Accompanying me is my friend Dana who I’ve known for a little less than a year. She is particularly excited to come because she has never been to Europe. While I’m scheduled to stay nearly six weeks she can only allow herself two which will wipe out her entire year’s worth of vacation.
For this reason I plan a course that will let her see as much of Europe as possible on two weeks without it seeming like we’re just rushing from one place to the next. In the meantime I need to hit certain spots of importance in my project along the way. Fitting all that in is a bit of a challenge but I’ve got some general ideas.
For one central to the task is that we will be traveling by car. I’ve rented, or rather leased, for my entire stay a brand new Renault. I had once sworn that I would never in my lifetime drive one of these again after I was one of the 80’s suckers who had the misadventure of owning one of those shitbox Alliance cars which had a notoriety for unreliability that would make your garden variety Ford seem like a Japanese brand.
But it was either that or some other unworkable option so I’m breaking an oath and hoping for the best. At least it’s supposed to be brand spanking new so it better not give me any crap.
Furthermore it is a station wagon which will afford us, or at least just me after Dana leaves, the opportunity to sleep in the back every other night or two and save money.
With this in place it’s time to go to the airport.
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Day 2 - Paris/The Louvre
Day 3 _ Paris/The D'Orsay
Day 4 - Belgium/Getting Sick
Day 5 - Germany
Day 6 - Switzerland
Day 7 - Italy
Day 8 - Italy/Aquileia
Day 9 - Italy/Venice
Day 10 - Italy/Going to Rome
Day 11 - Italy/Rome
Day 12 - Sick in Rome
Day 13 - Italy/Dana Leaves
Day 14 - Italy/Pompei & Paestum
Day 15 - Italy/Grumentum
Day 16 - South-central Italy
Day 17 - Birthday in Italy
Day 18 - San Marino
Day 19 - Master of Roundabouts
Day 20 - Italy/Parma
Day 21 - Monaco
Day 22 - Southern France
Day 23 - Andorra
Day 24 - Spain/Soria
Day 25 - Spain/Barcelona
Day 26 - France/Perpignan
Day 27 - France/Arles
Day 28 - France/Nimes
Day 29 - France/Lyon
Day 30 - France/The Muddy Rut
Day 31 - The Netherlands
Day 32 - Germany/Denmark/Sweden
Day 33 - Denmark/The Land That Global Warming Forgot
Day 34 - Netherlands/Belgium
Day 35 - France/Calais
Day 36 - London
Day 37 - France/Normandy
Day 38 - France/Paris