HOLLAND
GERMANY
AUSTRIA
ITALY
TUNISIA
Nights were spent in italicized locations.
2000 October 10 : Tuesday
| 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. | |
After two nights in Naples it was definitely time to leave. Destination: Positano.
01) AMALFI COAST | I
boarded the Circumvesuviana train at Naples central station and rode it
its entire length to the town of Salerno. There I boarded a bus to Positano.
The road winds along the cliff faces. At one point we had to slow down
as a film crew had taken over part of the road for filming (above).
02) AMALFI COAST | Eventually,
we were allowed to pass. I later heard a rumor that Tom Cruise was filming
a movie here. I have yet to find proof of this, although at one point
I did happen to overhear two people with the production talking about
upcoming scenes. Both had American accents.
03) Positano | I
missed the first bus stop (at the top of the town), because my pack and
I were buried at the back of the bus. This shot is taken a few steps away
from the lower bus stop. I ended up walking through the town a mile or
two until I found a place to stay.
04) POSITANO | After
getting set up in a Pensione, I went and got something to eat (grapes,
Ritz crackers, & juice) and happily ate my lunch on this very bench.
 05) POSITANO | One of the many narrow passageways throughout the town. |
 06) POSITANO | Another. |
07) POSITANO | Heading
back to my room. It's actually visible in this shot, but simply saying
it's the pink building with the green shutters probably won't help you
find it!
08) POSITANO | It's
also visible in this shot.
09) POSITANO | Positano
has two beaches. This is the larger main beach. Both are gravelly, rocky
affairs - similar to those found at Cinqe Terre. Even though they are
colder and windier, I prefer the fine, sandy beaches of my native Oregon.
But who can complain?
10) POSITANO | Looking
the other way. This hill divides Positano in to two sections. I stayed
in on the other side of it.