There are two kinds of travelers: Those who are organized, planing everything ahead of time, knowing exact when she/he will be where and those who are spontaneous, changing trip plan at will. Which kind am I? You'll see.
Basically I traveled from North to South by train, taking day trips for places that's not on the main line, then flew back:
Baltimore
⇓
Detroit
⇓
Amsterdam
↓
Antwerpen ⇄ Brugge
↓
Paris ⇄ Versailles
↓
Nice ⇄ Monaco
↓
Milano
↓
Venezia
↓
Firenze
↓
Roma ⇄ Vaticano
⇓
Bruxelles
⇓
Detroit
⇓
Baltimore
Where ⇓ denotes a flight connection and ↓, train.
Here's my original trip plan, down to minutes for critical connections:
Aug 23 Thu:
10:00 am Start from home (H.)
12:47 pm Leave Baltimore (BWI)
02:24 pm Arrive at Detroit (DTW)
Detroit day trip --- Cancelled
09:50 pm Leave Detroit (DTW)
Aug 24 Fri:
11:40 Arrive at Amsterdam (AMS)
13:30 Arrive at Amsterdam Downtown; Check plug adapter
Aug 25 Sat:
Aug 26 Sun:
18:56 Leave Amsterdam
20:55 Arrive at Antwerp (Berchem)
Aug 27 Mon: Bruges day trip
08:00 Leave Antwerp
17:00 Leave Bruges
20:00 Meet J. A. --- Rescheduled
Aug 28 Tue:
08:00 Conference registration
10:00 Opening ceremony
15:00 Hand in presentation slides
18:15 Welcome reception
Aug 29 Wed:
10:00 Presentation!!!!!!!!!
19:30 Student reception at Brasserie Horta
Aug 30 Thu:
Send post cards
19:00 Conference banquet at Zuiderkroon
Aug 31 Fri:
Get cash!
15:30 Closing ceremony
16:30 Closing drink
Sep 1 Sat:
06:33 Leave Antwerp (Central)
09:05 Arrive at Paris Nord
Sep 2 Sun:
09:00 Enter Louvre!
18:00 Leave Louvre
Sep 3 Mon:
Sep 4 Tue:
Versailles
Sep 5 Wed:
13:50 Leave Paris Gare Lyon
19:15 Arrive at Nice Ville
Sep 6 Thu:
Monaco
Sep 7 Fri:
18:05 Leave Nice Ville
22:50 Arrive at Milan Central
Sep 8 Sat:
17:55 Leave Milan
20:15 Arrive at Venice
Sep 9 Sun:
??:00 Leave Venice
??:00 Arrive at Florence
Sep 10 Mon:
Tour
Sep 11 Tue:
Uffizi!
??:00 Leave Florence
??:00 Arrive at Rome
Sep 12 Wed:
Vatican
Sep 13 Thu:
Sep 14 Fri:
Sep 15 Sat:
06:00 Leave for Rome Airport (CIA)
09:15 Leave Rome by Ryanair
11:25 Arrive at Brussels (CRL)
Sep 16 Sun:
By Belgian chocolate; two boxes for B.
Sep 17 Mon:
05:00 Leave for Brussels Airport (BRU)
08:25 Leave Brussels (BRU)
12:55 pm Arrive at Detroit (DTW)
3:38 pm Leave DTW
5:13 pm Arrive at BWI
Basically I traveled from North to South by train, taking day trips for places that's not on the main line, then flew back:
Baltimore
⇓
Detroit
⇓
Amsterdam
↓
Antwerpen ⇄ Brugge
↓
Paris ⇄ Versailles
↓
Nice ⇄ Monaco
↓
Milano
↓
Venezia
↓
Firenze
↓
Roma ⇄ Vaticano
⇓
Bruxelles
⇓
Detroit
⇓
Baltimore
Where ⇓ denotes a flight connection and ↓, train.
Here's my original trip plan, down to minutes for critical connections:
Aug 23 Thu:
10:00 am Start from home (H.)
12:47 pm Leave Baltimore (BWI)
02:24 pm Arrive at Detroit (DTW)
Detroit day trip --- Cancelled
09:50 pm Leave Detroit (DTW)
Aug 24 Fri:
11:40 Arrive at Amsterdam (AMS)
13:30 Arrive at Amsterdam Downtown; Check plug adapter
Aug 25 Sat:
Aug 26 Sun:
18:56 Leave Amsterdam
20:55 Arrive at Antwerp (Berchem)
Aug 27 Mon: Bruges day trip
08:00 Leave Antwerp
17:00 Leave Bruges
20:00 Meet J. A. --- Rescheduled
Aug 28 Tue:
08:00 Conference registration
10:00 Opening ceremony
15:00 Hand in presentation slides
18:15 Welcome reception
Aug 29 Wed:
10:00 Presentation!!!!!!!!!
19:30 Student reception at Brasserie Horta
Aug 30 Thu:
Send post cards
19:00 Conference banquet at Zuiderkroon
Aug 31 Fri:
Get cash!
15:30 Closing ceremony
16:30 Closing drink
Sep 1 Sat:
06:33 Leave Antwerp (Central)
09:05 Arrive at Paris Nord
Sep 2 Sun:
09:00 Enter Louvre!
18:00 Leave Louvre
Sep 3 Mon:
Sep 4 Tue:
Versailles
Sep 5 Wed:
13:50 Leave Paris Gare Lyon
19:15 Arrive at Nice Ville
Sep 6 Thu:
Monaco
Sep 7 Fri:
18:05 Leave Nice Ville
22:50 Arrive at Milan Central
Sep 8 Sat:
17:55 Leave Milan
20:15 Arrive at Venice
Sep 9 Sun:
??:00 Leave Venice
??:00 Arrive at Florence
Sep 10 Mon:
Tour
Sep 11 Tue:
Uffizi!
??:00 Leave Florence
??:00 Arrive at Rome
Sep 12 Wed:
Vatican
Sep 13 Thu:
Sep 14 Fri:
Sep 15 Sat:
06:00 Leave for Rome Airport (CIA)
09:15 Leave Rome by Ryanair
11:25 Arrive at Brussels (CRL)
Sep 16 Sun:
By Belgian chocolate; two boxes for B.
Sep 17 Mon:
05:00 Leave for Brussels Airport (BRU)
08:25 Leave Brussels (BRU)
12:55 pm Arrive at Detroit (DTW)
3:38 pm Leave DTW
5:13 pm Arrive at BWI
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