Jason F Maurer

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So here is the current suggested itinerary for my trip overseas to France and Italy. I’ve booked all my hostels and hotels so I will most likely stick to the places.

June 2nd – arrive in paris in the afternoon. Find Hostel, and have dinner prepare for tomorrow

June 3rd  - walking tour of Paris, and the Louvre possibly

June 4th – Cimetiere Du Pere, Catacombs, Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle

June 5th – open day to catch up on anything I want to revisit or missed

June 6th – Travel to Rennes then to my B&B for Mont Sainte Michel

June 7th – Mont Sainte Michel

June 8th – The long train ride. Rennes back to Paris, Paris to Marseille, Marseille to Nice or St. Tropel, then on overnight to Genova and from there…

June 9th, 10th and 11th – Cinque Terre I will be staying in Riomaggiore and traveling to the other villages. 

June 12th – Florence

June 13th  - Travel to Rome in morning. Wing the rest of the day

June 14th – Early morning trip to Pompeii – first train there.

June 15th – Possibly do the Infiorata festival at Genzano di Roma

June 16th – Rome – Ancient Roman center, etc.

June 17th – Vatican and its museums. 

June 18th – I fly home.

Well there it is peeps. I will do my best to update you all as I travel, when I can get internet access on the cheap. Wish me luck I’m totally excited and can’t wait to see what kinds of stuff I am going to get for my film!!!

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• I’m up and moving. Still up in warner robins with Gillian. Be home tomorrow. 1 week till France !!!!! #

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Alright gear heads here’s my list of stuff I’m taking. I’ve compiled this list based off of personal needs and online advice from various other websites and forums. I will include links where I can but I got 80% of this stuff from REI.com and Magellens.

1. Backpack – Gregory Baltro 70
2. REI’s travel sack - This bag rules!! I’ve been sleeping in it for about a week now testing it out before the trip and it is roomy – even for me 6′ 3″ 280 lb man. It is light and airy and perfect for hostel hopping and summer camping. Based off my initial tests – we shall see how she holds up in the field.
3. Backpackers first aid kit – might be over kill here, but I am accident prone and better to have it than not.
4. Rain jacket from REI – I bought this baby almost 10 years ago and it still holds up. Gortex. Hurricane lvl 3 water proof. It is a rockin addition to my gear list, but they don’t make anything like it anymore. : (
5. Clothes – 2 pairs of shorts (REI sahara shorts, and REI Adventure Shorts) 2 pairs of pants (REi adventure pants) 2 short sleeved button ups (North face ), 4 pairs of underwear (Ex-Officio - they make the most amazing underwear EVER) 2 pairs of smart wool socks, 4 pairs of Wigwam Ironman socks
6. Keen walking shoes and Chaco sandals
7. REI dry sack – for my clothes
8. Camelback Bladder – for the pack
9. Chrome Messenger bag – for my day pack
10. Cleaning kit – Clothesline (this thing is amazing) sink stopper, small packets of detergent
11. Camera gear – Nikon D70s, Extra lens (70 to 300), tripod, extra battery, portable battery charger, card reader, 320 gig external hard drive, Pclix timelapse device, lens cleaning fabric
12. 1st gen iPhone(for WiFi,music and candids) headphones, charger and emergency battery
13. Power adapters - will be useful I think. : )
14. Hygiene kit - deodorant, toothbrush, body glide (Amazing stuff), razor, 3 extra blades, travel towel(amazing)
15. Personal Meds, vitamins, aspirin, sudafed cold and sinus, airborne
16. Compass
17. Travel docs – Security wallet, Passport, Faculty ID, ISIC card, ISE card, Rail Pass, List of important numbers and addresses, ATM card, Visa card, Euros, wallet, Xeroxed sections of guide books for France and Italy
18. Sketch Kit – travel journal, sketchbook, pencil case, watercolor case
19. Repair kit – Sewing kit, duct tape, rubber bands
20. Sunglasses and case
21. Combo lock and PacSafe 120 Security web large
22. Bike Light (for reading and night navigating – I had it already. : )  )
23. ear plugs – walmart specials
24. Backpack deodorizer - dryer sheets will do in a pinch
25. 5 1 galleon Ziplock durable bags
26. Multi-tool  - only if I check my bag
27. 18 cliff bars, and trail mix

So thats my list more to come… Will be posting itinerary later this week end and of course there will be updates on the journey as the internet permits!!!

until then - 

J

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Well folks its come down to 2 weeks before my journey to Europe. I want to share with everyone out there the immense amount of planning and research that I have done going into this trip. So over the next 2 weeks I’m going to be posting pretty regularly some articles on what I found helpful, my itinerary, what I’m packing, etc. in hopes that it will help others as well as document my process. 

This trip is being designed around making a short experimental film involving drawings, audio, journal entries, and my 35mm DSLR for use of time-lapse and light graffiti. The film is about light, motion and time. It will also I imagine sort of stand as a travel documentary for my experience. I’m trying to maintain an open mind and allow the process of making the film to evolve based off of my experience. I have the tools, and the places I intend on visiting – now all that remains is natures blessing and the trip itself. 

Tomorrow I’ll post up my gear list and my opinions so far on what I have purchased for the trip. Till then check out these two links… 

http://www.noambit.com/

http://www.bugeurope.com/

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• Should avoid wine. Man I’ve got a hangover. #
• Having breakfast at J.christophers. God I think I might still be drunk. WTF #
• @bbrathwaite looks like fun. Is it red? in reply to bbrathwaite #
• Im Seriously in need of asprin and more fluids. #
• I think I might be ready for some food. I’m thinking publixs sub and a movie. #
• @tadleckman good to hear that tad. in reply to tadleckman #
• I’m now watching the last king of Scotland. #
• Last king of Scotland was amazing!!!! Forest whitaker was brillant. #
• Off to dreamland. #

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• Is up and moving. Have to go do some kind of training in 20 minutes. Arg. #
• @metagaming and you suck…;) barefoot at work. Ah those were the days. in reply to metagaming #
• I had my coffee. Did my training. Now I’m ready to go to the bank and exchange for euros!!! Then it’s onto monty… #
• Just finished shooting Nazi ss typewriter!!! The photos are going to me wicked cool. Will upload tomorrow… Stay tuned. #
• Ate too much for an early dinner and now feels like a pregnant taco. #

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• Is up and moving. Have to go do some kind of training in 20 minutes. Arg. #
• @metagaming and you suck…;) barefoot at work. Ah those were the days. in reply to metagaming #
• I had my coffee. Did my training. Now I’m ready to go to the bank and exchange for euros!!! Then it’s onto monty… #
• Just finished shooting Nazi ss typewriter!!! The photos are going to me wicked cool. Will upload tomorrow… Stay tuned. #
• Ate too much for an early dinner and now feels like a pregnant taco. #

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Check out the typewriter…it’s a Nazis SS typewriter. I’m doing a photo shoot of it for a friends game tonight. It was very creepy opening it and typing on it. I had to wash my hands multiple times after touching it.

The painting is from sidewalk arts look at the squares number…

And check out the fat Cinderella I think disneys skinny police missed this one.

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