I'm putting this blog page together with the HOPE of sharing plans, details and pictures of my 2008 Euro trip to everyone back at home.
Feel free to drop in comments as you see fit. Of course, you can e-mail me too.
And with that...here are my plans if you're trying to keep up. This itinerary is flexible, but I'm sure I'll stick fairly closely to this.
All times are (EDT)...
May 3 Flight out (Knoxville - Atlanta - Dusseldorf, Germany) Depart @ 1:20p
May 4 Arrival in Germany in morning (1:40a EDT)
Train to Cologne, Germany for the day; train to Paris in evening
May 5 Paris
May 6 Paris
May 7 Paris
May 8 Paris
May 9 Depart in morning for Krakow, Poland (12:50a)
Krakow
May 10 Auschwitz concentration camp
May 11 Krakow (night train to Vienna)
May 12 Vienna, Austria (night train to Slovenia)
May 13 Lake Bled, Slovenia
May 14 Julian Alps (car rental day)
May 15 Skocjan cave (car rental day); Ljubljana
May 16 Ljubljana, Slovenia; train to Zagreb, Croatia in afternoon
May 17 Plitvice Nat'l Park, Croatia (car rental day) (night train to Split)
May 18 Trogar, Croatia
May 19 Split, Croatia (bus to Dubrovnik)
May 20 Dubrovnik, Croatia
May 21 Dubrovnik
May 22 Montenegro (car rental day) (overnight ferry across the Adriatic Sea)
May 23 Morning train from Ancora to Venice, Italy
Venice
May 24 Venice
May 25 Venice
May 26 Memorial Day - Flight out @ 7:05a (Venice - Atlanta - Knoxville)
Arrival in Atlanta @ 6:05p
Arrival in Knoxville @ 9:00p
Time Difference: 6 hours ahead in Europe
I hope to have some limited phone access (pay phones) and I hope to take my laptop with me to have some internet access.
I'll try to post daily updates as I have time. I'll try to provide a few pictures, a background and maybe some history with each posting.
Au revoir!
