Trip Reports from the old SlowTrav website

[Carol DeLucia]

SlowTrav went offline in 2018. There were 800+ trip reports on the site, written by SlowTrav members. I love trip reports. Since 2014 we have been collecting trip reports on Slow Europe, in the Trip Reports forums (by country).

I have a copy of all the old SlowTrav trip reports (I used site cloning - scraping - software) but I cannot legally publish them on Slow Europe unless I have the permission of the author.

Here is the list of all the old trip reports on SlowTrav. The ones that have been moved are marked and have a link to their new location.

If you have a trip report that was on SlowTrav and would like to move it to Slow Europe, it can be moved in one of two ways:

1. I will send you a Word doc with your trip report. You can then publish it on the forums.
2. I will publish it for you.

Contact me by PM (click INBOX in the upper right) if you would like your trip reports published here.

It does not matter if the trip report is older. I have been re-reading many of them and they are still relevant and interesting.

Thanks to those of you who have already moved your trip reports over!

I just noticed this post and thought it would be nice to post my old trip report...
460: Capri, Tuscany, Venice and Family in Caserta, Spring 2004
Capri, Tuscany, Venice and Family in Caserta, Spring 2004.
SInce I can't find the inbox...it must be that time of the day...it would be great if you can just publish it for me. Thanks so much! Carol DeLucia

 

[Pauline]

Hi Carol, I will add you to the list. I’ll send you a message when I am ready to copy it over, but it will be in a few weeks. I’m heading out on a trip and am behind on this project. Thanks!

 

[Pauline]

@avvocato contacted me with permission to move over his SlowTrav trip reports.

Bel Abruzzo with side trips to Umbria, Lazio and Campania - 2003

Bel Abruzzo with side trips to Umbria, Lazio and Campania

By avvocato from New Jersey, Summer 2003 June 27 - July 10 Abruzzo+ This trip report was originally posted on SlowTrav. L'Aquila and Campo Imperatore June 27 Arrive in Rome and drive to L’Aquila (A24) to the Hotel Duca degli Abruzzi. Walk around the city center, Piazza Duomo where there is...

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Abruzzo - Family, Food and Wine - 2004

Abruzzo - Family, Food and Wine

By avvocato from New Jersey, Fall 2004 Trip to Abruzzo and a little of Umbria between September 23 and October 11, 2004 This trip report was originally posted on SlowTrav. Day 1 - Philadelphia to Rome to Pescara The overnight flight was quite nice. The airplane was packed despite this being...

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Abruzzo Re-Re-Visited - Family, Food and Wine - 2009

Abruzzo Re-Re-Visited - Family, Food and Wine

By avvocato from NJ, USA, Spring 2009 A trip to Abruzzo's Adriatic coast in April 2009 to visit family. My third trip to Bel Abruzzo; my wife's first. Then a continuation to Winterthur, Switzerland (also to visit her family) with day trips to the Appenzell Alps & Konstanz, Germany in May...

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Switzerland (after Abruzzo) - 2009

Switzerland (after Abruzzo, Italy)

By avvocato from NJ, USA, Spring 2009 A trip to Abruzzo's Adriatic coast in April 2009 to visit family. My third trip to Bel Abruzzo; my wife's first. Then a continuation to Winterthur, Switzerland (also to visit her family) with day trips to the Appenzell Alps & Konstanz, Germany in May...

www.sloweurope.com

 

[Pauline]

I just noticed this post and thought it would be nice to post my old trip report...
460: Capri, Tuscany, Venice and Family in Caserta, Spring 2004
Capri, Tuscany, Venice and Family in Caserta, Spring 2004.
SInce I can't find the inbox...it must be that time of the day...it would be great if you can just publish it for me. Thanks so much! Carol DeLucia

I missed this post - sorry! I will copy it over now. Thanks!

 

[Pauline]

Carol's trip report was posted:

Capri, Tuscany, Venice and Family in Caserta, Spring 2004

Capri, Tuscany, Venice and Family in Caserta

By Lorac from Hartsdale, New York, Spring 2004 Capri, Tuscany, Venice and Family in Caserta This trip report was originally posted on SlowTrav. Introduction My husband, Ralph, and I were last in Italy in March 2001. That amazing trip included meeting Ralph’s family in Caserta, most for the...

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[Pauline]

I have about a dozen or more reports still to post. I move a lost last winter but paused the project and will get started again this winter.

Reports from Terry, Roz, Zig and Georgia, Ruth (Boleskine), Kathy Wood, Barb, Earline - will be posted over the winter. Sorry for the delay.

 

[Janelt]

Hi Pauline, Mine was #730 (Italy). Please repost. What incredible memories. Need some specifics for a friend. Thanks in advance.

 

[Pauline]

Hi Pauline, Mine was #730 (Italy). Please repost. What incredible memories. Need some specifics for a friend. Thanks in advance.

Great! I’ll contact you in a few days. I’m traveling this week.

 

[Pauline]

Janelt's trip report was posted:

Amalfi Coast, Tuscany and Venice - Honeymoon For Eight

By Janel from Chicago Illinois, Spring 2005 In March of 2004, we began planning for what was initially to be a trip to Italy for my fiftieth birthday. Ideally, we thought sometime in late spring of 2005 would be perfect. Around that same time, Paul and I had begun to seriously toss around the...

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I have more trip reports on my list and will be posting them. If anyone else wants their old SlowTrav trip report posted, post here or send me a message. Here is the list:

Slow Travel (SlowTrav) Trip Reports - travel essays, travelogues, travel journals for Europe - Italy, France, Switzerland, Spain, England

The reports that have been moved are noted and there is a link to the report on the forums.

 

[Pauline]

@Wendy&Rob 's great trip reports from fall 2003 have been posted:

Italy October 2003

Italy October 2003

By Wendy & Rob from California, US, Fall 2003 From Rome to Lucca to Strove back to Rome. Wonderful days spent in Italy, drinking in the country, people and of course the food, wine and grappa. This was thirteen wonderful days from October 10th to October 23rd, 2003. From there we boarded Holland...

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A Mediterranean Cruise

A Mediterranean Cruise

Wendy & Rob from California, Fall 2003 After 13 days in Italy we boarded Holland America's Noordam. We started in Civitavecchia went down the Tyrrenean Sea up the Adriadic to Dubrovnic, then to Corfu, Malta, Palermo, Mahon and then Toulon & Setè, France and finished in...

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[Pauline]

I am back to work on this project. I moved the list of trip reports (from SlowTrav) to the forums so it is easier to find.

SlowTrav - List of SlowTrav Trip Reports 2000 - 2014

List of Trip Reports published on SlowTrav 2000 - 2014. With author's permission trip reports are republished on the Slow Europe Travel Forums. Reports that have been moved are marked * and linked to new location. Note that currently I am moving Europe trip reports. Other countries will be moved...

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When a trip report has been moved I link to it from this list.

I moved @Georgia & Zig trip reports recently and am working on @Eleanor 's now.

@Dennis sent me permission to move his and they will be done soon.

I am still working on the list from last year with a few more to move across.

Post here or contact me if you would give me permission to move yours across. I am only looking at Europe reports right now. The more the better!

 

[Pauline]

I didn't write many trip reports for ST because we lived in Italy back then and the sinking dollar sucked up all our travel funds! We did have one big extravagance when we went to Prague to see Paul McCartney. It's report 421, if you want to add it to the list. We loved Prague!

It took me 2 years to get to this trip report on my TO DO list (a new personal best), but it is posted:

Prague, Paul McCartney, and Pickpockets

Czech Republic - Prague, Paul McCartney, and Pickpockets

By Barb (and Art) from Italy, Spring 2004 JUNE 2004 - A six day trip to Prague, centered around the Paul McCartney concert This trip report was originally published on SlowTrav. Planning There is no succinct way to sum up the city of Prague. It’s beautiful and ancient, Gothic, Baroque...

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Many apologies. I have several others on the list still. I was working my way through the list but then stopped when the pandemic started figuring if this was the end of life as we know it, I didn't want to spend any more time sitting at my computer. But, life is starting up again, perhaps the forums will get active again, and I am back working on my list of trip reports to publish.

 

[caromitch]

SlowTrav went offline in 2018. There were 800+ trip reports on the site, written by SlowTrav members. I love trip reports. Since 2014 we have been collecting trip reports on Slow Europe, in the Trip Reports forums (by country).

I have a copy of all the old SlowTrav trip reports (I used site cloning - scraping - software) but I cannot legally publish them on Slow Europe unless I have the permission of the author.

Here is the list of all the old trip reports on SlowTrav. The ones that have been moved are marked and have a link to their new location.

If you have a trip report that was on SlowTrav and would like to move it to Slow Europe, it can be moved in one of two ways:

1. I will send you a Word doc with your trip report. You can then publish it on the forums.
2. I will publish it for you.

Contact me by PM (click INBOX in the upper right) if you would like your trip reports published here.

It does not matter if the trip report is older. I have been re-reading many of them and they are still relevant and interesting.

Thanks to those of you who have already moved your trip reports over!

HI PAULINE oops.
Caro here I would like you to publish my old trip reports.
No 77 and No 475 please

 

[Pauline]

Thanks Caro, I’ll send you a message when I get to work on them.

 

[Pauline]

I posted an old SlowTrav report for @Christian .

Rome - A Million Degrees

By Christian from Canada, Summer 2003 Rome for a Week, Venice for nine days, with a couple of day trips. This trip report was originally posted on SlowTrav.com. Background Info A million degrees Let me collect my thoughts. It was two years ago, after all. Strangely though, I remember most, if...

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[Pauline]

I posted the oldest of Caro's - Tuscany in 2002!

Tuscany - Scotland to Tuscany in Caro’s Car

By Caro from UK, Fall 2002 Car ferry from Scotland to Belgium, drive to Tuscany, 2 weeks in a villa and then 2 nights on the way back to the ferry. This trip report was originally published on SlowTrav.com. Scotland to Belgium We took our own car over on the ferry from Rosyth in Scotland to...

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One more to post of Caro's.

I ran into a problem with this trip report. The scrape of the old SlowTrav website did not catch this report, so I did not have a copy. I found it on the WayBack Archive. Not sure how that happened!

 

[Pauline]

And Caro's trip report for Norway. Thanks Caro!!

Norway - Bergen and The Norwegian Coastal Voyage – the world’s most beautiful cruise

By Caro from Scotland, Summer 2004 31st May 2004 - 19th June 2004, 6 days in Bergen followed by the Norwegian Coastal Voyage This trip report was originally published on SlowTrav.com. Bergen A slow, slow travellers trip up the coast of Norway from Bergen through the Arctic Circle to the land of...

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[Pauline]

I just heard from Kim, one of the original SlowTrav people, and published a 2002 trip report of hers.

Tuscany - Kim's Family Extravaganza - An extended family travels together to Rome, Venice and Tuscany

By Kim from New Jersey, Summer 2002 9-Person Family Vacation This trip report was originally published on slowtrav.com. Opinions and Observations Well, I finally finished writing my trip report for our trip last June. I'm going to start by posting some general opinions/observations below and...

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[Pauline]

Two more of Kim's were posted:

Paris - Paris, in a Dream

Paris, in a Dream By Kim from NJ, Spring 2006 A last minute trip to Paris to accompany my husband on business gave me the opportunity to explore the city on my own for a few days, followed by two wonderful days with him. This trip report was originally posted on slowtrav.com. A Little Bit of...

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Just The Two of Us...We Can Eat It if We Try

Just The Two of Us...We Can Eat It if We Try By Kim from New Jersey, Spring 2005 Chris, my husband, and I spent a bit over two weeks in Italy. Arriving in Rome, spending a night in Abruzzo, driving to a masseria near Ostuni for six nights, a night in Frascati, then a week in an apartment in...

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[Pauline]

Kim's last two trip reports published. Thanks Kim!

Tuscany - A November Sojourn

By Kim from New Jersey, Fall 2003 Our gang, and another family spend a few nights in Rome and then a week in a rental in Castelmuzio, Tuscany. There are seven of us, four adults and three girls (ages seven and ten). This trip report was originally posted on SlowTrav.com. Background Okay – so I...

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Florence - Mommy's Week Out

By Kim from New Jersey, Fall 2001 Kim and her girlfriend leave their families behind and take a seven day trip to Italy, November 7 - 13. They stay in Florence and do some day trips from there. This trip report was originally posted on SlowTrav.com. Giorno Uno - We depart and other nonsense...

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I have some trip reports from Kathy Wood and Roz still to post, plus some postcards from Cheryl, but if anyone else wants theirs posted, let me know. Here is the list. Reports that have been posted have a link in the title and moved beside it.