot of time and energy. He used Bolt’s App, similar to Uber, and we arrived there in less than 20 minutes!

第一个目的地是姆迪纳门,是进入姆迪纳要塞城市的主要大门。姆迪纳市也被称作“寂静之城”,其的历史可以追溯到 4000 多年前。城市里的中世纪和巴洛克式的建筑风格和石灰石的建筑历史感成为了权游的非常好的拍摄地点。这个姆迪纳门是权游里的通往君临城的门。

The first destination was Mdina Gate, the main gate to enter the Mdina fortified city. The city of Mdina, also known as the “Silent City”, dates back more than 4,000 years. The city’s medieval and baroque architecture and limestone history made for a very good location for the GoT. This Mdina Gate was used as the gate to King’s Landing in GoT.

君临城的入口. The entrance to the show’s King’s Landing.
现在和权游里的场景基本一致. Now here is basically the same view as in the scene from Game of Thrones.
凱特琳·史塔克 The GoT character, Catelyn Stark: note the two lion statues in the background.
一样的两座石狮子. The same two stone lions.

走在入姆迪纳城里,感觉时空穿梭,回到了历史,也进入了权游的世界。

Walking in the city of Mdina, makes you feel like you’ve travelled through time, returning to an earlier place in history, and entering the world of Game of Thrones.

建筑角上的装饰. Ornate designs on the building’s corner
一家人的窗口. Interesting window ornaments.
马耳他典型的阳台. Typical Maltese balconies
今天在圣保禄主教座堂里有举办婚礼的. There was a wedding today here at St Paul’s Cathedral.
教堂内的婚礼. The small wedding in the church.
教堂前的广场和建筑. St. Pauls square and buildings in front of the church.
遇到了一个小的剧组在拍摄 A small filming crew

第二个目的地是姆迪纳的 Mesquita小广场,出现在权游场景第一季的第三集。

The second destination is the small square of Mesquita in Mdina, which appeared in episode 3 of the first season of GoT.

剧中这个场景里有小指头和艾德·史塔克. GoT characters, Littlefinger and Ned Stark in this scene.
现在树后的门被涂成了棕红色,据这里的一个饭店的小哥说,剧组并没有做太多的变动,在墙上的一些需要遮挡的部分贴了一些类似颜色的胶带,然后后期做了一些简单的处理,最大的变动就是剧组把这里的几棵树给拔掉了,但是拍摄之后又把树给栽了回来。

Today the door behind the tree is painted reddish brown. According to the waiter at the restaurant here, the crew didn’t make too many changes. Some some parts of the wall were covered with matching paper. The biggest change was that the crew pulled out a few trees, but then replanted them after filming was complete.

剧中的阳台. The balcony from GoT.
今天的阳台属于一个人家的住宅. Today’s balcony actually belongs to a family’s house.
我俩的午餐也在这里解决了,凯撒沙拉和鸡肉卷饼. We had lunch here as well – Caesar salad and a chicken wrap.

第三个目的地是距离姆迪纳步行大概17分钟的位于拉巴特的多米尼克修道院。修道院里的花园被用作权游里红堡的花园。

The third place is from the Dominican Monastery in Rabat, about a 17-minute walk from Mdina. The garden in the monastery was used as the garden of the Red Keep from GoT.

瑟曦·兰尼斯特和艾德·史塔克. Characters, Cersei Lannister and Ned Stark from GoT
可惜现在花园不对外开放. It’s a pity that the garden was not open to the public now.
修道院正面. The front of the monastery.

目标实现了!粉丝感觉非常棒,似乎完成了一项神圣的使命,哈哈! 坐出租车回酒店休息,今天算是一个比较轻松的一天。

Our goal was achieved! These two GoT fans feel great and seem to have accomplished our holy mission, haha! We took the Bolt taxi back to the hotel for a rest – today was relatively relaxing.

晚饭又回到了斯皮诺拉湾 we came back to Spinola bay for dinner at Gululu, a Maltese restaurant.
PJG的一个当地的牛肉菜 A local beef dish for PJG
我的烤鲈鱼 My grilled sea bass
今晚的月亮又大又圆 The moon is big and round tonight – There was a total Lunar Eclipse visible later that night.

来这里之前本来计划把第一季里所有在马耳他拍摄的剧集都再看一遍,可惜时间没有允许,所以这篇游记里的权游的场景照片,是我拷贝这个网站上的:

Before coming here, I originally planned to watch all the episodes filmed in Malta from the first season again, but unfortunately time did not allow, so I copied the scene photos from the Game of Thrones show found in this blog here:

https://thetraveltester.com/game-thrones-locations-malta-gozo/

2 thoughts on “寂静之城 The Silent City”

  1. 姆迪那,看了我也很喜欢这里,门环、窗式、雕像都很精美。手工打造的东西更有温度更柔软。权利的游戏,我都没听过,这么好的景,我也要找找👀。
    你拍的照片和剧照相似度很高,这样的旅游更有意思。

  2. I think you made the right decision to take a taxi, no need to tire yourselves before your wonderful Mdina visit. I like the photo of James at the Gate, the city has very narrow streets, and I especially liked the statue with the blue awning. The photo from inside St Paul’s Cathedral reminded me of the Italian churches we visited years ago.
    I didn’t realize that film companies take out living trees! Hopefully the trees were not damaged for the future, it might be hard for them to fully get their roots established again.

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