Account of travels across the world. This blog provides descriptions of travels in different parts of the world. Pictures related to many of the blogs can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/7330879@N05/ and for more information I can be e-mailed at ananda@wfu.edu
Trip highlights - Europe 2004
• Antoine giving us a ride to the airport
• The delayed flight from Greensboro to Washington
• Incredible flight delay on Alitalia
• The switched conference bags in Lugano
• The view from the restaurant on top of the hill in Lugano
Drive from Lugano to Meiringen through the St. Gothard Pass and the Stuten Pass and my falling on the glacier
• Meiringen hotel
• Trip up to the highest point in Europe – Jungfraujoch
• The Bajaj people
• Lake Trip by boat in Interlaken
• The bridge in Lucerne
• The day in Klein Scheidigg
• Falling incredibly sick
• The little Internet café in Meiringen
• The restaurant that Bebo liked in Meiringen
• Playing street chess
• Ice cave at Jungfrau
• Bebo falling in the river in Lucerne
• The mysterious disappearance of Bebo’s shoes and his statement that we have left a trail of things in this trip including his shoes
• Drive from Meiringen to Verbier through the Grimsel Pass
• Not finding a hotel in Verbier
• Staying at the hotel by the station
• Meeting with Terry in Martigny
• Drive from Martigny to Chamonix
• Going up to the Glacier in Chamonix and the walk through the ice cave
• Drive from Chamonix to Geneva and stopping in the little French town for groceries
• The hotel location in Geneva
• Doing laundry in Geneva
• Bebo wanting to go under the water jet in Geneva
• The water taxis in Lake Leman in Geneva
• The day train from Geneva to Venice
• Venice and the gondolas
• Seeing the glass factory in Murano
• Pigeon feeding at Saint Marcos at Venice
• Expensive restaurant in Venice
• Meeting the NTPC person in Chamonix
• Milan and the Last Supper
• Visiting the Wake Forest house in Venice
• Academia art museum in Venice
• Brera art museum in Milan
• Night train from Milan to Paris
• General change of plans to go to Paris
• Visiting Paris in general
• Bumper car ride for Bebo in Paris
• Buying underwear for Bebo in Milan and for me in Paris
• Meeting Mr. Khan from Kolkata in Milan
• Drive from Paris to Calais
• Hovercraft from Calais to Dover
• Mix up with car rental in Dover and change of plans at the last minute
• Train from Dover to Charring Cross
• Watched Europe 2004
Bebo visited – UK, Italy, Switzerland, and France and saw the Last Supper original as well as the original works of Bellini