HOLLAND
GERMANY
AUSTRIA
ITALY
TUNISIA
Nights were spent in italicized locations.
2000 October 11 : Wednesday
| 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 travelled back to Naples to Visit Vesuvius and Pompeii.
01) MT. VESUVIUS | Vans
& buses take tourists from the Herculaneum train station up to the
parking lot just below the summit. From there, it's a short walk up to
the summit. Visible in this shot is a mud flow from the last eruption
(in 1944) and, in the distance, Naples. Vesuvius is considered one of
the 5 most dangerous volcanoes in the world. This is not due to it's size
(it's small) or it's eruptive history (not often), but it's proximity
to heavily populated areas.
02) MT. VESUVIUS | Looking
into the throat of the volcano. The scientists who are monitoring the
mountain have to rapel to the bottom of the crater on a regular basis
to collect gas samples and temperature readings. The mountain is smoldering
and the gas it emits is hot - but not as hot as the fumes in Sulfatera
Crater a few miles away.
03) MT. VESUVIUS | From a postcard. This is what the volcano looks like without clouds. The cinder cone you see was formed from the 1944 eruptions. The blast that buried Pompeii in 79 AD collapsed the mountain at the time - leaving the ridge you see behind the current cone.
04) POMPEII | The
forum with Vesuvius beyond. Like Skull Island, the mountaintop was shrouded
in clouds the entire time I was there.
05) POMPEII | Pompeii
is the most popular tourist attraction in Italy - even more so than Pisa's
tower.
06) POMPEII | A
bakery .
07) POMPEII | A
typical Roman courtyard house.
 08) POMPEII | Mosaic floor. The heat of the eruption severely warped it, though you barely get a sense of it from this photo. |
09) POMPEII | Amphitheatre.
For those playing along at home, this was the sixth amphitheatre that
I encountered.
10) POMPEII | It
is also the oldest Roman amphitheatre yet discovered. Pink Floyd staged
a concert here in the 70's.
11) POMPEII | Looking
over the Grande Palestra from the top of the amphitheatre.