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190 days ago
Interact with this collection. Number One: Hotel We woke up around 8:00 am and began the day. Number Two: Third Street Promenade Crepes Breakfast adfasdf Number Three: Rodeo Drive Number Four: Beverly Hills Art Expo Number Five: Hollywood Sign and Lunch at Grauman’s Chinese Theater Number Six: Driving around Griffith Park Number Seven: G riffith Park Observatory Number Eight: Malibu and Malibu Beach Number Nine: Dinner and Movie in Agoura We watched Angels and Demons. It was a a great way to remember Rome: #1 http://iadktw.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pEeH-Py-R2psPqDCyUSMnQHr02cvQHiwD_1T0Yq2lcKmdcuZ3MYgyZHOC683a4ktHGpSdyUKU6ei5zduj36WQiA #2 http://iadktw.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pAw9DOYuA68Vp5QYpEBzQmseCBb_BIDaqERg2E4a6KmGOnrJRI0NVVwWLMR6GW9UY5Oql8EbNyVJsrEL0kqcogg #3 #4 Like, Adios, J+S
190 days ago
To commemorate the anniversary of our trip to Europe last year, Sarah and Joe met in Los Angeles for a long weekend in LA. They chose LA because Joe attended a conference for work the week before. Interact with this collection. Number One: LAX (not pictured) Joe picked Sarah up from LAX in his first rental car, a grey 2009 Pontiac G3. Before picking up Sarah, Joe wandered around Century City, where he saw something he’d never seen before… an ad for the Jewish Federation in a public place. Only in LA… Number Two: Hotel in Beverly Hills We stayed in a posh Beverly Hills hotel, which was just two blocks south of Rodeo drive. Very quiet area and centrally located for all our touring. Plus, Joe got a great deal on Hotwire. When Joe turned on the TV… he got a BSOD! Only in LA… Number Three: Santa Monica Pier Joe and Sarah had breakfast the first morning on the Santa Monica Pier. We arrived before the pier officially opened, which meant we missed ...
488 days ago
Sarah and Joe are now safely back in the states. Sarah went up to Connecticut to work as a counselor and teacher at a summer program at Yale. Joe saw his family in New York for a few days and then his parents in Alabama for a few more days. Afterward he flew to Seattle to begin work at Microsoft. We thank everyone for following along and asking us great questions. Sorry for always referring to the blog in emails, but it was easier than repeating ourselves. We learned a lot from this experience, and we hope you too could learn vicariously. Most important, we've confirmed there is a much larger world out there and it's important to see it. Keep in touch! Sincerely, J+S
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In this post we'll go over some differences we observed in our travels. Things Europeans do well Public transportation It's almost cliche now to saw that Europeans have better public transportation than Americans do. Every city we visited except Rome had public transport that could get us anywhere -- downtowns, train stations, airports, suburbs. Not once during the entire trip did we need to rent a car, have a friend pick us up, or take a cab. Outside of the northeast, can you imagine flying in to an average American city and relying on public transport to get to your downtown hotel? In addition to the extensive network, European systems are better organized and labeled. They're better organized because they rely on very simple rules. First rule, one train per track. You don't have to worry about getting on an express or local, a #3 instead of a #1 or #2. When the next train arrives, you simply get on. Second, they're better organized by using a radial pattern for the ...
