The trip went so well that we saved the bad luck for the final day. The day started like normal, mostly… Matt and Moody took a jog along the river. We had 7-Eleven for breakfast and then took off at 9am, an hour ahead of the plan. The train to Continue Reading
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Day 10 – Sight Seeing and Ramen
Today Lily had a great idea to get up early to beat the heat and crowds. We ate 7-Eleven that we got the night before and were out the door at 6am going to Fushimi Inari Taisha Shinto shrine. It is the shrine with well over 1000 tori gates on Continue Reading
Day 7- Cherry Blossoms!
Our dream came true and we were in Washington DC for the peak of cherry blossoms. In just 24 hours they had burst out and every tree was full of white and pink blossoms. We started the day by walking to the National Zoo. Most animals were still inside, but Continue Reading
Day 6: Capital and Bike Tour
Today started with a pretty early tour of the Capital. We were out the door by 8:45 and started off at the US Capital Visitor’s Center. We were in a pretty long line after a large tour group, so we were a little worried about making our 9:30 tour start, Continue Reading
Day 5: White House, Mint and Monuments
The day started with Matt taking off early to get tickets for a tour of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (aka the Money Factory) while Charlie and I replenished our supplies at the grocery store a few blocks away. The girls got to sleep in a little bit. We Continue Reading
Central Park, Intrepid, and Philadelphia
Today we packed up our stuff from our wonderful hotel(Garden Suites by Affinia) on the Upper East side. We were thinking about doing a bike tour in Central Park, but it was a pretty cold morning(about 35F) and we didn’t get out the door quite fast enough. So instead we Continue Reading
Lady Liberty, Hamilton and The Prom
The morning started about the same as yesterday, Matt and Charlie out exploring early while the rest of us woke up. We met in Times Square to hop on the Big Bus that was included in our New York Pass. We went through Midtown to Downtown Manhattan ending up at Continue Reading
Day 2: The Rock, Radio City and The Ride
A 3 year who likes to get up at dawn and 2 tween girls who like to sleep in means compromise. Matt and Charlie left early to get our timed tickets to Top of the Rock (Rockefeller Center). They also spent some time exploring Central Park, which is only a few Continue Reading
Day 1: Planes, Pizza and Pools
Today was mostly a travel day. We took off on a JetBlue flight to Boston at 10:30 am. We had a quick layover in Boston, then a short flight to LaGuardia, which allowed us to get to the hotel at 5:30 pm. We relaxed a little bit at the hotel, before getting some NY Continue Reading
Another walking vacation…
With an exasperated sigh this was Lily’s reaction and ongoing complaint before our latest adventure to New York City and Washington DC. Thank goodness some of her friends told her they would rather go to NYC than Florida(where everyone else is going for spring break). I fell in love with Continue Reading