HOLLAND
GERMANY
AUSTRIA
ITALY
TUNISIA
Nights were spent in italicized locations.
2000 October 02 : Monday
| 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 had been so thoroughly soaked the previous day, that I had to unpack everything in order to dry out. Fortunately my tiny little room had a bathroom with a window and a shower, so I was able to hang stuff up in there open the window, shut the door, and let things air out overnight. It helped a little, but my spirits had been dampened.
01) VENICE | The
building with the red awning was my shitty little hotel. 160,000 Lire
or about $75. It was one of the more expensive places I stayed in. Certainly
the most expensive in Italy.
|
From
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
INDY, BRODY and ELSA walk along the narrow canal, lined with buildings on either side. ELSA:
The last time I saw your father we were in the library. He was
very close to tracking down the Knight's Tomb. I've never seen him
so excited. He was as giddy as a schoolboy. |
02) VENICE | Same
place - October 2000.
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From
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
|
03) VENICE | On
the bridge.
|
From
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
ELSA
leads INDY and BRODY into the large piazza. People walk about and
sit at tables in front of a large building. ELSA: Here is the library. They
have arrived at the front steps of the library. INDY:
That doesn't look much like a library.
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04) VENICE | The
Campo San Barnaba. Inside is a museum (not a library) of religious art.
I went in the previous day to escape the rain. "X" doesn't mark
the spot.
05) VENICE | Is
that some sunshine I see?
06) VENICE | Why
yes it is! Too bad it was time to catch the next train to Florence.
07) VERONA | I
got off the train for a few hours in Verona because I wanted to see the
remains of their Roman amphiteater. I went on to see a dozen more during
the course of my travels. This particular one was claimed by my guidebook
to be the third largest in existence. I think it's probably closer to
#5 or #6 on the list based on my own research.
08) VERONA | The
mural at the left depicts how they intend to restore it. Most renovation
projects in Italy had murals draped on them as temporary facades.
 09) VERONA | Any construction project of any size in Europe has a crane like this one. |
10) VERONA | I
never did figure out what the building in the background was/is.
 11) VERONA | The white stones show the original location of the outer wall - which fell down in a 12th Century earthquake. |
 12) VERONA | The amphitheater has been restored and is currently used for operas and concerts. |
After a couple hours I got back on another train and headed south to Florence. I arrived around 5:30 and booked a hotel through the station's tourist office. They gave me a map to it and I was off. Several hours later I found it in the third floor of a non-descript building on a short little stump of an alley. I was looking for a piazza as the address claimed, thinking that piazza meant "large square." I'm here to tell ya - it doesn't!