Our Mediterranean Itinerary:
November

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 November, the team visited Tunisia, Sicily, Malta, and Egypt. 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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October |	December

TUNISIA
11/1/97	Sfax	agriculture, olives, culture, daily life, access for the disabled
11/2/97	Gabès	bicycle tech, tourism
11/3/97	Matmata	agriculture, Hollywood films, cinema, "Star Wars," "troglodyte" (cave) homes
11/4/97	Jerba	ojja (food), Odysseus/Ulysses, Homer, HISTORY, Ghirba ("Marvelous") synagogue, diaspora, agriculture, fondouks (caravanseries), tourism, economy, health care, education, human rights
11/8/97	Gabès	tagine (food), mosaics, art and artifacts, Punic artifacts, mosque
11/9/97	Tunis	tagine (food), mosaics, art and artifacts, Punic artifacts, mosque
LIBYA Local conditions prohibited a visit to Libya. Coastal Mediterranean World Heritage Sites in Libya: Cyrene Leptis Magna Sabratha
ITALY
11/10/97	Catania, Sicily	minestrone (food), Aeolian Islands, Homer, Mount Etna, volcanos, history
11/12/97	Bronte, Sicily Mt. Etna	Lord Nelson, volcanos, Archimedes, history, environment, bicycle safety
Italy Itinerary Continues in April
MALTA
11/14/97	Valletta Hagar Qim and Mnajdra	fenek (food), Valletta, Knights of the Order of Saint John, Crusades, HISTORY, architecture, megalithic temples, Phoenicians, daily life
EGYPT
11/16/97	Cairo	kushari (food), arrival in Egypt/Cairo, border crossing, rules of the road
11/19/97	Cairo	bargaining, numbers, antiquities, Egyptian Museum, King Tut, terrorism, rules of the road
11/20/97	You Be The IJ	some fun from Corinne
11/21/97	El Gîza Pyramids Sphinx	fatta (food), Seven Wonders of the World, building Pyramids, history, Pharaohs, ancient religion, antiquities, daily life
11/22/97	Islamic Cairo	Mohammed, Islam, daily life, Citadel, Mamluks, HISTORY, architecture, Pyramids, Ibn Tulun Mosque
11/23/97	Old (Coptic) Cairo	babganooj (food), "Living Cemetery", Fortress of Babylon, Nile River, religious sites, architecture
11/25/97	Cairo Heliopolis	dolma (food), cultural exchange, schools
11/26/97	Saqqarah Dahshur	Imhotep, Step Pyramid, Zoser, Old Kingdom, Memphis, Dahshur pyramids, Pharaoh
11/28/97	Alexandria	bicycle safety, water, Nile River, Nile Delta, rules of the road, water pumps, agriculture, Persian wheel
11/29/97	Alexandria	Alexander the Great, HISTORY, Greek and Egyptian antiquities, black market, Pharos, Fort Qait Bey
Egypt Itinerary Continues in December

October |	December

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