CONTENTS OF BEN OOSTDAM's
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
as per October 5, 2003
page 14
| Year(s) | Link-Title | Description | Page | REMARKS | 1963 | June 27 - 30 |
Honeymoon Phase I, Maui; Phase II: Tour Honolulu-Gander-San Francisco-New York, stopover, then New York-London and boattrain/ferry to Amsterdam | 1 |
USA, Canada, UK, Holland PACIFIC - ATLANTIC |
1963 | July 1 | Phase III: HOLLAND: Amstelveen, Durgerdam, Ransdorp, Marken, Volendam, Zuyderzee, smoked eel , Dutch "eel" millionair Robberecht | 2 |
EUROPE, Holland ATLANTIC |
1963 | July 2-4 | HOLLAND: Amstelveen Supermarket, poffertjes, Oom Piet and Tante Martha; Park, Zandvoort, boat, Jan Hempenius out in Amsterdam; Amsterdam: Hervormd Lyceum, Green Bridge, Karel Broers, Amstel, Angstel | 3 |
EUROPE, Holland ATLANTIC |
| 1963 | July 5-7 | HOLLAND: Schiphol pickup of Hans and Carla; Amsterdam C.S., Amsterdam by day; Utrecht, Castle Haarzuilen, Loosdrecht | 4 |
EUROPE, Holland ATLANTIC |
| 1963 | July 8-9 | HOLLAND: Utrecht again, Henk Bouma, Arnhem, Veluwe, Spakenburg; Nassaukade, canal boat tour, Poel rental boat exploration | 5 |
EUROPE, Holland ATLANTIC |
| 1963 | July 10 - 22 |
HOLLAND: Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, "Nachtwacht", Leidseplein, Red Light Crane encounter; Rose sick and misdiagnosed; SIMCA 1000 van Poelgeest; death of Tante Netty in Soest | 6 |
EUROPE, Holland ATLANTIC |
| 1963 | July 23 |
Phase IV: departure by SIMCA 1000, HOLLAND: Amersfoort, Soestdijk, GERMANY: Cologne, Dom, Heidelberg, car problems minimal | 7 |
EUROPE, Holland, Germany |
| 1963 | July 24 |
GERMANY: Heidelberg, Lederhosen, Black Forest, Freiburg, Colburg, FRANCE: Soultz; Tour LOG |
8 |
EUROPE, Germany, France |
| 1963 | July 25 |
FRANCE: Soultz, Besancon, Peter the hitchhiker; Doubs River, Jehanna, Lyon, Rhone River, Valence, Orange | 9 |
EUROPE, France |
| 1963 | July 26 a |
FRANCE: Orange, Avignon | 10 |
EUROPE, France |
| 1963 | July 26 b |
FRANCE: Marseille, bouillabaisse,Toulon, St.Raphael, Estelle, (other Estelle) | 11 |
EUROPE, France Mediterranean |
| 1963 |
July 27 a |
FRANCE: Antibes, Nice; Monaco, Oceanographic Museum and Aquarium, Prince Albert, stamps | 12 | EUROPE, France, Monaco Mediterranean |
| 1963 |
July 27 b |
Menton, ITALY: Liguria - scooters, Genoa, Tour LOG | 13 |
EUROPE, Italy Mediterranean |
| 1963 |
July 28 a |
ITALY: Genoa, Rapallo | 14 |
EUROPE, Italy Mediterranean |
| 1963 |
July 28 b |
ITALY: La Spezia | 15 |
EUROPE, Italy Mediterranean |
| 1963 |
July 28 c |
ITALY: Tuscany - Pisa, Montalbane | 16 |
EUROPE, Italy Mediterranean |
| 1963 |
July 29 a |
ITALY: Florence, Ponte Vecchio, River Arno, 
Monica Bellucci, Savonarola |
17 |
EUROPE, Italy Mediterranean |
| 1963 |
July 29 b |
ITALY: Arno, Pitti Palace, Bobole Gardens, Tuscany - Sienna; Lazio - Lake Bolsena, Viterbo, Lake Vico | 18 |
EUROPE, Italy Mediterranean |
| 1963 | July 30a | ITALY: Lake Vico, VATICAN, Vatican stamps River Tiber | 19 |
EUROPE, Italy Mediterranean |
| 1963 | July 30b | ITALY: River Tiber, Colosseum, Forum, Mare Nostrum, Julius Caesar, Autostrada to Naples | 20 |
EUROPE, Italy Mediterranean |
| 1963 | July 30c | ITALY: Naples, Vesuvius, earlier visit by "Karel Doorman", Sophia Loren: "It started in Naples", shock and awe days | 21 |
EUROPE, Italy Mediterranean |
| 1963 | July 30d, July 31 |
ITALY: Pompeji, Euripides, old prints, gypsum, map, frescoes, Pompeji Today (funny translation) |
22 |
EUROPE, Italy Mediterranean |
| 1963 | July 31b | ITALY: Pompeji, Salerno, Potenza, Matera, Taranto (cf Toronto):pizza | 23 |
EUROPE, Italy Mediterranean |
| 1963 | August 1 | ITALY: Brindisi, History, Links, Giovanni Membola, boarding ferry "Angelica" to Pyraeus , Adriatic Sea/Strait of Otranto/Ionian Sea, MAP, plate tectonics notes | 24 |
EUROPE, Italy Mediterranean: Adriatic, Strait of Otranto, Ionian Sea |
