Category: transport
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Mine de Sel, Bex
Never thought I will visit a salt mine – let alone one that started in 1600’s and is still producing the product – sodium chloride. This mine is located in the Swiss vallée du Rhône about 75 minutes drive from Lausanne. Apparently, they have been welcoming tourists for many years – hence, this very informative…
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Viewing Mont Blanc from L’Aiguille du Midi
The weather of our first two days in Chamonix was lousy: overcast and rain resulting in zero visibility above 2,000m. So there is no point to go up the mountains, instead we checked out all the souvenir stores, hiking equipment stores, cafes … in town. The 3rd day was brilliant – we had cloudless blue…
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Il Naviglio Grande, Milano
Milano has canals – but they are nothing like Venezia’s – more like London, Camden Lock in particular. Located in an industrial part of town, many bars and restaurants line both sides of the canal. We went by metro, got off at Porto Genova and walked over. Next to the canal, we wandered into the…