30 May 2006

Grand Finale update


Here I will be listing the plan, as it is formulated, revised, and ultimately accomplished, of the Grand Finale of the Great European Adventure.

The plan is to make two circles of the continent, the first going west through Switzerland and Austria and circling through Germany to Paris, and the second going through the south of France through Italy and up though Belgium and the Netherlands to England, Scotland, and Ireland.

Time frame:
June 22 until early August 11

Destinations:
definites
Spain
France
Italy
Switzerland
Austria
Germany
Czech Republic
England
Scotland
Ireland
Belgium
Netherlands

Day to Day Plans

date doing what during the day
Thu, Jun 22
Fri, Jun 23 last day in Cadiz
Sat, Jun 24 Cordoba
Sun, Jun 25 Toledo
Mon, Jun 26 Toledo, train to Barca
Tue, Jun 27 Barca
Wed, Jun 28 Barca
Thu, Jun 29 Barca
Fri, Jun 30 Interlaken, canyoning
Sat, Jul 01 Luzern
Sun, Jul 02
Mon, Jul 03 float down Cesky Krumlov river
Tue, Jul 04 Cesky Krumlov, train to Prague, Prague
Wed, Jul 05 Prague
Thu, Jul 06 Prague
Fri, Jul 07 Berlin
Sat, Jul 08 Berlin
Sun, Jul 09 Berlin
Mon, Jul 10 Louvre, Notre Dame. Café du Pax, Opera at night (8:00)
Tue, Jul 11 Orsay, Mt St Michel
Wed, Jul 12 Mt St Michel, Paris Plage?, Louvre until 9:45
Thu, Jul 13 Versaille on bikes, nice dinner
Fri, Jul 14 Avignon
Sat, Jul 15 train to beach, beach
Sun, Jul 16 beach, other things
Mon, Jul 17 Monaco (car museum, aquarium, casino)
Tue, Jul 18 train to Cinque Terre, one or two villages
Wed, Jul 19 Cinque Terre, train to Pisa at night
Thu, Jul 20 Pisa, train to Florence
Fri, Jul 21 Florence
Sat, Jul 22 Florence
Sun, Jul 23 train to Roma, Roma
Mon, Jul 24 Roma: Vatican and Coloseum
Tue, Jul 25 Roma
Wed, Jul 26 Salzburg (Staier & Faust 7:30pm)
Thu, Jul 27 Hallstatt salt mines, ice caves
Fri, Jul 28 Amsterdam
Sat, Jul 29 Amsterdam
Sun, Jul 30 Brugges
Mon, Jul 31 get to London, tidy up things in London
Tue, Aug 01 Stonehenge
Wed, Aug 02 Bath
Thu, Aug 03 Shakespeare's home
Fri, Aug 04 Oxford
Sat, Aug 05 fly to Glasgow, Glasgow
Sun, Aug 06 Stirling (Braveheart battle scene)
Mon, Aug 07 Edinburgh Fringe Arts Festival
Tue, Aug 08 Edinburgh
Wed, Aug 09 St. Andrews
Thu, Aug 10 fly from Glasgow to Dublin
Fri, Aug 11 Dublin to JFK

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