A note on "Egad" (and an itinerary)

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First, a reply to my illustrious entymology collegue, Travis (soon to be home from Iraq!)

Egad, Egads, Igad - General Exclaimation. An alteration of "oh God."

Simple enough. As in; "Egad! I got a wee beastie from my dip in the SRO (sharp rusty object)-infested canal!!" Another popular bastardization of "oh God," or rather, "for God's sakes," is Gadzooks.


On to other matters....
The Itinerary

This one is a sketch, so you can see where I'll be. A full copy will be left with IES for any emergencies. Also I finally have a phone, the number of which IES also has. Suggestions welcome, but everything is booked, so limit them to other things I should see in particular places. Also, I want to go to a music museum in Napoli, and I think there are several, so any of you well-travelled folks out there can tell me their favorite...


7 Apr - 9 Apr IES Culture and Cuisine of N Italy Trip (a jaunt through Parma and surrounding towns, visiting Parmesan cheese factories and other foodie places)
Sat 9 Apr: DEP Parma for Firenze on train, explore
Accomodations:
Hostel Archi Rossi
Sun 10 Apr: Explore Firenze
-Stop at Florence by Bike (www.florencebybike.it) to check gear
Via San Zanobi, 91/R 120-122/R
-Tourist office, Via Cavour 1r
- Medici Palace, Via Cavour (and gardens !)
-Piazza San Marco (Museum of San Marco)
-Uffizi Gallery, Loggiato degli Uffizi, 6
-Piazza Duomo (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo)
-Arno River and Ponte Vecchio
Mon 11 Apr: Bike day trip (20EUR) Villa Medici, wine country
Tues 12 Apr: Bike day trip (20EUR) wine country, return bikes 7:30 PM
Wed 13 Apr: DEP Firenze Napoli on train
-explore, meet le gente gentile at hostel
Accommodations:
Hostel of the Sun
Thurs 14 Apr:
-Pompeii w/ le gente gentile
-Dinner?(Seafood, yum) DEP Napoli Brindisi
Accommodations:
Carpe Diem - Ostello della Gioventù
Fri 15 Apr: DEP Brindisi via Ferry for Corfu, Greece
Ferry info:
Agoudimos Lines

Accommodations:
Bella-Vista
Pelekas Beach, Kontogialos

Sat 16 Apr: Explore Corfu, take Ferry to Paxi for day trip
Sun 17 Apr: Morning DEP Ferry Corfu Venezia
Mon 18 Apr: ARR 07:00 Venezia, transfer to train to Milano 10:22-13:05

Lets just hope we have good weather on our 24 hr ferry trip, as yours truly and Nick will be on deck. wrapped in our blankets. maybe we can have a little campfire, who knows? lol.

Hope registration madness is going ok for the UPS-ers!

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Comments

[anonymous]

Side trip from Florence
If you can get it in, a couple of hours side trip to Pisa is worth the time. You can go to the tower and baptistry. They are magnificent. That's all I would add to the itinerary. Have a great trip. - Jane