HOLLAND
GERMANY
AUSTRIA
ITALY
TUNISIA
Nights were spent in italicized locations.
2000 October 14 : Saturday
| 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. | |
I arrived in Taormina's train station around 3:30 am. The train station is actually on the coast, about 2 miles from the town - which is on a hilltop. I waited around until the first bus came by at 7am.
 01) TAORMINA | One of the nicest places in Taormina is/are the public gardens of the Villa Comunale Duca Colnnadi Cesariò. Victorian follies (backdrop-like buildings) are sited within the gardens. |
 02) TAORMINA | In the lower right corner, you can see part of one of the bird cages. The buildings are populated solely by brids ... and cats. |
03) TAORMINA | In
fact, cats were everywhere in the garden. Though you don't see any in
this shot, they were there lurking in the shrubs, sleeping in the shadows,
or climbing in the trees.
04) TAORMINA | The
Sanctuary of Madonna della Rocca is partially built into the cliff-face.
The ruins of a medieval castle adorn the summit of the hill.
05) TAORMINA | Looking
down over the town.
06) TAORMINA | A
zoom shot of the Teatro Greco. Orginally it was a Greek theatre, but it
was later completely rebuilt by the Romans and used for gladiator combats.
 07) TAORMINA | The Teatro Greco was the home of the "chorus" in Woody Allen's film MIGHTY APHRODITE. One of the first glimpses of it in the film is a shot very much like this one. |
08) TAORMINA | The
"stage."
09) TAORMINA | Looking
up toward the Sanctuary of Madonna della Rocca and above it, the medieval
fortress.
10) TAORMINA | View
of the town from the Teatro Greco.
11) TAORMINA | Most
of the upper passage way has fallen down or been quarried for other uses.
12) TAORMINA | View
from the nosebleed section.
13) TAORMINA | A
postcard. This is what it would have looked like, had Mt. Etna been visible
(it would have even been smoldering like this).