A balloon Pope holding the Maltese flag caught the attention of many this morning. They stopped to take photos of the creation which took talented Robert Ellul half an hour to complete.

The sale of souvenirs was slow but steady, one of the sellers said. He said jokingly, people drinking from his mugs would definitely be getting a "papal drink".

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