The Wignacourt Museum.
The Wignacourt Museum is housed in a baroque palace just outside the old Roman city of Melite incorporating Mdina and parts of Rabat, where St.Paul's Grotto is located, together with the crypt and the Parish church both dedicated to St.Paul. This site presents a wealth of historical material and as the curator of this museum , Mgr. John Azzopardi says, in the front cover of his booklet on the museum, one finds a Picture Gallery, Archaeology, Sculpture, Coins, Furniture, Embroided Vestments, Old Maps, Rare Books, Drawings and Prints, Baroque Chapel, Underground War Shelter with Catacombs all under one roof.
St Paul's Catacombs, Rabat, Malta - Getting your own tomb
Catacombs could have been private or public but in either cases you had to somehow get your own tomb. Here we discuss the various sites one had to go through to get a tomb in the Roman and Byzantine periods.
Best Places To Go To In Malta
These are the best places to go to in Malta! Malta is a haven in the Mediterranean. It's restaurants are reasonably priced as compared to the other major cities in Europe and even in the Spring, their weather is perfect.
However, when renting a car, do check around for their prices. It's better to hire with a trusted company.
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Places in the video that we visited:
Fort St Elmo:
Crystal Palace for their famous Pastizzis:
Valletta Waterfront:
St. Agatha's Crypt, Catacombs & Museum:
Mdina Main Gate:
Tarxien Temples:
Ta Kris Restaurant:
Popeye Village Malta:
Marsaxlokk Bay:
Blue Grotto (Il-Hnejja):
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St. Johns Micro Brew, Santimartini Winery and the towns of Sant' Agata de'Goti and Benevento Italy
Bikes, bus rides, beer, BFF (it works with the alliteration), Benevento, bell towers, beautiful weather...how can you create a better weekend??
It started with a trek to Stage 7 of the Giro, the Italian equivalent of the Tour de France. (Please view the Giro video).
It was a great day, setting the stage for a fantastic Saturday, touring around Benevento, 45 minutes outside Naples. We joined our friends on a tour planned for them with 20+ friends and associates. The first stop a micro-brewery. It was one of the first 15 in Italy. The beer sommelier was impressed with Randy and Chris's beer meters. After explaining his process he announced it was time to move the meters off empty. Breakfast of champions was served; at least there's some grain involved! We partook of the blond chilled, the red not so chilled, and the amber even warmer. Nothing daunts a group of serious beer consumers. We then loaded up the bus with all the purchases and then on to the winery. Wine before beer, have good cheer? Beer before wine, everything is fine? Wine after beer, make sure the trashcan's near? We're not quite sure what the right saying might be.
The tour showed a very sterile wine operation, not the oak barrels we had expected, but the wine was good and the countryside beautiful. The wine sommelier was as passionate as the beer sommelier. We haven't a clue how many glasses were consumed across the group, but we were all in very good cheer. Two stops before lunch, both with free flowing samples. Randy recalls the conversation was really funny, with several great lines shared by the crowd, but none seem to have stuck with him. The most memorable for me, If you can't figure out who THAT GUY is, then THAT GUY is you.
Lunch, a quick nap on the way to the next small town, and Randy was ready to roll again. His meter was still pegged, but the food, and nap at least made him upright, which is more than we can say for our friend. He siesta'd, or the Italian version -- reposo'd, while we toured a church, climbing to the top of the bell tower to ring the bell. The story goes, it's a church primarily used for funerals. So if you're well enough to come in and ring the chime, then everything is still good. From the heights of the steeple, we were led to the area below the altar where a 16th century crypt held the bones of a few Franciscan monks. Maybe crypt isn't right. It's where they prepared the bodies, looking like a communal potty, where they let all the fluids drain out.
Our local guide told us tales of finding a mummified body in a sarcophagus when Napoleon rode through the area after he took the relics of the saint out of the same sarcophagus. The body was placed in a closet from 1806 (Napoleon's time) until the 1960's. He said they used to put hats on the mummy's head and place it upright in the pulpit claiming that everyone one day would go the way the mummy had.
We were sure busy pickling ourselves that day, so maybe we're already going the way of the mummy. But we had a great time doing it.
Can't imagine a better day. We laughed with friends, enjoyed bountiful beverages, some good food, beautiful sites, witty conversation, and lived to tell the tale.
It's why we're here. My only gripe....I think the French's set such a high standard, we might not top that day for the rest of our stay. But we're going to give it our best shot.
Wish you could join us. Or even better, you arrange the day, and just let us ride along. That made it the best.