HOLLAND
GERMANY
AUSTRIA
ITALY
TUNISIA
Nights were spent in italicized locations.
2000 October 01 : Sunday
| Sep 20 |
Portland |
| Sep 21 | Charles
de Gaulle, Delft |
| Sep 22 | Amsterdam,
Delft |
| Sep 23 | Delft,
Rotterdam, Stromberg |
| Sep 24 | Dinkelsbühl,
Munich |
| Sep 25 | Schloss
Neuschwanstein, Munich |
| Sep 26 | Munich,
Solnhofen, Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
| Sep 27 | Rothenburg
ob der Tauber, Salzburg |
| Sep 28 | Berchtesgaden,
Salzburg |
| Sep 29 | Salzburg,
Vienna |
| Sep 30 | Vienna,
night train |
| Oct 01 | Venice |
| Oct 02 | Venice,
Verona, Florence |
| Oct 03 | Florence,
Pisa, Cinqe Terre (Monterosso) |
| Oct 04 | Cinqe
Terre: Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, Monterosso |
| Oct 05 | Cinqe
Terre (Monterosso), Rome: Coliseum, Forum |
| Oct 06 | Palestrina,
Rome: St. Peter's, Vatican Museum |
| Oct 07 | Rome:
Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountaine, Palatine Hill, etc. |
| Oct 08 | Santa
Maria Capua Vetere, Caserta, Naples |
| Oct 09 | Pozzouli,
Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Caserta, Naples |
| Oct 10 | Positano |
| Oct 11 | Mt.
Vesuvius, Pompeii, Positano |
| Oct 12 | Paestum,
Positano |
| Oct 13 | Positano,
Amalfi, Ravello, night train |
| Oct 14 | Taormina |
| Oct 15 | Catania,
Palermo, Trapani |
| Oct 16 | all-day
ferry, Tunis |
| Oct 17 | Tunis,
Thuburbo Majus, Zaghouan, Kairouan |
| Oct 18 | Kairouan |
| Oct 19 | Mactaris,
Sufetula, Kairouan |
| Oct 20 | Kairouan,
Monastir, El Jem, Houmt Souk |
| Oct 21 | Ajim,
Medenine, Ksar Hadada, Tataouine |
| Oct 22 | Ksar
Ouled Soltane, Douirat, Chenini, Foum Tataouine, Matmata |
| Oct 23 | Matmata,
Douz, Chott El D'Jerid, Tozeur |
| Oct 24 | Sidi
Bouhlel, Chott El Gharsa, Tozeur |
| Oct 25 | Chebika,
Tamerza, Mides, Seldja Gorge, Tozeur |
| Oct 26 | Sidi
Bouhlel, Chott El D'Jerid, Tozeur |
| Oct 27 | Chott
El Gharsa, Chott El D'Jerid, Sidi Bouhlel, Tozeur |
| Oct 28 | Chott
El D'Jerid, Sidi Bouhlel, Tozeur |
| Oct 29 | Dougga,
Sidi Bou Said, La Marsa |
| Oct 30 | La Marsa,
Rome |
| Oct 31 | Rome,
Atlanta, Portland |
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| ©2001-2008 by Mitch Darby - all rights reserved. | |
The overnight train from Vienna arrived in Venice at 8:15am. I spent the next hour or so walking around in the rain until I found a hotel. They didn't have a room ready, but let me leave my stuff in the lobby (after assuring me it would be secure). I was told a room would be ready around 2pm. I spent the next 6 hours trying to keep dry as it rained and rained and rained. And then rained some more.
 01) VENICE | What you can't see is the rain. By the end of the day, the water was over the edge. |
02) VENICE | The
Ponte di Rialto brigde over the Grand Canal. It's still raining.
03) VENICE | Piazzetta
di San Marco.
04) VENICE | The
first time I entered the square, I was taking photos when suddenly this
huge cruise ship glidded past - temporarily eclipsing everything.
05) VENICE | Looking
back 180 degrees toward the Basilica di San Marco. You'll notice it's
still raining. The stumpy tables in the lower right hand quadrant of the
photo are actually walkways that are being set up. A few hours later,
the square was full of water and the walkways were full of tourists going
nowhere fast.
06) CITY | Same
shot - slightly different angle. The red brick structure is the base of
the bell tower.
07) VENICE | Is
was about this time that I bought an umbrella. I carried it with me for
the remainder of my travels. I actually used it once more in Sicily.
08) VENICE | Looking
across the lagoon toward Palladio's Chiesa di San Giorgio Maggiore.
09) VENICE | At
the top of the bell tower overlooking the Piazza San Marco. The Piazzetta
di San Marco (photos 3-6) adjoins it perpendicularly from the left (just
off frame). My hotel is somewhere in the upper right.