TTT: Summer of 1996 Itinerary
On my initial Time Travel Tuesday entry, I told you guys about my epic 1996 post-graduation summer through Europe. Before I start posting some of my old journal entries, I thought I’d share with you my itinerary on that trip.
I hand wrote the list of dates & cities below in my journal and even hand drew that map of Europe at the end of this post.
As you can see, I saw a LOT of Western Europe in those two months! I even made you guys a handy dandy interactive map!
June 1: Houston (IAH) –> London, UK (Gatwick)
June 2: London
June 3: London –> via Chunnel –> Paris –> Palis, France
June 4: Palis
June 5: Palis –> Paris
June 6: Paris
June 7: Paris –> Bochum, Germany
June 8: Bochum & Koln, Germany
June 9: Bochum & Dusseldorf, Germany
June 10: Bochum
June 11: Bochum & Munster, Germany
June 12: Bochum –> Verona, Italy (12 1/2 hour train ride!)
June 13: Verona
June 14: Verona –> Firenze, Italy
June 15: Firenze –> Innsbruck, Austria
June 16: Innsbruck
June 17: Innsbruck –> Munchen, Germany
June 18: Munchen & Dachau, Germany
June 19: Munchen
June 20: Munchen –> Stuttgart, Germany
June 21: Stuttgart
June 22: Stuttgart –> Fribourg/Rossens, Switzerland
June 23: Rossens & Avenche, Murten, Switzerland
June 24: Rossens & Bern, Switzerland
June 25: Rossens –> Paris
June 26 – July 1: Paris
July 2: Paris –> Poitiers, France
July 3: Poitiers
July 4: Poitiers –> Bordeaux, France
July 5: Bordeaux
July 6: Bordeaux –> Madrid, Spain
July 7 – 9: Madrid
July 10: Madrid –> Valencia, Spain
July 11: Valencia
July 12: Valencia –> Barcelona, Spain
July 13 – 14: Barcelona –> Fribourg, Switzerland (overnight train)
July 14: Rossens, Veytaux & Montreaux, Switzerland
July 15: Rossens, The Swiss Alps – Zermatt, Gornergrat – & Sion, Switzerland
July 16: Sion –> Baden, Switzerland
July 17: Baden & Lucerne, Switzerland
July 18: Baden & Zurich, Switzerland
July 19: Baden –> Paris
July 20: Paris –> London, UK
July 21 – 26 –> London
July 27: London –> Edinburgh, Scotland
July 28: Edinburgh
July 29: Edinburgh –> London
July 30: London
July 31: London –> HOME!! (Houston, Texas)
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Okay – that interactive map is way cool! How did you do that? I’ve always wished that I had either made a trip like this or at least did a semester study abroad!
Hanna – it’s a WordPress plugin called Nomad World Map! You can add multiple maps: https://wordpress.org/plugins/nomad-world-ma
And yea, I feel very fortunate my mother encouraged me to take the trip and that I was also able to take a couple of study abroad trips while at A&M!
Here is where I placed my various trip maps. You can link back to a specific blog entry for a location (if you have one) and you can customize the circular graphic: http://www.cybertoad.us/blog/index.php/travel/