Well here we are at the Brisbane Airport waiting for the plane to leave. Scheduled to go at 2.30am, there has been a delay and we'll now go at 3am (we hope). We were very disappointed no-one came to see us off, surely someone could have got up early or stayed up late to join us for beer and wine (or breakfast) at the lounge?
Ah well, I suppose we will have to keep each other company.
Pam has been a little ill all day, she has a bad cold, went to the Doctor and he gave her a stack of medication, hope she feels better after the flight. The up side of that is she hasn't had the time or inclination to worry about the miracle of flight.
I only have one photo - Pam busy with a crossword book, she wants to save the dozing for the flight. Only 2 hours before we depart. No more now until we get to Italy.
arrivederci
Vernon and Pam xxx
Friday, August 31, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Plans for Italy
We
leave Brisbane
on the 1st September; arrive back about 6 weeks later on the 15th
October.
We
hire a car on arrival in Milan and drive anti-clockwise
around the north of Italy
before getting the ferry from Genoa to Palermo in Sicily
on the 20th. We then drive around Sicily and
north, arriving in Rome on the 1st
October; making it 4 weeks with the hire car driving around Italy.
We
then give the car back and spend 5 nights in Rome and fly to Dusseldorf on the
6th October and spend 7 nights with Luke and Carolin in Germany. Fly back to Milan on the afternoon 13th
and fly back to Australia that night.
This
is Plan A – if the weather doesn’t co-operate or things don’t go to plan – we
will have to resort to another plan……. maybe make it up as we go along.
The
blue row is where we stay; the brown is the approximate kilometres we travel
for the day. (Total – about 4,000 kms)
Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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1 Sept Milan
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Leave Bris 0230hrs
Arrive Milan
2050hrs
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2 Milan
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3 Milan
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4 La Spezia
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5 La Spezia
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6 Florence
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7 Florence
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8 Florence
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Milan
Last Supper,
Milan Duomo
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Milan
Lake Maggiore
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Through Parma
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Cinque Terre
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Lucca,
Pisa – Tower, Arno
River banks
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Florence Duomo, Uffizi and Accedemia Museums
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Florence, Michelangelo Lookout
Walking and shopping
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40 kms
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40 kms
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250 kms
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20 kms
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140 kms
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9 Florence
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10 Pesaro
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11 Pesaro
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12 Bologna
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13 Venice
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14 Venice
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15 Venice
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Monteriggioni,
Sienna – Duomo – the ‘Striped’ Cathedral
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Assisi Basilica
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San
Marino
Go to the beach at Cesenatico
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Bologna
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Verona
Romeo and Juliet balcony, Roman arena
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Vaporetti – canals, Piazza San Marco
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Grand Canal,
Bridge of Sighs Murano
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140 kms
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350 kms
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150 kms
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150 kms
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300 kms
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40 kms
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40 kms
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16 Bolzano
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17 Como
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18 Como
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19 Turin
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20 Ferry
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21 Palermo
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22 Palermo
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Dolomites, Lago di Misurina
Bolzano ‘Ice Man’ Museum
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Through Parco Nationale Della Stelvio
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Lake Como
Cruise
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Shroud of Turin
museum,
Duomo
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Genoa, Portofina
Leave on ferry at 11pm
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Arrive on ferry at 7pm
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Palermo and Marsala
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300 kms
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300 kms
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160 kms
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250 kms
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280kms
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23 Agrigento
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24 Catania
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25 Catania
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26 Cosenza
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27 Naples
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28 Naples
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29 Naples
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Valley of the Temples
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Siracusa
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Mt Etna,
Taormina Greek Theatre
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Tropea
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Cassino Commonwealth
War Cemetery; Maratea
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Pompeii
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Amalfi coast
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125 kms
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250 kms
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150 kms
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300 kms
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300 kms
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50 kms
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70 kms
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30 Naples
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1 Oct Rome
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2 Rome
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3 Rome
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4 Rome
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5 Rome
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6 Germany
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Isle of Capri
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Vatican and Sistine Chapel 0745hrs
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Fly to Germany
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20 kms
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250 kms
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7 Germany
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8 Germany
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9 Germany
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10 Germany
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11 Germany
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12 Germany
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13
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Fly to Milan
Leave Milan 2220hrs
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14
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15
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16
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17
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18
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19
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20
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Arrive Bris 0640hrs
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