Part I
Rob’s Daily Journal
Introduction
Rome
Friday, March 26: SeaTac Airport
Saturday, March 27: Seattle to Rome
Monday, March 29: Ancient Rome
Tuesday, March 30: Art in Rome
Wednesday, March 31: St. Peter’s Basilica
Thursday, April 1: Vatican Museum
Sorrento
Friday, April 2: Rome to Sorrento
Saturday, April 3: Pompeii
Sunday, April 4: Palm Sunday, Amalfi Coast
Monday, April 5: Napoli
Tuesday, April 6: Sorrento
Tuscany
Wednesday, April 7: Sorrento to Assisi
Thursday, April 8: Assisi to Tuscany
Friday, April 9: Certaldo, San Gimignano
Saturday, April 10: Firenze I
Sunday, April 11: Easter
Monday, April 12: Pisa, Lucca
Tuesday, April 13: Siena
Wednesday, April 14: Volterra
Thursday, April 15: Firenze II
Friday, April 16: Leonardo Museum
Venice
Saturday, April 17: Certaldo to Venice
Sunday, April 18: Venice I
Monday, April 19: Venice II
Northern Italy
Tuesday, April 20: Venezia to Bellagio, Padova
Wednesday, April 21: Bellagio to CinqueTerre
Thursday, April 22: CinqueTerre Town Walk
Provence
Friday, April 23: Breakfast in Italy, Lunch in Monaco, Dinner in France
Saturday, April 24: A Gite in Provence
Sunday, April 25: Vaison-la-Romaine
Monday, April 26: Orange and Pont du Gard
Tuesday, April 27: Market Day, Mount Ventoux, Cotes du Rhone
Wednesday, April 28: A Day Off
Thursday, April 29: Rain!
Friday, April 30: Avignon
Cathar Country
Saturday, May 1: Carcasonne
Sunday, May 2: L’Isle-en-Dodon, Toulouse
Monday, May 3: Lastours, Minerve
Chateau Figeac
Tuesday, May 4: Caunes-Minervois to St. Emilion
Wednesday, May 5: Chateau Figeac
Dordogne River Valley
Thursday, May 6: St. Emilion to Sarlat-en-Canada
Friday, May 7: Prehistoric Perigord
Saturday, May 8: Birth Day, V-E Day
Sunday, May 9: Rocamador
Monday, May 10: Possessions are a nuisance
Loire River Valley
Tuesday, May 11: Dordogne Valley to Loire Valley
Wednesday, May 12: Chateau Chambord
Paris
Thursday, May 13: To Paris
Friday, May 14: Canonical Paris
Saturday, May 15: Versailles
Sunday, May 16: Villepigues
Monday, May 17: Fine Dining
Tuesday, May 18: Science Museum
London
Wednesday, May 19: Chunnel
Thursday, May 20: Political Science, History, Theatre Arts
Friday, May 21: Greenwich
Saturday, May 22: For the Children
Sunday, May 23: Tubing
Bath and Cotswolds
Monday, May 24: Bath
Tuesday, May 25: Waters of Bath
Wednesday, May 26: Stones of Southern England
Thursday, May 27: Bath to Cotswolds
Friday, May 28: Walking Cotswold Way
Saturday, May 29: Medieval and Elizabethean Theatre
York and Haltwhistle
Sunday, May 30: Rain, Hail and York
Monday, May 31: Harry Potter Day
Tuesday, June 1: To the Border
Wednesday, June 2: Hadrian’s Wall
Scotland
Thursday, June 3: Edinburgh
Friday, June 4: Edinburgh Castle
Saturday, June 5: A Wee Bit of Everything
Sunday, June 6: Robert’s Birthday, Speyside
Monday, June 7: The Great Glen
Lakes District and Northern Wales
Tuesday, June 8: Southward to the Lakes District
Wednesday, June 9: Keswick
Thursday, June 10: The Leighton’s of Alberbury
Friday, June 11: Castles and Houses of North Wales
Ireland
Saturday, June 12: Crossing the Irish Sea
Sunday, June 13: Poorman’s Bloomsday
Monday, June 14: Rock of Cashel
Tuesday, June 15: Dingle Town
Wednesday, June 16: Dingle Peninsula
Thursday, June 17: Trading Peninsulas
Friday, June 18: Ring of Kerry
Saturday, June 19: Classic Day Trip
Sunday, June 20: Homeward
Postscripts
Monday, June 21: Picks, Pans, Finances