CONTENTS OF BEN OOSTDAM's

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

as per April 19, 2003

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
1963	August 2	GREECE: Corfu (Kerkyra), more history, links and ancient sketches, battle of Navarino	25	EUROPE, Greece Mediterranean: Strait of Otranto, Ionian Sea
1963	August 2 - 3	GREECE: coasting along aboard "Angelica", Ithaca: Odysseus, Homerus; Patras: Wargames, ancient and modern	26	EUROPE, Greece Mediterranean: Strait of Otranto, Ionian Sea
1963	August 3	GREECE: Isthmus (Corinth) Canal, Piraeus, Railroad, Omania, Athens	27	EUROPE, Greece Mediterranean: Ionian Sea, Corinth Canal, Aegean Sea
1963	August 3 cont.	GREECE: Omonia, Athens, Corinth, Mycene, Argos, Nafplion	28	EUROPE, Greece Mediterranean: AegeanSea
1963	August 4	GREECE: Nafplion, Palamidi Fortress, Epidauros	29	EUROPE, Greece Mediterranean: AegeanSea
1963	August 4 cont.	GREECE: Nafplio, Epidavros, doors, Tiryns	30	EUROPE, Greece Mediterranean: Aegean Sea
1963	August 4, cont.	GREECE: Nafplio, Tiryns, Argos, Korinth, Canal, retsina	31	EUROPE, Greece Mediterranean: Aegean Sea
1963	August 5	GREECE: Thebes, Plataea, Thivai, Kadmeia Citadel, Oedipus, Laios and Jocasta	32	EUROPE, Greece Mediterranean: AegeanSea
1963	August 5 cont.	GREECE: Thebes, flokatis, Delphi, Mt Parnassos, Marathon	33	EUROPE, Greece Mediterranean: Aegean Sea
1963	August 5, cont.	GREECE: Marathon, Euboia, 11th World Jamboree, Athens, Pireus, Melina Mercouri	34	EUROPE, Greece Mediterranean: Aegean Sea
1963	August 6	GREECE: Piraeus, Athens, farewell to Greece and Aussies, Acropolis, back onto ferry, Corinthian Canal once again	35	EUROPE, Greece Mediterranean: Aegean Sea, Corinthian Canal
1963	August 7/8	GREECE: Itaca, Korfu; ITALY: Brindisi, Bari, back to SIMCA 1000 and Willy!	36	EUROPE, Greece Mediterranean: Ionian Sea, Strait of Otranto, Adriatic Sea
1963	August 8 cont.	ITALY: Bari	37	EUROPE, Italy Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea
1963	August 8 cont.	ITALY: Bari, Barletta, Frederick II, "stupor mundi", Battle of Cannae, Hannibal, Gen. Schwartzkopf	38	EUROPE, Greece Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea
1963	August 8	ITALY: Foggia, Karst coast and other delights missed	39	EUROPE, Greece Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea
1963	August 8 cont.	ITALY: Pescara, Ancona	40	EUROPE, Greece Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea
1963	August 9	SAN MARINO: stamps, scenery; Antique Ship Stamps; ITALY: Rimini	41	EUROPE, Italy, San Marino Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea
1963	August 9	ITALY: Rimini, Ravenna, River Po, Venice	42	EUROPE, Italy Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea
1963	August 9 cont.	ITALY: Venice; Venice by Others	43	EUROPE, Italy Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea
1963	August 10	ITALY: Dolomites, Tirol; AUSTRIA: Europe Bridge, Brenner Pass, Innsbruck	44	Italy, Austria Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea, Tethys Sea
1963	August 11	AUSTRIA: Innsbruck, Landeck, Feldkirch; LIECHTENSTEIN, Vaduz	45	EUROPE, Austria, Liechtenstein Tethys Sea
1963	August 11, cont.	Liechtenstein: Vaduz; Switzerland: Zurich; France	46	EUROPE, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France Tethys Sea
1963	August 12	France: Epinal, Moselle, Nancy, Metz, Vosges, Thionville; Luxembourg: Clervauz; Belgium: Remouchamps	47	EUROPE, France, Luxembourg, Belgium
1963	August 13	Belgium: Remouchamps, Caves, Liege, Hasselt; Netherlands: my birthday, 's Hertogenbosch, Zaltbommel, Waal, Amstelveen, END TOUR; TOUR LOG	48	EUROPE, Belgium, The Netherlands North Sea
1963	August 14/18	The Netherlands: Amstelveen; Willard Bascom invitation; Mack and Peter Todd, The Hague, Madurodam, Angela Lopes Cardozo, Lopes Cardozo, Scheveningen, Jan van As, Stelpstras, van der Kams, sjoelbak, poffertjes, Hempenius, Kuipers	49	EUROPE, The Netherlands North Sea
1963	August 19/31	The Netherlands Hellevoetsluis, Den Briel, Deltaworks,	50	EUROPE, The Netherlands North Sea