Showing posts with label boston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boston. Show all posts
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Boston!
Today was a long day! We started out in the Boston Commons (by the Cheer's location) and then headed up to a few burial grounds, saw Old South Meeting House and then on to the Boston Massacre site. We had lunch at Quincy Market then headed to Paul Revere's House and then to Old North Church where we got to see the steeple where the bells are rung (same bells Paul Revere rang!) and the crypt where many men have buried.
We headed back to Quincy Market for dinner then had the BEST TIME at Blue Man group.
Friday, May 22, 2009
east coast
hanging out with my buddy duc nguyen in boston in our hotel me cole aidan and dakota all got roomed together after we got back from fort plimoth- Quinton
I am exhausted. I could not sleep on the plane, which sucked. So I've just been hanging out with Quinton, Aidan, Cole, and Quin, and somehow Quin managed to break our door lock. We also went to Plimoth Plantation (yawn). I'm just waiting for Gettysburg and Busch Gardens. -Dakota
I am here - Duc
I am exhausted. I could not sleep on the plane, which sucked. So I've just been hanging out with Quinton, Aidan, Cole, and Quin, and somehow Quin managed to break our door lock. We also went to Plimoth Plantation (yawn). I'm just waiting for Gettysburg and Busch Gardens. -Dakota
I am here - Duc
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Basic Itinerary
Below is our itinerary. I will do my best to update it along the way and add photos if I can. If the word below is underlined you can click on it and visit their website and learn a little more about the location we are visiting!
Thursday, May 21st - Depart Portland on red eye flight!
Friday, May 22nd - Arrive Boston (via Newark, NJ), and head out to visit the Mayflower II and Plimoth Plantation. After lunch we will head back into Boston to see the USS Constitution and Bunker Hill.
Dinner is at a wonderful family style Italian restaurant, La Famiglia Georgios and then we will go walk around Ivy League school Harvard before bedtime.
Saturday, May 23rd - This morning we start off on Boston's Freedom Trail where we will see the Boston Commons, the Cheers site, the Old State House, the Boston Massacre Site and Granaray Burying Ground.
Then we head on to Old South Meeting House and Quincy Market at Faneuil Hall for lunch. Today is the yearly Street Festival and the kids get to watch all sorts of acts,
Next we head to Paul Revere's House and then we get to experience a steeple and crypt tour at Old North Church.
Dinner will be back at Quincy Market (since they don't get to see everything at lunch time) and then the infamous Blue Man Group performance.
Sunday, May 24th - We are headed to New York City today! We are seeing West Side Story play on Broadway, eating dinner at Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square and then will head outside for a group photo!
Monday, May 25th - Memorial Day - We will be visiting the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island via the Circle Line ferry from Battery Park today.
After Ellis Island we will walk to the 9/11 site and visit St. Paul's Church and then walk down Wall Street on to the South Street Seaport.
After lunch we will drive by the United Nations and have a little shopping time on 5th Avenue (Tiffany's anyone?). Then we are on our way to Amish Country in Lancaster where the kids will have their first chance to swim a little before their pizza party and bedtime story and writing activity.
Tuesday, May 26th - Today we get to visit a working Amish Farm and House and then a tour of the countryside with a stop at Riehl's Quilt shop where the kids can purchase a Quillow if they want! We eat lunch in Intercourse, PA at Kitchen Kettle and then head to Gettysburg.
In Gettysburg we will take a driving tour and the kids can get out and look at Little Roundtop and other monuments and sites of the Civil War. After dinner and maybe a little more swimming (only if books are caught up) we will have our nightly walking ghost tour..... BOO!
Wednesday, May 27th - Headed to Washington DC! Today we are planning to visit the National Archieves and see the Declaration of Independence and the emotional Holocaust Museum.
We'll be eating lunch at the Navy Memorial and then seeing our first Smithsonian and then touring the Newseum after which we will see Ford's Theatre and the Peterson House.
Tonight we will do a night time tour of the monuments including the Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, FDR Memorial, Washington Monument, WWII Monument, Vietnam Memorial and more! Then we will finish up with dinner at the ESPN Zone.
Thursday, May 28th - Today we will visit the Capitol and see where everything happens (courtesy of Senator Merkley). We will walk by the Supreme Court and Library of Congress and then visit the American History Smithsonian.
We are going to drive through Embassy Row on our way to the National Cathedral. When our Cathedral tour is over we are headed to a Major League Baseball Game!
Tonight we be at Camden Yards watching the Baltimore Oriole's take on the Detroit Tigers.
Friday, May 29th - We will start today with visiting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Kennedy's gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery.
Next we will head to Charlottesville, VA to visit Thomas Jefferson's beautiful homestead of Monticello. We will then head into Williamsburg for the evening.
Saturday, May 30th - Today the kids will explore Colonial Williamsburg visiting the Governor's Palace and craft shops. If they finish their study booklets they will enjoy the many rides and games that Busch Gardens offers for the evening.
Sunday, May 31st - Today we will head home, but not before heading into Washington DC again to see George Washington's home Mt. Vernon.
Thursday, May 21st - Depart Portland on red eye flight!
Friday, May 22nd - Arrive Boston (via Newark, NJ), and head out to visit the Mayflower II and Plimoth Plantation. After lunch we will head back into Boston to see the USS Constitution and Bunker Hill.
Dinner is at a wonderful family style Italian restaurant, La Famiglia Georgios and then we will go walk around Ivy League school Harvard before bedtime.
Saturday, May 23rd - This morning we start off on Boston's Freedom Trail where we will see the Boston Commons, the Cheers site, the Old State House, the Boston Massacre Site and Granaray Burying Ground.
Then we head on to Old South Meeting House and Quincy Market at Faneuil Hall for lunch. Today is the yearly Street Festival and the kids get to watch all sorts of acts,
Next we head to Paul Revere's House and then we get to experience a steeple and crypt tour at Old North Church.
Dinner will be back at Quincy Market (since they don't get to see everything at lunch time) and then the infamous Blue Man Group performance.
Sunday, May 24th - We are headed to New York City today! We are seeing West Side Story play on Broadway, eating dinner at Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square and then will head outside for a group photo!
Monday, May 25th - Memorial Day - We will be visiting the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island via the Circle Line ferry from Battery Park today.
After Ellis Island we will walk to the 9/11 site and visit St. Paul's Church and then walk down Wall Street on to the South Street Seaport.
After lunch we will drive by the United Nations and have a little shopping time on 5th Avenue (Tiffany's anyone?). Then we are on our way to Amish Country in Lancaster where the kids will have their first chance to swim a little before their pizza party and bedtime story and writing activity.
Tuesday, May 26th - Today we get to visit a working Amish Farm and House and then a tour of the countryside with a stop at Riehl's Quilt shop where the kids can purchase a Quillow if they want! We eat lunch in Intercourse, PA at Kitchen Kettle and then head to Gettysburg.
In Gettysburg we will take a driving tour and the kids can get out and look at Little Roundtop and other monuments and sites of the Civil War. After dinner and maybe a little more swimming (only if books are caught up) we will have our nightly walking ghost tour..... BOO!
Wednesday, May 27th - Headed to Washington DC! Today we are planning to visit the National Archieves and see the Declaration of Independence and the emotional Holocaust Museum.
We'll be eating lunch at the Navy Memorial and then seeing our first Smithsonian and then touring the Newseum after which we will see Ford's Theatre and the Peterson House.
Tonight we will do a night time tour of the monuments including the Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, FDR Memorial, Washington Monument, WWII Monument, Vietnam Memorial and more! Then we will finish up with dinner at the ESPN Zone.
Thursday, May 28th - Today we will visit the Capitol and see where everything happens (courtesy of Senator Merkley). We will walk by the Supreme Court and Library of Congress and then visit the American History Smithsonian.
We are going to drive through Embassy Row on our way to the National Cathedral. When our Cathedral tour is over we are headed to a Major League Baseball Game!
Tonight we be at Camden Yards watching the Baltimore Oriole's take on the Detroit Tigers.
Friday, May 29th - We will start today with visiting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Kennedy's gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery.
Next we will head to Charlottesville, VA to visit Thomas Jefferson's beautiful homestead of Monticello. We will then head into Williamsburg for the evening.
Saturday, May 30th - Today the kids will explore Colonial Williamsburg visiting the Governor's Palace and craft shops. If they finish their study booklets they will enjoy the many rides and games that Busch Gardens offers for the evening.
Sunday, May 31st - Today we will head home, but not before heading into Washington DC again to see George Washington's home Mt. Vernon.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Boston
Hello from the east coast!!! The plane ride was okay, we were a little late leaving Portland but made it to Boston on time. The kids went to Plimoth Plantation and the Mayflower II. It was a good activity to get the kids moving. Some of them even went rolling down a large hill, it was pretty funny.
We drove into Boston and the kids got to unpack at the hotel before we headed over to see Old Ironides and Bunker Hill. After, we went to a fabulous dinner at La Famiglia Georgio and had a LOT of pasta, red ziti, meatsauce ziti, alfredo ziti, chicken parm and meatballs. They even got mini canoli for desert.
The kids were totally sleepy tonight and we were happy to be able to get them into bed early.
Today we did a scavenger hunt throughout all of Boston. We saw three graveyards where many people, including Sam Adams and Paul Revere are burried. Next we stopped at Old South Meeting House and saw where the Boston Tea Party began. We then moved on to see the Boston Massacre site, and ate lunch at Fanueil Hall/Quincy Market where the kids got to watch a bunch of street performers. After lunch we saw where Paul Revere lived with his 16 different children!!! On to Old North Church where got a behind the scences tour and saw the bell tower where Paul Revere rang the bells and Robert Newman hung the lanterns. We then had dinner and headed to Blue Man Group where the kids had a great time.
Everyone is in bed now and I am heading there myself! We are headed to New York City to see the Yankees play the Mariners tomorrow and then to see the play Grease on Broadway and have dinner at Hard Rock in Times Square.
Stacey
We drove into Boston and the kids got to unpack at the hotel before we headed over to see Old Ironides and Bunker Hill. After, we went to a fabulous dinner at La Famiglia Georgio and had a LOT of pasta, red ziti, meatsauce ziti, alfredo ziti, chicken parm and meatballs. They even got mini canoli for desert.
The kids were totally sleepy tonight and we were happy to be able to get them into bed early.
Today we did a scavenger hunt throughout all of Boston. We saw three graveyards where many people, including Sam Adams and Paul Revere are burried. Next we stopped at Old South Meeting House and saw where the Boston Tea Party began. We then moved on to see the Boston Massacre site, and ate lunch at Fanueil Hall/Quincy Market where the kids got to watch a bunch of street performers. After lunch we saw where Paul Revere lived with his 16 different children!!! On to Old North Church where got a behind the scences tour and saw the bell tower where Paul Revere rang the bells and Robert Newman hung the lanterns. We then had dinner and headed to Blue Man Group where the kids had a great time.
Everyone is in bed now and I am heading there myself! We are headed to New York City to see the Yankees play the Mariners tomorrow and then to see the play Grease on Broadway and have dinner at Hard Rock in Times Square.
Stacey
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