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Getting Around Venice

Getting Around Venice

Dafny Vogel
Travel

For a city built on wood pilings in the middle of a lagoon, exploring Venice presents a unique experience unlike any other places we have been to. When visiting Europe, we always look forward to the much better public transportation options and actually enjoy not having a car. The metro and tram systems are convenient and easy to use. The buses (especially the ones in Germany) are much classier and cleaner than King County's Metro buses. We are no strangers to using rail-based or wheeled public transportation to travel around. But only in Venice have we experienced that the majority of transport options all came in different sizes and forms of boats. There were absolutely no cars!

Where in the World is Chamonix?

Where in the World is Chamonix?

Dafny Vogel
Fly, Travel

Before the wedding invitation arrived, I had never heard of Chamonix. Upon learning where the wedding was taking place, my initial reaction was something like, "Sha-moo-what?!" I proceeded to look it up on Google maps to ascertain its geographic location. After all, France is one of the larger European countries in terms of land area. I discovered that Chamonix (formally called Chamonix-Mont-Blanc), is a popular destination for winter sport enthusiasts located in the Haute Savoie department of the Rhône-Alpes region in the southeastern corner of France. The first Winter Olympics in 1924 was held here.