EPISODE I:
HOLLAND
EPISODE II:
GERMANY
EPISODE III:
AUSTRIA
EPISODE IV:
ITALY
EPISODE V:
TUNISIA
Itinerary 2000
Nights were spent in italicized locations.
 

2000 September 21 : Thursday


 
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 arrived at Charles des Gaule at 8:15 am ... and remained in the terminal for another EIGHT hours. So I had plenty of time to contemplate my surroundings...

 


Morning : CHARLES DE GAULE |
Small windows in a curved concrete wall.

 


Morning : CDG |
Looking towards the intersection of two concourses.

 

 
Morning : CDG |
The wall curves around and actually terminates at the floor below the one I'm standing on.
 

 


Morning : CDG |
At the end of the concourse. The plane crossing the center window is a 747. My wide-angle lens makes it look more like a Cesna.

 


Morning : CDG |
Looking back up the concourse. For the most part, I had it all to myself.

 

When I finally met up with Eron in Amsterdam, he told me that U2 had just shot the video for their latest single ("Beautiful Day") at Charles des Gaule the month previous. As it turned out, they shot the album cover there as well. Here're a few photos (borrowed from U2.com) for comparison.

 

     

 

     
 
     
 

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