1978 Europe trip diary
Monday Aug 14 - (register camera) 10:40 flight - 8 hours difference
Tues 15 - 7:45 arrive London Gatwick (11:45 LA time) --> Victoria station (kebab
dinner)
Weds 16 - 5 am to Lexington St. station - 7:45 Sealink to Amsterdam - V.V.V. Hotel
Tabu $11
Thurs 17 - Walk: Beginhof, NBBS, Magic Bus, VVV, Zeedijk, (saw car), Vondelpark,
canal tour $2.50 - rystaffel $5 - The Last Waltz $11
Fri 18 - hotel search - car - Balkan restaurant (Zeedijk)
Sat 19 - posters, Waterlooplein market, Van Gogh, Vondelpark, vegetarian restaurant
Sun 20 - (with Larry & Susy) Volendam, Edam, Marken - dinner: shashlik, french
fries
Mon 21 - buy gas can ---> Belgium - Dinant on the Meuse River - cheese
& sardines - Charleville-Meziers, France: camping (with Terry & John)
Tues 22 ---> Reims: fix brakes ---> Monmouth cafeteria - Chaumont, France:
camping (with T&J)
Weds 23 - Monmouth store ---> Switzerland: Alan & Arlene's - racklette,
Chaumont (with T&J)
Thurs 24 ---> Zurich (wurst) - dinner: beer, pizzas, ice cream - Como, Italy
(with T&J)
Fri 25 - toll roads ---> flat tire ---> Yugoslavia: market (spaghetti) -
Kozina: camping
Sat 26 ---> Rijeka: buy valve checker ---> market lunch at resort, rain
/ fix car ---> Karlsbag: restaurant & camping, wind & rain
Sun 27 ------> Trogir ---> Split ---> swim, good restaurant: Hotel Dalmaciaje
- camping
Mon 28 ------> Neum: lunch (veal) ---> Dubrovnik: old city & walls
- Dubrovnik: vegetarian dinner, camping
Tues 29 --> Cavtat - boat --> Dubrovnik --> walls of old city, stuffed
peppers, etc --> bus - Cavtat camping
Weds 30 - Cavtat ---> Boka Kotorska ---> mountains, Cetinje ---> Titograd:
hotel restaurant, camping, rain
Thurs 31 ---------- rain and mountains -----> Skopje: grill bar, camping,
rain
Fri Sept 1 ----------------------------- Greece ----------------------> Meteora:
camping, restaurant
Sat 2 - Meteora --- > car "kaput", Lamia <------------------>
Athens: camping
Sun 3 - Athens: acropolis - dinner: fancy restaurant - camping
Mon 4 - Athens: info, wire for $, stove ---> Cape Sounion: swim
Tues 5 - fix muffler, wash clothes - swim - Temple of Poseidon, Camp Sounion
Weds 6 - bank & market - swim - dinner: restaurant (moussaka), Camp Sounion
Thurs 7 ---> Athens ---> Eleusis ---> Pelopponese: Corinth fortress -->
Mycennae (tuna soup)
Fri 8 - Mycennae ---> Napulia fortress of the 1000 steps ---> Old Epidaurus
(vegs & meat)
Sat 9 ----> Athens (check for $) --- ?Eleusis museum? ---> Delphi: little
restaurant (spaghetti)
Sun 10 - Delphi ---> dinner: Stilis: beach: little restaurant (squid &
beefsteak)
Mon 11 - dysentery - gas coupons ----------> Kavala (couscous)
Tues 12 - dysentery - post office --------------------> Turkey: Istanbul: Yesilkoy
(vegs & meat)
Weds 13 - post office, gas info - lunch: pudding shop / Aya Sofiya / Topkapi &
harem - map - mercimek dal - (Japanese soup) - Atakoy
Thurs 14 - spice bazaar - Grand Bazaar (jewelry & pipe) - Blue Mosque - tea
(Jewish carpet sellers) - Aya Sofya Hotel $6
Fri 15 - post office, cash $ - ferry to Sariyar & back - rain
Sat 16 - W: oil change - bazaar: halva / Orient museum - John & Terry: dinner
Sun 17 ----------------------> Ankara: Cicek Palas Hotel, restaurant next door
- 115 Tl (for 2)
Mon 18 ---------> Bogazkale / Yazilikaya ----------------> Yozgat: restaurant,
hotel, on the main plaza - 100 TL (for 2)
Tues 19 --------------------------------- socks ----------> (gas line) - Urgup
- socialist meeting, camping, COLD! - 40 TL (for 2)
Weds 20 - Goreme, Capucin,Zelve - talk with taxi driver - "sunset" -
Nevsehir: hotel - cold - 70 TL (for 2)
Marat makes 1,500 TL = $60 a month
Teacher makes 5,000 TL = $200 a month
Thurs 21 - sore throats - buy material - Kaymakli underground city --------------------->
Konya: John & Terry to bus - Azizye Hotel - 100 TL (for 2)
Fri 22 - sick - rest in room - tea with manager & friend "Akhmet"
- dinner with friend - TV
Sat 23 - (sore throat) ------------------> Pamukkale: nice meal - Gokturk:
camping - 50 TL (2)
kahserai
bir-icki-uch-dur
Meerhaba / Allahasmarladik / Gule Gule
for sale = satilik
Sun 24 (sore throat J) - swim - Hieropolis ruins - swim J (spaghetti & cream
of chicken soup)
TURNING BACK:
Mon 25 (sore throat J - worse) ---> Karacasu market ---> Aphordisias: lunch
"on the Roman bridge" ---> Kusadasi: camping - dal soup & corn)
- 45 TL (2)
Tues 26 getting better - post office - shopping --- (Izmir) ---------> beach
(near Altinova) camping (potato soup) - 100 TL (2)
Weds 27 tourista J -----------> Troy ------> Cannakkale: ferry to Egeabat
58 TL ---> Edirne: camping 87 TL (2)
Thurs 28 tourista better - Aus man talk - (Bulg consul) - last meal & free
chai ---> Greece ------------------------> Greece is depressing - Alexandropoulis
- new tire 1000 drs - 135 drs (sauerkraut)
Fri 29 rain & the shits (W too) - hot shower! ------------------------->
bungalow near camping Hellas - Paralia-skotinas - 150 drs
Sat 30 --------------------------------------------> Athens - post office -
car ad up - Camping Athene - 110 drs
Sun Oct 1 - Plaka, walk around ----- evening: car buyer! - go through car stuff
- Aus couple
Mon 2 (Warren's $) - attempt to transfer car - (Dutch embassy) - walk through
gardens
Tues 3 - Athens museum - Galaxy bar - car dealer - Piraeus - park car at campground
- 7 pm to Crete 380 drs each ($11)
Weds 4 ---> Chania - tourist police - room - fish lunch - zoo - evening: Goodbye
Girl - souvlaki 215 drs for 2
Thurs 5 - 5:15 am -> 6:45 Gorge of Samaria - 2:00 Aghia Romeli - 4:30 boat
-> 6:15 Chora Sfakiou -> souvlaki
Fri 6 ---> Rethimnon ---> Heraclion: rooftop room - 200 drs for 2
Sat 7 ---> Phaestos ---> museum - Kung Fu "Heros Two"
Sun 8 - Knossos - rainy - J sick (tourista)
Mon 9 - rain! - J sick
Tues 10 - 8 am boat to Thira - 194 drs each ---> 1:30 arrive - J still sick
- room: 170 for 2
Weds 11 - excavations Akrotiri - J tourista - med
Thurs 12 - med ---> Oia ---> antibiotics (no ship)
Fri 13 - 8 am boat to Ios - 104 drs each - (wind) (no ship) - souvlaki - room:
160 for 2
Sat 14 - 9:30 am boat to Naxos - 78 drs each - room: 120 for 2
Sun 15 - bicycling
Mon 16 ----------------------- 301 drs each -----> Athens: fish dinner, camping
Atliki 90 drs
Tues 17 post office / aerogram / postcards / buy presents - rain ---> Patras
- Claudio & Rosemary - restaurant 10:00
Weds 18 ------------------------------------------------> Italy: Bari ----->
near Termoli: camping - spaghetti 6000L! (for 2), camping 2100 L
Thurs 19 - rain - Umbria hills -- Pescara to Macerata 1100 L. ---> Assisi --->
Perugia - pizza - camping 2500 L - old lady's place
Fri 20 - rain ---> Siena (salami & cheese) SUN ---> campgrounds closed!
- rain - parking outside Florence
Sat 21 - Florence - dinner: salad & soup 6,000 L - Viale Michelangelo campground
3300 L
Sun 22 - shits - cash $ - Florence - dinner: 2,500 L + wine / VIVOLIS ice cream
Mon 23 - ice cream: P. San Spirito 9R - Ricchi alfredo - Bar gelateria -->
Afghan dress / N: purse & owl / M: paper notepad / Phyllis: matchbox / shoes
/ Chris: toy & W's presents - expresso! - tire 12,500 L = $15.52 - dinner
3,200 L (NY girl)
Tues 24 - (NY guy) ------ 550 + 550 + 750 + 850 -- (La Spezia) -- 1250 - (Genova)
- 4900 - (Vercelli) - camping, just before Ivrea, by the lake 2,000 L
Weds 25 - FOG ------------------ Mt. St. Bernard pass ------- Switzerland -------->
Alan & Arlene's - rice & cheese
Thurs 26 - Neuchatel walk - potato soup dinner
Fri 27 - Chaumont walk (old lady) - fondue dinner, Jazz land
Sat 28 - spaghetti dinner
Sun 29 - walk to dairy restaurant - chicken in ceramic pot dinner
Mon 30 -------- Swiss border check - France -------- Dijon ------------> just
south of Troyes: deserted campground
Tues 31 --- Troyes - Sezanne - Soissons - Noyon - Amiens - Abbeville --> Boulogne
Vietnamese restaurant - 10 pm to Folkestone - 304 F = $80 - Folkestone camping
1 pound
Weds Nov 1 ------------> London - Australia House / dealer - Soho: donner kebab
- (camping Abbey Wood) - Helix House - 4 pounds for 2
Thurs 2 - clearn car & dealer (couldn't buy yet) - museum - Indian restaurant
(Carlisle & Dean) - "Shut your eyes and think of England"
Fri 3 - Brixton market - Earl's Court - Royal College of Art - deli - Covent Garden
- bookstores - Indian restaurant - Claude Chabrol's "The Butcher" /
Alain Tanner's "The Salamander"
Sat 4 - (car) - Portobello Road market - Indian restaurant - "A Chorus Line"
Sun 5 - sold car (50 pounds) - museum - Fassbinder's "Merchant of Four Seasons"
& "Chinese Roulette" - Turkish restaurant - "The Last Wave"
Mon Nov 6 - 11:20 return flight ---> 7 am arrive LA (84 days)