2000 October 08 : Sunday

EPISODE I:
HOLLAND

EPISODE II:
GERMANY

EPISODE III:
AUSTRIA

EPISODE IV:
ITALY

EPISODE V:
TUNISIA

Itinerary 2000
Nights were spent in italicized locations.

2000 October 08 : 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

©2001-2008 by Mitch Darby - all rights reserved.

I spent the morning on the train from Rome to Naples. I arrived in Naples around noon and attempted to venture into the station's McDonald's, but was intimidated by the relentless Police presence. Instead, I got back on the train and made the 25 minute trip back north to the town of Caserta.

01) CASERTA : PALAZZO REALE | The building dwarfs the town. Look near the right end of the facade to find a car. This will give you a sense of scale.

02) CASERTA : PALAZZO REALE | One enters into an arcade that bisects the building leaving a courtyard on each side.

03) CASERTA : PALAZZO REALE | On the other side, it continues on as a path through the gardens.

04) CASERTA : PALAZZO REALE | The path terminates about a mile and a half out. The waterfall that cascades down is the longest free-flowing man-made waterfall in the world.

05) CASERTA : PALAZZO REALE | Back insde the arcade there is a stairway.

06) CASERTA : PALAZZO REALE | Lions guard the landing.

07) CASERTA : PALAZZO REALE | Turning around, this is what we have. Look familiar?

From STAR WARS : EP. I : THE PHANTOM MENACE
© Lucasfilm Ltd., Paramount, etc.

INT. THEED - PALACE THRONE ROOM - DAY

QUEEN AMIDALA, SIO BIBBLE, and FIVE OF HER HANDMAIDENS (EIRTAE, YANE, PADME, RABE, SACHE) are surrounded by TWENTY DROIDS. CAPTAIN PANAKA and FOUR NABOO GUARDS are also held at gunpoint. NUTE and RUNE stand in the middle of the room.

BIBBLE: ...how will you explain this invasion to the Senate?
NUTE: The Naboo and the Federation will forge a treaty that will legitimize our occupation here. I've been assured it will be ratified by the Senate.
AMIDALA: I will not co-operate.
NUTE: Now, now, your Highness. You are not going to like what we have in store for your people. In time, their suffering will persuade you to see our point of view. Commander. (OOM-9 steps forward) Process them.
OOM-9: Yes, sir! (turns to his sergeant) Take them to Camp Four.

The SERGEANT marches the GROUP out of the throne room.

08) CASERTA : PALAZZO REALE | The view from the top of the stairs. Incidentally, if you're sharp, you can see the back ends of the lions in THE PHANTOM MENACE.

From STAR WARS : EP. I: THE PHANTOM MENACE
© Lucasfilm Ltd., Paramount, etc.

INT. NABOO PALACE - THRONE ROOM - THEED - NIGHT

NUTE and RUNE stand before a hologram of DARTH SIDIOUS.

DARTH SIDIOUS: Viceroy, is the planet secure?
NUTE: Yes, my Lord, we have taken over the last pockets of primitive life forms. We are in complete control of the planet now.
DARTH SIDIOUS: Good. I will see to it that in the Senate, things stay as they are. I am sending Darth Maul to join you. He will deal with the Jedi.
NUTE: Yes, my Lord.

DARTH SIDIOUS fades off.

RUNE: A Sith lord here with us?!!

09) CASERTA : PALAZZO REALE | The figures in the preceding photo were standing a few steps down on the inlaid circle in the floor. Note the statues visible in the background of both shots. The guy at the right is a wedding photographer and was setting up to take portraits of several "just wed" couples.

INT. NABOO PALACE - THRONE ROOM - DAY

NUTE, RUNE, and DARTH MAUL walk with a hologram of DARTH SIDIOUS.

NUTE: ...we've sent out patrols. We've already located their starship in the swamp....It won't be long, My Lord.
DARTH SIDIOUS: This is an unexpected move for her. It's too aggresive...Lord Maul, be mindful.
DARTH MAUL: Yes, my Master.
DARTH SIDIOUS: Be patient... Let them make the first move.

10) CASERTA : PALAZZO REALE | Same spot - October 2001. Most of the scenes from the film that were shot in Caserta were filmed in this room. [update 2008: A shot of Tom Cruise's character crossing this room features in Mission Impossible III.]

EXT. THEED PLAZA - DAY

As the QUEEN watches helplessly from a window in the palace, a transport carrying NUTE and RUNE lands in Theed Plaza. They exit the transport.

11) CASERTA : PALAZZO REALE | Same spot - October 2001.

12) NAPLES WITH VESUVIOUS IN THE BACKGROUND | Looks beautiful doesn't it? It wasn't. Naples was very "third world" with slum-like conditions all around. I was afraid to have my camera out, so I didn't take any photos within the city. This photo comes from a postcard.

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