8 Apr 2004
Venice pt. 2
There is, it seems, no better place from which to watch the Earth turn....
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7 Apr 2004
Venice pt. 1
While Venice may not be sinking anymore, it is a city whose fragility and history is palpable in every slowly...
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5 Apr 2004
Lucca & Pisa
After Florence, short trips to Lucca and Pisa's Field of Miracles rounded out the lovely week in Tuscany....
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3 Apr 2004
Florence
After the respite in Civita, we headed back into the beautiful maelstrom that is Northern Italian tourism; Florence was our...
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2 Apr 2004
Siena
Siena is more typical tourist fare that Civita, but beautiful nonetheless. Here we met Williams friends spending the year amidst...
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1 Apr 2004
Civita di Bagnoregio
Civita di Bagnoregio, age 2500 years, current population 15, was our next stop. It is set on a plateau north...
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30 Mar 2004
Rome pt. 2
The next day we moved on to the ancient sites: the Forum, the Colosseum, and the Pantheon. To complete our...
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29 Mar 2004
Rome pt. 1
Rome, the Eternal City, showered us with rain for three days. Undaunted, we ventured out for a very full first...
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27 Mar 2004
The Amalfi Coast
After leaving Pompeii, our group went west to Sorrento and then on to the small towns of the Amalfi Coast,...
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26 Mar 2004
Pompeii
The next morning our little band headed north to Pompeii, where we walked amidst the uncovered city through ancient...
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25 Mar 2004
Paestum
After saying our farewells to the rest of the group, Joe, Mariah, Alana, Maryl, Marge, Sara, and I left Palermo...
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23 Mar 2004
Aegadian Islands
Our final day in Sicily was spent among the Aegadian Islands of Favignana, where I had an unfortunate encounter with...
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22 Mar 2004
Enna & Monreale
Our third day in Sicily continued with a long bus ride through central Sicily and Enna, known as the "navel"...
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22 Mar 2004
Taormina
The town of Taormina was founded in the 4th century B.C. by exiles from the former city of Naxos. They...
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21 Mar 2004
Syracuse
Our first real destination of the trip was to the ancient Greek city of Syracuse, which was once the home...
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20 Mar 2004
Cefalu
After an early morning flight from London Stansted, the group landed in Palermo, Sicily. Cefalu was our first destination, and...
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