jay hitchhikes through italy.
-Jay decided, from his earliest travels, that as much as he could, he would spend more than just a day in the countries he visited. Preferably multiple weeks -In 1989, internet was in its infancy; guide books; roundtrip flights; physical film and post cards; travel easier now [except for Covid]; Servas.org -in Rome, the Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain; tour of the Vatican, Sistine Chapel seen in person -Spoleto; Assisi; Siena, where he ate at the Trattoria Cane e Gatto (touritalynow.com) -Florence: Ponte Vecchio (Wikipedia.org), view from the Piazzale Michelangelo, Michelangelo's statue of David -leaning Tower of Pisa is only one of three buildings in an ensemble; Bologna with arches over walkways; in Parma, met up with fellow alumnus; in Milan, stayed in a house on a canal, saw DaVinci's The Last Supper; city of Bergamo's music schools, amazing sounds while walking down the streets; dance theater of Harlem performance in Verona -Venice he found magical; at one point he was the only person in Piazza San Marco; Peggy Guggenheim Collection -Jay hitchhiked to, through, and flew over parts of the former Yugoslavia to get to Greece. From northeast Italy to Ljubljana, in what is now Slovenia; flight from there through Dubrovnik in what is now Croatia to Skopje, in what is now North Macedonia. From there to Thessaloniki, Greece. -on return to Italy after Greece, through Bari, to Naples; Pompeii, Sorrento, island of Capri -in Naples, Jay was robbed and threatened with infection -back to Rome, seeing the Pantheon -Jay's trip to Greece is covered in acl25 -Jay has been to 127 countries so far not 129. I know better, and misspoke. -Spoleto Festival USA is in Charleston, SC spoletousa.org 57 minutes 06-21-21 debug comment |