Itinerary France/Italy Sep./Oct.

2011
1 Day 1: Friday, Sep. 2, 2011 Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011; JDS depart Seattle, 4:30 PM Icelandair fl. 680 Seat 17C arrive Reykjavik, 6:45 AM, Saturday, Sep. 3; Depart Reykjavik, 7:40 AM, Icelandair fl. 542 Seat 17C arrive Paris (CDG), 1:05 PM Terminal 1. SS to arrive from UK on Eurostar via the chunnel at Gare du Nord. Take RER B from Gare du Nord to station Denfert-Rochereau; switch to metro Line 6 and go to La Motte Picquet-Grenelle. Walk to our apartment (or more simply, take taxi direct to apt. from Gare du Nord). JDS reserved Parishuttle for 21 to be met at CDG and taken to 42 Av. Charles Floquet. Call 0800 699 699 (toll free) after collecting luggage to set up the pickup. Apartment is Vacation In Paris LLC ID#194 Eiffel Tower Parisian Home, 42 ave. Charles Floquet, 75007, Paris (next to Champs de Mars); phone # for calling from North America is 01133-9-5136-33-23; from within France it is: 09-5136-33-23; wifi available; web: http://www.vacationinparis.com/apts/id_194.htm; total cost, including returnable key deposit of $150.00US, global priority mail service for keys $15.00, damage waiver $29.00: $1,524.00; down payment made by JDS of $300.00 US (Can.= $310.73). Balance US $1,224.00 paid June 14th. Our reservation #: 35706. (see page 3 for photo) Spend week of Sep. 3 10 (Saturday) messing around Paris & nearby locations. Priorities Rodin museum & garden; go to top of Tour Eiffel; visit Luxembourg, Tuileries gardens; visit Chartres cathedral; Sainte-Chapelle; rue Cler; Ile St Louis; bus #69 from Eiffel Tower area to Pre Lachaise cemetery; buy carnet for metro/bus; buy museum pass for 2-3 days; take batobus [discount with Saverpass] on the Seine hop on/off for Louvre, Orsay, and many other great sites. Eiffel Tower lift tickets purchased for 10:30 AM, Sunday, Sep. 4 total of 26.80 ($38.58 Can). Travel to Bayeux on Thursday, Sep. 8 first use of France Saverpass dep. Gare St-Lazare on Intercity Train #3305 at 10:10 arrive Bayeux at 12:15. Ken & Marilyn Barton to meet us at Bayeux station & head off for lunch. Afterwards, SS to tapestry; JDS to chat with Ken & Marilyn. After SS tour of tapestry, all to the Barton residence for a visit. Barton cell #: 06 45 38 30 85. Return to Paris depart Carentan (near Bartons home) to Bayeux, on train 3314 to avoid train changes in Bayeux -- arrive Paris at 20:45. Take metro to ecole militaire. note: France Saverpass (for J & S) & train reservations purchased total of $564.00 US [$556.18 CAN - $278.09 each for the passes] good for 3 days of train travel within 30 days from first use. Pass is insured for loss. Reservations paid @ $44.00 Canadian. JDS to reimburse Marilyn Barton for leg of trip from Carentan to Bayeux.

Saturday, Sep. 10 - TGV from Paris (Gare Lyon) to Avignon TGV (ca. 3 hrs.) on TGV train duplex 6111, depart Gare Lyon at 11:16, arrive Avignon TGV at 13:56. JDS to arrange taxi to Gare Lyon. Pick up rental car from Avis at the TGV station in Avignon to be returned at gare Nice Ville in Nice, France on October 7 (Friday). Avis reservation #: 39070550CA1. Estimated total cost is $837.82 Can to be charged to JDS credit card to take advantage of collision damage/theft/ liability waivers. Car reserved is a Peugeot 308 5DR/5PSGR ensure diesel engine on check-in. Drive to gte Mas du Clos de lEscarrat en Provence near Jonquires (Orange vicinity):

http://www.flipkey.com/properties/view/199135/mas+du+clos+de+lescarrat+in+provenc e+near+avignon/ for home base for the week of Sep. 10 to Sep. 17 for explorations in Provence
& vicinity; owner tel #: 33490703919. Priorities Nimes, Arles, Orange, Avignon, Gordes, Uzes, Pont-du-Gard, Aix-en-Provence, the Camargue, including Aigues Mortes and Stes-Maries-de-laMer; if time permits, a daytrip to Carcassonne. Cost is 730.00 for the week; US$120.00 paid for deposit; balance due in cash during stay: 647.00. (p. 3).

Sep. 17 (Saturday) - Drive towards Italy along the French Riviera with stops in Marseilles, StTropez, Cannes, Antibes, Nice, Monaco with 2 nights in Antibes and one other night, place/ hotel to be picked en route. September 17 19, two nights reserved in Antibes, French Riviera for the Bamboo Room at La Bastide de la Brague, 55 avenue numero 6, 06600, Antibes @ 115/night including breakfast; deposit of 75 paid 21/01/2010; reserved home-cooked evening meal for Sep. 17 (Saturday) recommended by R. Steves at 25.00 each. Tel: 33 (0)4.93.65.73.78 Isabelle Sanchis proprietor. Website: http://www.bbchambreantibes.com (p. 4). Depart AM on the 19th (Monday) to Italy. Itinerary open for inspiration en route to Italys Cinque Terre, along the Italian Riviera. One night to determine, reservation to be made at the time.

10 Sep. 20 22 (Tuesday Thursday) Monterossa Al Mare northernmost of the 5 villages of the Cinque Terre, Italy reserved room at Locanda Il Maestrale Via Roma 37, 19016 Monterosso Al Mare (SP), @ 145.00/night, including breakfast buffet. Tel: 0187817013, Fax: 0187817084; free WIFI. Website: www.locandamaestrale.net (p. 4). Purchase the Cinq Terre Card for 8.00 for 2 days this is a national park card pays for local shuttle buses, trail fees, map/brochure plus park maintenance. Next day, purchase round-trip train tickets (ca. 1.40) and take train to southernmost village (Riomaggiore) and wend our way northward on foot on lowest trail, or by boat or by train; take smallish daypack next village is Manarola, followed by Corniglia, Vernazza and back to Monterossa Al Mare (see pp. 4 5).

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Sep. 22 24 drive on A-12 towards Pisa, stops at Carrara and Lucca or head directly to Pisa, to the Royal Victoria Hotel @ 97.50/night, two nights + 20.00/night parking, twin beds, including breakfast, air conditioning, shower or bath, river view (Arno). Walking distance to Field of Miracles (Duomo; Leaning Tower; etc.). Plan on day doing Pisa sites; Lucca for medieval town walls & biking around top; explore other Tuscan hill towns Volterra, San Gimignano. Hotel Royal Victoria info: 12 lungarno Pacinotti, 56126 Pisa, Toscana, Italia; tel: 39.050.940111; website: www.royalvictoria.it (p. 6).

12 Sep. 24 October 1 7 nights at agriturismo Il Pelago, www.ilpelago.it - staying in the ground floor apartment La Lavanda at 400.00/week including one beach umbrella and 2 chairs at the beach; swimming pool, breakfast (at 9.00 for full breakfast; 4.00 for continental breakfast); located on the Mediterranean, west coast of Italy, south of Livorno, on SS# 1 (Nuova Via Aurellia), next to Marina di Castagneto Carducci. Contact tel: 346.8511221. Check-in 4:00 PM or later; check-out by 10:00 AM. (p. 6) Visit hill towns in the vicinity Volterra, San Gimignano, Castagneto Carducci, etc. Florence & Siena longer trips and will require at least 3 days for adequate visits.

13 Oct. 1: drive south from Il Pelago towards Sorrento. No advance reservations made for October 1; on October 2 (Sunday) check into Hotel Settimo Cielo in Sorrento, Italy via Capo, 27 80067 Sorrento; tel: +39 081 8781012; discounted rate (R. Steves recommendation) is 130/night or 120/night if paid by cash. Rate includes free parking and breakfast (p.6). October 2 - depending on arrival time, take ferry to Capri and visit main town (Capri Town and Marina Grande) and the Blue Grotto; October 3 take bus for Amalfi coast southward investigate whether we can continue on to Paestum; October 4 check out and return north, visiting Herculaneum and/or Pompeii no reservations for October 4 or October 5. (pp. 7 - 8).

14 October 6, Thursday overnight in Nice at the Hotel Durante with double room, twin beds @ 115.00 + 1.80 tax; breakfast @ 10.00/per person. Address: 16 avenue Durante, 06000 Nice; www.hotel-durante.com ; tel: +33 (0)4 93 88 84 40 (p. 8) 15 Oct. 7 (Friday) TGV duplex from Nice to aeroport CDG 2 Paris: departure from Gare Nice Ville at 10:24 on train #5017 and arrival at CDG at 16:35 (6 hrs 11min nonstop). Reservations made July 8th for a total of $37.00 Canadian, including shipping costs of $15.00/$18.50 each. 16 Reservations made at Radisson Blu Charles de Gaulle Airport, for one night at $91.75 US reservation # 12589771; standard room, two beds including breakfast buffet; tel: +33-1-60-0363-00. Free shuttle to/from airport. Get shuttle at TGV 2 to hotel. 17 JDS depart for Seattle on October 8 at 14:15 on Icelandair 543, Seat 17C from CDG; arrive Reykjavik at 15:45; depart Reykjavik at 17:00 on Icelandair 68, Seat 17C arrive Seattle 17:45. JDS/SS shuttle from hotel to CDG and for internal shuttle to terminal 1. SS to take RER B from CDG direct to Gare du Nord to connect to Eurostar to UK early afternoon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Note: we will have a cell phone in France/Italy; call from US/Canada by dialing 1-530-540-5023 or toll free number 1865-305-6462 and at the prompt, dial the US# 1-530-540-5023.

Apartment - 42 Ave Charles Floquet, Paris: Sep. 3 10, 2011

Mas du Clos de lEscarrat en Provence near Jonquires: Sep. 10 17

Bastide de la Brague, Antibes, France: Sep. 17 - 19

Hotel Locanda Il Mastrale Monterossa Al Mare Cinque Terre: Sep. 20 - 22

Monterossa Al Mare northernmost village of the Cinque Terre train from here to Riomaggiore

Vernazza, Cinque Terre Italy last northward village before Monterossa Al Mare

Corniglia, Cinque Terre Italy midpoint

Manarola, Cinque Terre Italy 2nd village from Riomaggiore

Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre Italy southernmost Cinque Terre village

Royal Victoria Hotel, Pisa Italy: Sep. 22 24

Agriturismo Il Pelago Italy: Sep. 24 Oct. 1

Hotel Settimo Cielo - Sorrento, Italy: Oct. 2 4.

Vesuvius, from Settimo Cielo balcony

Paestum Greek Temple

Herculaneum

Pompeii

Hotel Durante - Nice, France: Oct. 6

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