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From September 1997 to June 1998, a team of cyclists circled the Mediterranean, visiting cultural sites and schools, meeting local people, and writing reports of their visits. In May, the team visited Italy and Monaco. Click on a date to view the complete report submitted for that day. The towns and cities the team visited and a brief list of key topics covered in the report are shown for each date. Dates are listed in the form MM/DD/YY.
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ITALY
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| 05/01/98 | Trieste | History, Trieste, FIAB (Federazione Italiana Amici della Bicicletta), chat 'n' debate, Miramare Castle, Austrian Empire, Carducci School, Lanza family, Italian unification |
| 05/02/98 | San Giorgino di Nogara | Aquileia, Attila the Hun, tourism, history, Roman Empire, antiquities, mosaics |
| 05/03/98 | Venezia  | tiramisu (food), Venezia, Piazza and Basilica San Marco (St. Mark Square and Basilica), the Venezia boat system (vaporetti), Marco Polo |
| 05/05/98 | Ferrara | cappelacci di zucca (food), FIAB, Cities for Cyclists, history, Este family, bike advocacy, bikes and boats |
| 05/06/98 | Ravenna Rimini | Parco del Delta, environment, Basilica di San Vitale, Emperor Flavius Honorius, Ravenna, Ostrogoths, history, Dante |
| 05/08/98 | Ancona | peperoncino (food), Republic of San Marino, Emperor Trajan, history, percent grade |
| 05/09/98 | Ancona Pescara | polpette (food), modern family life, Marche Region, Ancona's port, a very long bike day |
| 05/11/98 | Amalfi Sorrento | delicioso limone (food), Amalfi Coast, compass, Roman gods, Mount Vesuvius |
| 05/13/98 | Napoli (Naples) | granita (food), Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius |
| 05/15/98 | Napoli | pizza margherita (food), Napoli by bike, subterranean Napoli, Certosa di San Martino and San Martino Museum |
| 05/17/98 | Terracina Roma (Rome) | focaccia (food), bikes on trains in Italy, rain, Appian Way, the road to Roma |
| 05/18/98 | Roma | pasta (food), Roma, hills of Roma, HISTORY, Order of the Knights of Malta |
| 05/20/98 | Roma HOLY SEE (Vatican) | capelletti (food), bicycle advocacy, Vatican Museum, history, art, Emperor Constantine, Roman Empire, Christianity, Etruscans, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Lateran Treaty, Vatican City (Holy See) |
| 05/21/98 | Roma HOLY SEE (Vatican) | spaghetti matriciana (food), Saint Peter's Square and Basilica, the Spanish Steps of Roma, HISTORY, Christianity, the papacy |
| 05/22/98 | Donoratico Cecina Pisa | Tuscany, University student life in Pisa, Bicincittà (Pisa and Roma), reducing traffic to maintain ruins |
| 05/25/98 | Pisa | pane Toscano (food), Unione Italiana Sport per Tutti, Campo dei Miracoli (Leaning Tower of Pisa) |
| 05/27/98 | Manarova (Cinque Terre) Genova | risotto (food), Cinque Terre, topography, Napolean, bicycle safety, being tourists |
| 05/28/98 | Genova | pesto (food), Meucci Technical High School visit, Italian telecommunication monopoly, life in Genova, more rain |
| 05/30/98 | San Remo | Christopher Columbus, French and Italian Riviera, Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prizes |
MONACO
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| 05/31/98 | Monte-Carlo | tapenade (food), Monaco, Grimaldi family, French Riviera, more rain |
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