Trip Tip a Day

Tip of the day:  Fly nonstop For our Thanksgiving trip to New York City, we bought  non-stop tickets from Dallas to the Newark, New Jersey airport (EWR).  Worth the extra cost to not have to deal with the hassle of transfers, possible delays, missed flights, etc.  Easy transport from Newark Airport to New York City.  We took the train - 25 minutes, $12.50, airport to Penn Station http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=AirportConnectionsTo

Tip of the day: Understand Venice 1, 2 and 3 and consider staying near the train station Venice 1 - the waterways Venice 2 - the sidewalks Venice 3 - the sidewalk bridges over the waterways This was my first trip to Venice. Before arriving, I just couldn't conceptualize Venice. Did you need a boat to arrive at someone's front door? How did that work? Our exchange student friend from Venice told us she walked everywhere and that there were no vehicles. Water everywhere, walking everywhere, no vehicles.... I was stumped. Well, here is your 1-2-3 Venice introduction - you can walk everywhere with very nice little bridges that cross the waterways. Many bridges, however, have steps up and steps down (so that the boats can go underneath). The only people who really weren't looking like they were having fun were the people carting baby strollers and dragging luggage on wheels up and down the steps time after time. My advice - find a hotel near the train station so you don...