Cultural Heritage Stories Booklet | Page 11

on the bus heading to the capital city of Gozo. Within fifteen minutes, we were infront the big doors of the Citadel. As we walked through the doors, we could see several tourists observing the antique buildings and other attractions the Citadel has to offer. As we passed infront one of the museums, one of my friends, noticed that a short film about the Citadel, was going to start in five minutes. Since we didn’t have a fixed plan, we decided to go and watch it. We entered the museum and we were greeted by the officer in charge. There was no one yet in the auditorium so the officer told us that we could sit wherever we liked. We got into the seats in the very front row and waited. After a short while, the officer returned to tell us that the film was starting now. We were the only viewers. It wasn’t a long film, but it was very interesting. It narrated the times when the knights of St John, was defending the island, during a siege, from the Ottomans. As soon as the film came to an end, we got up from our seats and headed to the exit. Strangely enough, there was no one to be seen anywhere in the building, so we just headed out in the street. But everything seemed to have strangely changed. The streets were deserted. Where were the tourists we saw on entering the main 6