Italy and Tunisia
In and around Tunis, Tunisia
Jeremy's high school graduation --- part of the reason we're taking this trip.
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This site will soon be home to a travel journal, covering the adventures of Cynthia, Michael, Jeremy and Luca as they head to Italy and North Africa on their very first cross-Atlantic trip as a family.
Michael and Cynthia last made this journey in the Summer of 1988 on their pre-wedding honeymoon (and boy, did that cause some confusion for folk.) We are not exactly retracing our original route, but are very much looking forward to reaching Palermo where we spent such a wonderful time that summer with Michael's aunts, uncles and cousins. Alas, the aunts and uncles are no longer with us, but we still have cousins, second cousins and yet-to-be-met third cousins.
Jeremy and Luca.
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My colleague from the UW, Noel Paul, will join us in Palermo and then 21 UW students will arrive to begin a four-week adventure in Sicily and Tunisia. For more information about this Exploration Seminar, the "Digital Arts Summer Odyssey", please see: http://depts.washington.edu/explore/programs/2007/tunisiasicily.htm
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Cyn & the Family
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Milano
The Seattle to Paris flight on AirFrance was a thing of beauty. Although I was holding a slight resentment against the airline from last year’s delay... Continue reading » -
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Day two in Milan
Today is our only full day in Milan. We have an ambitious itinerary, culminating in a visit to Santa Maria delle Grazie and Leonardo’s Last Supper.... Continue reading » -
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Off to Venice
Up early, packed and a final breakfast at Hotel Serena, then off to the train station to catch a 9:00 a.m. train to Venice. It is overcast (rain and... Continue reading » -
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Venezia
Breakfast is brought to the room at Trinita --- warm croissants, cappuccino and juice. We set out on the vaporetto (water taxi) for Murano, home of V... Continue reading » -
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Pickpockets!
Back to San Marco, this time to see some of the sites. The square was already crowded (major cruise ships arrive frequently), so we stood in a short... Continue reading » -
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Off to Roma!
Rome is a five-hour train journey from Venice. There was a bit of confusion on our part about seating (we didn’t realize that we had specifically res... Continue reading » -
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Roma
A bit of a late start this morning, but by 9:30 we set off for St. Peter’s and the Vatican museum. Apparently, 5000 other visitors to la citta’ etern... Continue reading » -
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Where is Russell Crowe in his cute skirt:
This morning we set off to Castel San’Angelo to buy a Roma Pass. This provides three days of free public transportation plus free entries to two site... Continue reading » -
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Benito was a bit whacky...
Our destination today is E.U.R., Mussolini’s ideal utopian city a short bus-ride from Rome. E.U.R. was planned as an example for his vision of a new... Continue reading » -
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Bernini is the bomb...
We had early reservations for the Borghese Gallery, so it was a rushed morning to get ready, catch the bus, transfer to another, and get to the galler... Continue reading » -
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Another fascinating day in Roma...
Michael was up and out the door early this morning to get to the Galleria dell’Arte Moderna. The kids and I took advantage of a little extra sleep, t... Continue reading » -
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Flea Markets and the UW Rome Center.
Michael and Luca were out the door early this morning, hoping to get a head start on the flea market. Jeremy and I have plans to meet the Ozubkos at... Continue reading » -
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Napoli
We left for Napoli this morning. The train was a bit late in arriving, but we were in Naples by 11:00, right on time. I was a little worried about ou... Continue reading » -
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Herculaneum
Today, we went to Herculaneum. We had to pack up our bags and check out of the room prior to taking the Circumvisuviana, a train that runs a loop bet... Continue reading » -
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Palermo
We were up at dawn, excited to finally be in Sicily. A whirlwind of packing up our stuff, getting off the ferry, and finding a cab to take us to a ca... Continue reading » -
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Beach time with Igea.
Today, Michael’s cousin, Igaea (sister of Pasquale) picked us up to take us to the beach a Mondello on the other side of Palermo. Igaea is in her 50’... Continue reading » -
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More family time with Pasquale and company...
Noel and I needed to go to the bus company (Labisi) that we have chartered to take the students to Segesta and Selinunte on Sunday, the 26th. I had a... Continue reading » -
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Let the games begin!
Having stayed up late last night finishing the laundry (the machine runs forever --- not sure how to make the process go any faster), I slept in, as d... Continue reading » -
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ready, set, go!
Some of ours students have arrived already and are spending a great deal of time researching the beach at Mondello. We will be receiving the rest of... Continue reading » -
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