Lloyd and Christine's

Grand Tour of Europe Itinerary As travelled.

See under for pre-trip plan.
Date Day Event Place Saw Stayed
4-May Sat depart Ak Kowloon
5-May Sun Hong Kong Market, Peak, History Museum Kowloon
6-May Mon Hong Kong MRT, Zoo, End of line, Han tomb, Casio Kowloon
Paris Sacre Coeur, Place du Tertre, Eiffel Tower, Montmartre
7-May Tue Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame
Paris Musee d'Orsay, Notre Dame, Montmartre wine Montmartre
8-May Wed bar, Pigalle
9-May Thu Paris Charles de Gaulle, our Peugot, Paris roads Chartres
Chartres Cathedral, old town walk Niort
10-May Fri Niort Dragon street dividers
11-May Sat Gironde via Royan. Petanque Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains

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Lloyd and Christine's
Grand Tour of Europe Itinerary As travelled.
See under for pre-trip plan.
Date Day Event Place Saw Stayed
Santillana del Mar Bilbao, Santander too big Burgos
12-May Sun village, 9th C. Altamira closed, Rio Ebro
13-May Mon Burgos Cathedral, Gate, El Cid statue, Columbus bldg Segovia
Start Malaria tabs Segovia Aqueduct, Cathedral, Alcazar "The Pits", near Escorial
14-May Tue Avila complete Roman walls, St Teresa's tomb
15-May Wed El Escorial Philip II's chair, El Escorial, Valle de los Caidos Madrid
Madrid Prado:- Garden of Delights- Bosch, Breughel, Madrid
Durer, Rembrandt, Garden of Love- Rubens, Van
Dyke, Murillo, Maids of Honour- Velasquez, El
16-May Thu Greco, Fra Angelico, Carravaggio, Charles V,
Bacchanal- Titian.
Queen Sofia Art Centre:- Guernica- Picasso, Miro

Plaza Mayor, Flamenco in evg.

Madrid Joaquin Sorolla, Valencian impressionist's work Madrid
done in M. House at Paseo del General Martinez
17-May Fri Campos 37.
Serrano ham, Archaeological Museum, Burner
International Toledo Buy paper-knives: swords of course, Cathedral, Merida
18-May Sat Museum Day Museo de la Santa Cruz- El Grecos, Synagogue
Guadalupe Museum.
Merida Merida-Best preserved Roman city. amphitheatre, Cordoba
19-May Sun theatre
Cordoba Calle de Judias, Plaza de Toros, Mesquita Ronda
20-May Mon T.O.S.O.T.W. Marchena, Sierra Nevada, Zahara
21-May Tue Malaria tabs Ronda Cuevas de Pileta, Bridge San Roque
22-May Wed Gibraltar The Rock, Arab fort, Fish & Chips Vejer de la Frontera
Vejer de la Frontera Tiled plaza., door knockers, goat bells Cadiz
23-May Thu Cadiz Heat & dust.
Jerez Iglesia de San Miguel, Tapas, Flamenco in evg.
Jerez Flamenco & Cultural centres, Alcazar, Snail stop Mazagon
24-May Fri
Rocio Rocio Horses, processions, gypsy parking, heat, smell, Rocio
25-May Sat noise
26-May Sun Rocio Huelva Dolmen de Soto, Niebla on the Rio Tinto. Huelva
Rocio Seville Bullfight posters:- Los Tres Reyes, Calle Reyes Fuente de Piedra on way to
27-May Mon Catolicos across from Hotel Bequer. Torre del Granada
Oro, Archivos, Cathedral, Giralda, Triana, HEAT
Malaria tabs Granada Cathedral; Royal Chapel only- Ferdinand, Isabella Granada
28-May Tue & Juana la Loca.
Guitar makers, Alhambra, Generalife
Cazorla Huelma, Olives, Cazorla, Nat. Park. El Tranco
29-May Wed El Tranco
La Mancha Hot plains Torreblanca
30-May Thu Valencia grubby coast, the Med & a swim
Peniscola Castle, Paella lunch Barcelona
31-May Fri Tarragona. Amphitheatre, ruins
1-Jun Sat Barcelona Picasso House, Cathedral, Gaudi arch., Ramblas. Barcelona
Nat day Italy Pyrenees Montserrat Monastery, Cardona Monastery Andorra
2-Jun Sun Andorra
3-Jun Mon Pyrenees Cloud, snow, French foothills near Carcassonne
Malaria tabs Carcassonne Europe's greatest Medieval fortress city. Saintes Maries de la Mer
4-Jun Tue Coastal resorts, Aigues Mortes
Arles Amphitheatre, Van Gogh sites Avignon
5-Jun Wed Avignon Bridge, view from Palace of Popes area
6-Jun Thu Verdon Grand Canyon of Verdon. Xtine stops driving St Vallier de Thier
7-Jun Fri Riviera Cannes, Nice, Monaco, thick air, crazy roads Albisola Superiore

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Lloyd and Christine's
Grand Tour of Europe Itinerary As travelled.
See under for pre-trip plan.
Date Day Event Place Saw Stayed
8-Jun Sat Pisa Tower, Church, Baptistry, Museum Pisa
Florence Boboli Gardens, Ponte Vecchio, procession, Sta Florence
9-Jun Sun Maria del Fiore Baptistry, Palazzo Vecchio 1298

Florence Santa Croce, Sta Maria del Fiore Cathedral (1296) Florence
10-Jun Mon (Duomo), Fiesole. Uffizi Palace
Malaria tabs Florence Bargello- Nat musem:- Donatello's David, Louis Vinci
Carrand collection,
11-Jun Tue Uffizi:- Birth of Venus- Botticelli
Vinci Museum & birthplace
San Gimignano Towers Siena
12-Jun Wed Siena Palazzo Pubblico
Cathedral-'Christ Entering Jerusalem'
Orvieto Cathedral, Etruscan tombs closed Rome, Seven Hills motor
13-Jun Thu camp.
Rome Vatican:-'Delivery of the Keys', Perugino, Palace Rome, Seven Hills motor
Museum, "School of Athens-Raphael, 'Apollo camp.
14-Jun Fri Belvedere' (Statue, perfect ex. of Classical
beauty). Nat Museum. Sistine Chapel, St. Peters
Basilica.
Rome Castel Sant'Angelo, Piazza Navona, Trajan's Rome, Seven Hills motor
15-Jun Sat Column & Market, Forum, Colosseum. camp.
Rome Pantheon, Trevi fountain, Spanish Steps, Rome, Seven Hills motor
16-Jun Sun Borghesi gardens, Augustus' Mausoleum, St camp.
Peter's again.
17-Jun Mon Herculaneum Herculaneum Pompeii
Pompeii Villa of the Mysteries, 'House of Silver Wedding', Pescasseroli in Mt.s
18-Jun Tue 1st.C.
19-Jun Wed Assissi St Claire, St Francis churches, Castle views Assissi
Urbino Palace, Raphael's birthplace. Ravenna, Lido de Dante
20-Jun Thu San Marino
Ravenna Best Byzantine mosaics, Sant' Apollinaire in Venice
21-Jun Fri Classe, San Vitalis church etc.
Venice Grand Canal, Piazza, Campanile, Basilica & Venice
22-Jun Sat Treasury of San Marco. Rialto Bridge, shopping,
gondolas.
23-Jun Sun Austria Alps, landslides & floods Graz
Graz Medieval Armoury. Lake Balaton West
24-Jun Mon Hungary plains, storks, thatching Camping Eldorado
25-Jun Tue Balaton resorts vineyards Lake Balaton
26-Jun Wed Budapest old city, Castle, Palace Art Gallery. Budapest
Budapest Ski lift, Chain Bridge, ferry ride, Margit Is., Budapest
27-Jun Thu Pest , St Stephen's Basilica, night views

28-Jun Fri Vienna Hungarian pickles, Vienna Woods. Vienna

Vienna StadtPark, Hundertwasser, Belvedere, Vienna
29-Jun Sat St Stephen's Cathedral.
30-Jun Sun Austrian Alps Schonnbrun Palace, Melk, Alps, lakes Hallstatt
1-Jul Mon Hallstatt area lakes, "Sound of Music" locations Saltzburg
Satzburg Schloss Mirabell, Mozart House, Mozart Saltzburg
2-Jul Tue Birthplace, Cathedral, Castle.
Saltzburg Leopold Schloss, Hellbrun Schloss, Folk Museum, Innesbrucke
3-Jul Wed A bit of Germany.
Innesbrucke Zoo, Altstadt- Old Town, Europa Bridge, many Braz
4-Jul Thu tunnels. Brass band
Lichtenstein Castle, Passport stamps. Lucerne
5-Jul Fri Klausen Pass Cows, Peaks, Chalets, Wm Tell.
Lake Lucerne Lakes, tunnels, rain
6-Jul Sat Granny's birthday Eriswil Anneros & Renee Eriswil
Lucerne Medieval covered bridges, old town. underwater in Zweisimmen
7-Jul Sun Interlaken waterfall, no Alps, rain
8-Jul Mon Montreux Victorian condos, rural France, sun, Meursault

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Lloyd and Christine's
Grand Tour of Europe Itinerary As travelled.
See under for pre-trip plan.
Date Day Event Place Saw Stayed
Beaune Medieval Hospital Bourges
Autun Gislebertus carvings in Cathedral St. Lazare
9-Jul Tue Aprement-sur-Allier France's Most Beautiful Village
Bourges Cathedral
10-Jul Wed Chambord Chateau visit, Blois, Chaumont-sur-loire, Chenonceau
Chenonceau Chateau visit, Amboise, Marine resorts. Carnac
11-Jul Thu dolmen, stones at sunset
Carnac Alignments, barrow graves etc, beach lunch. Quimper
12-Jul Fri Quimper Cathedral & old streets, crepes
Rural Brittany Pointe de Penhir, Lloyd stops driving, churchyard Erquy
13-Jul Sat sculptures at Guimiliau & St. Thegonnec

14-Jul Sun Bastille Day Resort Brittany Coast resorts, "Moules", Mont St. Michel Bayeux
Bayeaux Tapestry, Cathedral, D-Day beaches, more Etretat
15-Jul Mon Honfleur resorts:- Deauville & Trouville-sur-Mer, Pont de
Normandie
Etretat White cliffs St. Marcel-sur-Seine
16-Jul Tue Rouen Medieval Norman capital, 5 storey 1/2 timber,
Cathedral, Graveyard, Joan of Arc buried
Giverny Monet's garden Authuille
17-Jul Wed Amiens Cathedral
18-Jul Thu Somme Museum, Battlefields & Memorials Ourscamp
Ourscamp Abbey Beauvais
19-Jul Fri Compeigne Town Hall, Joan of Arc statue.
Beauvais Cathedral & Church
Chantilly Chantilly:- Chateau, Musee Conde:- "Les Tres Chantilly area
20-Jul Sat Riches Heures by Limbourg Bros.
21-Jul Sun Reims Canal, Cathedral Fontaine-sous-Montaiguillon
Fontainebleu Napoleon's palace, Musee Nat du Chateaux Milly-la Foret
22-Jul Mon Fontainebleu. No spiders
23-Jul Tue Versailles Palace tour, view Chartres Chartres
24-Jul Wed Chartres Cathedral Tour, Maison Picassiette, cemetery. Chartres
25-Jul Thu Chartres Cathedral Organ concert Chartres
Auvers-sur-Oise Chartres Hospital, Paris outskirts, Lisle-Adam L'Isle de Adam
26-Jul Fri Hospital, Van Gogh church & grave,
Paris Charles de Gaulle car drop, Hotel, Gare du Nord Montmartre
27-Jul Sat to book, Sorbonne, Luxembourg Palace, Dinner
out.
82 days car hire Paris Louvre, ('Mona Lisa, 'Glass of Absinthe'- Degas, Montmartre
Louvre & Mus. 'Le Moulin de la Galette'- Renoir, 'Venus de Milo',
D'Orsay 1/2 price, 'Road to Calvary'- Simone Martini 1340, 'Virgin of
28-Jul Sun a'noon lecture the Rocks'- da Vinci, 'Whistler's Mother'.)
2pm. Book ferry & Tuileries, Place de la Concorde
train, Gare du Nord

huge celtic Paris Cimitiere Pere Lachaise:- graves of Edith Piaf, Montmartre
celebrations at Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison etc. Notre Dame,
29-Jul Mon Quimper, Brittany Conciergerie, Ste. Chapelle (stained glass), Sacre
Coeur, Place du Tertre.
Paris Opera house, La Defense, Les Invalides- Montmartre
Napoleon's tomb, St Francis Xavier Church, Arc
30-Jul Tue de Triomphe, St Denis:- 1st Gothic church,
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Lloyd and Christine's
Grand Tour of Europe Itinerary As travelled.
See under for pre-trip plan.
Date Day Event Place Saw Stayed
31-Jul Wed Paris-Dover TGV, ferry , White Cliffs Martin Mill
Dover Dover Castle, old town. Canterbury
1-Aug Thu Canterbury Cathedral, old town
2-Aug Fri Tunbridge Wells Pantiles, school. Sissinghurst Battle
Battle Abbey, battlefield. Bodiam castle. Crowborough
3-Aug Sat Crowborough library, church, graves, drill-hall, wide views
Brighton Pavilion, Pier, daytrippers Winchester
4-Aug Sun Portsmouth Mary Rose, Victory
Ring ahead for Winchester Cathedral exterior, Austen house, mill. Blandford Forum
5-Aug Mon Cynthia Kitchen Salisbury Stonehenge, Salisbury Cath., Old Sarum.
Lyme Regis Corfe castle, Maiden Castle, Cerne giant, smallest Dartmoor edge
6-Aug Tue pub, Lyme Regis
Dartmoor Tors, ponies, bridges Lands End
7-Aug Wed Plymouth Buckland Abbey (Sir Francis Drake's house),
Plymouth Ho. Land's End
8-Aug Thu Tiverton St. Ives, Clovelly, Tiverton, Longleat. Bath
Bath Cathedral, Clothes museum, architecture. Silbury, Oxford
9-Aug Fri West Kennet Long Barrow, Avebury, Uffington.

Oxford rain, Woodstock, Rollright Stones, Cotswolds, Caersws

10-Aug Sat Dovecote, Lower Brockhampton
Wales Welsh hills
11-Aug Sun Shrewsbury Shrewsbury, Viroconium, Ironbridge. Beach. Tal y Bont
Wales Harlech Castle, Portmeiron (Prisoner), Caernafon Chester
12-Aug Mon Castle, Longest Name, Conwy, Smallest house.
Chester Half-timbers, Walls. Stavely
13-Aug Tue Preston Cynthia Kitchen, Grandads sister's daughter.
Blackpool. Tacky waterfront.
Lake District Windermere (Beatrix Potter country) Haltwhistle
14-Aug Wed Morland, Great Strickland.
Hadrian's Wall Wall, forts. Doctor. Bothwell
15-Aug Thu Gretna Green Blacksmiths.
Glasgow Glasgow drivethrough, Loch Lomond, Highland Kyle of Lochalsh
16-Aug Fri Glencoe scenery, Folk Museum
Loch Ness Nothing untoward.
17-Aug Sat Skye Clan Donald centre, hills. Haggis & Chips Tain
John O'Groats Iron age fort, stone rows, Pict stone, TV Alves
18-Aug Sun Wick
Aberdeen King's College Chapel, St. Machar Cathedral, Brig Perth
19-Aug Mon Glamis o' Balgownie. Dunottar Castle. Glamis.
20-Aug Tue Edinburgh Castle, Royal Mile, Greyfriars, Nat. Gallery Cockburn

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Grand Tour of Europe Itinerary As travelled.
See under for pre-trip plan.
Date Day Event Place Saw Stayed
Berwick-upon-Tweed 3 Bridges, allotments, walls Finchale Priory
21-Aug Wed Lindisfarne Holy Island. Newcastle
Durham Durham cathedral 1093
West Auckland Library research. Scarborough
22-Aug Thu Saltburn Rellies
Bank Holiday Yorkshire Castle Howard, Nunnington Hall, Moors, Whitby, Scarborough
23-Aug Fri Robin Hoods Bay.
York York city walls, Shambles, Minster, Scarborough
24-Aug Sat Railway museum, fish & chips, Roman road.
25-Aug Sun Scarborough A day at the seaside, country drive. Scarborough
26-Aug Mon Wycoller Moors, Bronte country Twyford
Lincoln Sherwood Forest, Lincoln Cathedral, King's Lynn Snettisham
27-Aug Tue
28-Aug Wed Norfolk Coast resorts, Blickling Hall, Broads, storm Belton
Constable country E. Bergholt, Nayland, Coggeshall Grange Barn, Lavenham
29-Aug Thu Paycockes Elizabethan home, Melford hall, B & B,
pub dinner.
Lavenham Church, Guildhall Cambridge
30-Aug Fri Ely Ely Cathedral.
Cambridge King's College Chapel, Clare College, St. John's Cambridge
31-Aug Sat College. Field-day, Mill
1-Sep Sun Reading Lunch, Windsor Castle, Runnymede, canal Maidenhead
34 days car hire London Return car, Oxford St, Hyde Park, Houses of London
2-Sep Mon Parliament, Big Ben.
London British Museum, Tower Hill, Tower Bridge, London
3-Sep Tue Monument, Trafalgar Square, St. Martin-in-the-
Fields Leicester Square.
confirm flight London Changing of Horse Guards, 10 Downing St, London
Westminster Abbey, National Portrait Gallery,
4-Sep Wed National Gallery:- 'Wedding Portrait'- Jan van
Eyck, 'Battle of San Romano'- Ucello, 'Wheat
Field', 'Cypress Trees'- Van Gogh. Pub Walk
Pantom of the London Buckingham Palace, Thames boat ride, London
5-Sep Thu Opera Greenwich Walk, Picadilly Circus, Phantom of the
Opera.
London Madame Tissaud's, Covent Garden, Opera London
House, Old Bailey. Albert Hall, Natural History
6-Sep Fri Museum, Flamenco shop, St. Paul's Cathedral,
Soho Malaysian dinner, Cafe, drive & bagels with
Jerry
To Hong Kong Hyde Park, Albert Memorial, Victoria. & Albert on plane
7-Sep Sat Museum. Flight
8-Sep Sun Macau transfer, Greasy spoon dinner. Macau
Macau Leal Senado Square, Old fort, Sun-Yat-Sen home, Macau
9-Sep Mon Gardens, dinner
Confirm flight to Macau St. Augustine, Sao Lourenco, Bishop's Palace, Macau
10-Sep Tue AK Governor's House, A Mah Temple, St. Paul's,
Jesuit fort, McDonalds.
11-Sep Wed Kowloon transfer, shopping- pearls, coral, shirts, loaf. Kowloon
Day tour to China market, museum, Peking Duck lunch, zoo, Sun Kowloon
12-Sep Thu Guangzhou Yat Sen Memorial, Buddhist Temple.
13-Sep Fri Leave Hong Kong shops, beads, shirts,Taxi breakdown.
14-Sep Sat Auckland Family & friends

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