HOLLAND
GERMANY
AUSTRIA
ITALY
TUNISIA
Nights were spent in italicized locations.
2000 October 19 : 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 |
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On my second day in Kairouan, I got in the car and took a day-trip to see a few more Roman towns.
01) MACTARIS | The
remnants of Mactaris are located at the edge of the current Tunisian town
of Makthar. This is (was) the amphitheatre.
02) MACTARIS | The
town was founded by Carthaginians around the 5th Century BC, though most
of the ruins date to the 2nd Century AD.
 03) MACTARIS | The baths have been restored and you can get a sense of their former grandeur by the large columns and mosaic floor. |
04) MACTARIS | The
forum is just beyond the Arch of Trajan. During my visit, there were about
100 school kids on a field trip. I managed to avoid them by being in one
part of the ruins while they were in another. We caught up to each other
in the forum. They were very excited to meet me.
05) MACTARIS | Somewhere
in the middle of this writhing mess is a skinny little white boy who appears
to be very much out of his element, but isn't really. One of the girls
took the picture. I have several other blurry shots!
06) SUFETULA | Sufetula
is further south - located just outside the modern town of Sbeitla. This
is the Arch of Diocletian.
07) SUFETULA | The
theatre has been heavily restored. I found the amphitheatre as well, but
it was barely recognisable - just a slight, eroded crater.
08) SUFETULA | The
forum. From left: the temples of Minerva, Jupiter, and Juno.
09) SUFETULA | A
bathing pool. The mosaics are restorations. The originals are in museums
such as the Bardo in Tunis. The greatest number of ancient Roman mosaics
have been discovered in Tunisia.
10) SUFETULA| Another
restored pool.