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Prologue: Tribute to the SWC South Africa 2010!D-Day: A beginning Eastfield to Istandbul: Grumpyness at 30000ft Turkish shuttle Istanbul by day Istanbul by night Long walk to freedom Lisbon walking tour Discovering Lisbon Exploring Sintra Fado’s night out The rain in Spain falls mainly on my brain A day in medieval Toledo Madrid on a Sunday Flamenco por una buena causa To Barcelona Barcelona! Barcelona!Gaudi in the morning Olympic in the afternoon Chilling in Barcelona La Rambla To Nice A Nice night Relax, take it Eze Monaco in an afternoon Chilling in Nice To Venice Our first day in Venice The attempt at Venice night photos The second day in Venice The last night in Venice The Farewell Frenzy in Firenze Exploring Florence Conquering the Dome Conquering the Torra Lucca, I am your father Picnic in Pisa A day in Pisa When in Rome…Ancient scorching Rome Welcome to Naples (and its crazy traffic)A day in Capri Ancient scorching Pompeii To Santa Fortunata Chilling in Sorrento Back to Rome Aida and the catacombs The Vatican in a flash The End

jnroux

Western Europe 2010

D-Day: A beginning

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Jun 20 2010, 08:58 AM

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jnroux
Somerset West, South Africa

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Eastfield, South Africa

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Departure-Day has arrived and today we will leave the chilly but vibrant Cape Town for a West European summer holiday! The last few days have become increasingly gloomy after Bafana lost to “Urucry” on Wednesday (and unfortunately we can’t really blame Jabulani or the Vuvuzelas… I’ll blame the guy with the aliceband and his cry-baby teammates). Luckily I was cheered up yesterday by the Springboks’ win over Italy and the three 100s by the Proteas! Go AB (6 x sixes)! So I think we have everything ready. Three bags weighing in at 20kg, 6kg and 5kg, our phones on sms roaming, cash passport loaded with Euros and the cameras ready to role. Moemf is taking us to the airport at 13:00 and then it begins. A sound rise above the Green Point stadium causing a funny drift of a random Jabulani. The sound is not the beginning. There are no beginnings nor endings to the sound of the Vuvuzela. But it is a beginning… (I will be reading Robert Jordan during the trip)

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Die Begin.

Written by Bob Visser 36 months ago

Ek wens julle voorspoed toe met die reis, en sal julle tog volg. Bob

	50. The End Jul 17 2010, 05:26 PMCape Town, South Africa4 photos Our flight in Istanbul was delay by 1 hour and 45 minutes AND our aircraft dated out of the 70s. No in-flight entertainment, warn-out chairs and very shaky (physically shaking) overhead compartments. Regardless of these things, we were still going home and it felt good. There was a lot of Afrikaans...

	49. The Vatican in a flash Jul 17 2010, 09:56 AMCape Town, South Africa11 photos For our last day in Rome we decided to visit the Vatican Museum, since we did not get to visit it during our previous trip to Rome (refer to Journal entry 41). Fortunately the closest Metro to the Vatican was also on our Metro line and we were “there” at about 8:55. We then stood in the longest...

	48. Aida and the catacombs Jul 16 2010, 02:46 PMRome, Italy9 photos Our first mission for the day (besides the getting to Rome part) was to see the catacombs and the second to watch Aida at the Baths of Caracalla. On our way to the bus station we saw our first accident in Italy (really a surprising first considering the way they drive). I heard a hard sound and...

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