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Free Travel

aucloudts — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:37:48 +0000

Well we have finalized our plans for the free week. The schedule is as follows:

6/29 – Leave Lugano for Munich arriving in Munich early evening

6/30 – Day 1 Munich

7/1 – Day 2 Munich

7/2 – Day 3 Munich, Leave for Interlaken, Switzerland early in the morning

7/3 – Day 1 Interlaken

7/4 – Day 2 Interlaken. Leave Interlaken in the evening on the night train to Barcelona

7/5 – Arrive in Barcelona about 10 AM, check in and hang out until everyone else arrives

In Munich we plan on going on some bike rides and of course the beer gardens, and drinking beer, beer, and more beer. This week will be all about fun, and no work. Interlaken is in Switzerland in the snow topped mountains at about 12,000 feet, similar to Colarado. We plan on going cannoning, or repelling, and ice caving. I can’t wait!!! I may have to buy some warmer clothes though because I don’t think the pants and short sleeves will do me much good in the snow.

Traveling Schedule

aucloudts — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:20:50 +0000

May 25: Meet in Heathrow Airport in London to fly as a group to Cairo

May 25-May 29: Cairo, Egypt

May 29- June 1: Luxor, Egpyt

June 1- June 4: Athens, Greece

June 4-June 7: Heraklion, Crete, Greece

June 7-June 12: Rome, Italy

June 12- June 17: Florence, Italy

June 17- June 22: Venice, Italy

June 22- June 28: Lugano, Switzerland

June 28-July 5: Independent Travel (Munich, Mont Blanc, and Millau)

July 5- July 10: Barcelona, Spain

July 10-July 13: Bilbao, Spain

July 13- July 19: Paris, France

July 22: Class starts in Auburn for Thesis work and finalizing each chapter

August 9: Graduation

Time Zone

aucloudts — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:09:28 +0000

In case you’re ever wondering what time it is at where ever I may be. Check out the chart below. Times are reflected in reference to EST.

What time is it in… Times are reflective of US Eastern Standard Time

Amsterdam is 6 hours aheadAthens is 7 hours ahead

Barcelona is 6 hours ahead

Belgarde is 6 hours ahead

Berlin is 6 hours ahead

Brussels is 6 hours ahead

Bucharest is 7 hours ahead

Budapest is 6 hours ahead

Copenhagen is 6 hours ahead

Dublin is 5 hours ahead

Frankfurt is 6 hours aheadGeneva is 6 hours ahead

Helsinki is 7 hours ahead

Lisbon is 5 hours ahead

London is 5 hours ahead

Madrid is 6 hours ahead

Minsk is 7 hours ahead

Moscow is 8 hours ahead

Oslo is 6 hours ahead

Paris is 6 hours ahead

Prague is 6 hours aheadReykjavik is 4 hours ahead

Rome is 6 hours ahead

Sofia is 7 hours ahead

Stockholm is 6 hours ahead

Tallinn is 7 hours ahead

Vienna is 6 hours ahead

Warsaw is 6 hours ahead

Zagreb is 6 hours ahead

Zurich is 6 hours ahead

Villa Rotonda

aucloudts — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:55:46 +0000

This is the structure that I will be studying and completing my portion of the book on. Just a little bit of background info on the building:

Architect – Andrea Palladio

Location – Vicenza, Italy

Date – 1566 – 1571

Structure - Load Bearing Masonry

Style – Country Villa (Italian Renaissance)

Other Known Names – Villa Rontonda, Villa Almerico, Villa Capra