A Testing Journey
When seventeen-year-old David Lewis from
Birmingham heard about international Travel
Challenge, he was excited. They Challenge, for
sixteen to twenty-year-old students, was to
raise money for cancer research. The students
had to complete 1500 kilometers journey from
the north to the south of Italy is less than
fourteen days. The journey had to involve six
different means of transport, but no car,
motorbike, boat or plane.
David started his journey from Milan on 8th July
and finish in Reggio di Calabria eleven days later
on 19th July. On his first day he travelled by train
from Milan to Florence. “That was the easy
part. It only took three and a half hours!” says
David. From Florence he cycled to Rome. That
took three days. From there he went by coach
to Naples. It took six hours. The whole of the
next day, he travelled by local bus to Cosenza.
After Cosenza he walked 56 kilometers – a total
of three days on foot – to Catanzaro, and then
finished the whole journey, riding two days on
horseback to Reggio di Calabria at the tip of
southern Italy.
“It was a great experience,” says David. “The
best part was cycling from Florence to Rome.
The worst part was the horse ride. It was only
my second time on a horse! I was very glad to
see my parents at Reggio and to have a good
night’s sleep in a comfortable bed!”
A Testing Journey
When seventeen-year-old David Lewis from
Birmingham heard about international Travel
Challenge, he was excited. They Challenge, for
sixteen to twenty-year-old students, was to
raise money for cancer research. The students
had to complete 1500 kilometers journey from
the north to the south of Italy is less than
fourteen days. The journey had to involve six
different means of transport, but no car,
motorbike, boat or plane.
David started his journey from Milan on 8th July
and finish in Reggio di Calabria eleven days later
on 19th July. On his first day he travelled by train
from Milan to Florence. “That was the easy
part. It only took three and a half hours!” says
David. From Florence he cycled to Rome. That
took three days. From there he went by coach
to Naples. It took six hours. The whole of the
next day, he travelled by local bus to Cosenza.
After Cosenza he walked 56 kilometers – a total
of three days on foot – to Catanzaro, and then
finished the whole journey, riding two days on
horseback to Reggio di Calabria at the tip of
southern Italy.
“It was a great experience,” says David. “The
best part was cycling from Florence to Rome.
The worst part was the horse ride. It was only
my second time on a horse! I was very glad to
see my parents at Reggio and to have a good
night’s sleep in a comfortable bed!”