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Showing posts with label lancaster. Show all posts
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Lancaster Geo Caching
We got out and had to search for a mini micro cache in a covered bridge in Lancaster, just down the street from the Amish Farm House that we visited where the students learned about the Amish way of life. There was also another cache next to the Target too! The kids are HOOKED!
Monday, May 25, 2009
NYC Photos!
So Tiffany found her store..... in NYC on Wall Street...
The group at Ellis Island.
The girls, Ms. Kabza and Duc on the ferry to Ellis Island.
Pool time in Lancaster, PA. Crazy kids!
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.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Amish & Gettysburg
We woke up this morning and visited the Amish House & Farm and the kids got to see a working farm. After the house tour we drove through the countryside and saw a number of farms and houses and Amish folks working on the beautiful day. We stopped at Riehl's Quilt Shop where the students bought them out of Quillows. After that stop we continued on to Intercourse, PA to Kitchen Kettle where they were able to eat lunch and purchase their "I (heart) Intercourse" t-shirts.
We had a short bus ride into Gettysburg where the kids were able to get checked in to the hotel and then we went to the Visitor’s Center. The new Gettysburg Foundation Visitor’s Center just opened about two months ago and it is wonderful and much more interactive than the last one. After our quick run through of the museum we had a step-on guide get on the bus and we toured the battlefields of Gettysburg. We caught up with a thunder storm with no rain.
Dinner was a buffet at General Pickets, which was yummy! Then we headed back to the hotel where the kids had a short time in the pool before we got another thunder storm, but this time were able to see the lightening so the kids had to get out of the pool. However, they did catch up with an 8th grade group from New Hampshire and the boys started a game of touch football in the field across the street from our hotel. The rain started and got worse and worse and the boys are muddy and soaked, so are the girls who were rooting them on. According to our boys, we won, but I don't know about that....
Not sure what will happen with our scheduled Ghost Tour tonight. The thunder and lightening has stopped for the time being but... it looks like another one is brewing.
We are up early tomorrow to head to the Capitol in Washington D.C.
Stacey
We had a short bus ride into Gettysburg where the kids were able to get checked in to the hotel and then we went to the Visitor’s Center. The new Gettysburg Foundation Visitor’s Center just opened about two months ago and it is wonderful and much more interactive than the last one. After our quick run through of the museum we had a step-on guide get on the bus and we toured the battlefields of Gettysburg. We caught up with a thunder storm with no rain.
Dinner was a buffet at General Pickets, which was yummy! Then we headed back to the hotel where the kids had a short time in the pool before we got another thunder storm, but this time were able to see the lightening so the kids had to get out of the pool. However, they did catch up with an 8th grade group from New Hampshire and the boys started a game of touch football in the field across the street from our hotel. The rain started and got worse and worse and the boys are muddy and soaked, so are the girls who were rooting them on. According to our boys, we won, but I don't know about that....
Not sure what will happen with our scheduled Ghost Tour tonight. The thunder and lightening has stopped for the time being but... it looks like another one is brewing.
We are up early tomorrow to head to the Capitol in Washington D.C.
Stacey
Monday, May 26, 2008
New York City
So we just pulled into Lancaster Co. and the kids are finally in the pool and they are totally excited. The little things that make them happy...
Yesterday we made our way to New York City and watched the Seattle Mariners play the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. This is the final year any games will played at Yankee Stadium so it is a historical event for the students to see this Major League Baseball game (plus they got to see our home team!) We had to leave at the bottom of the 8th inning and the Mariners were up but of course the home team always wins.
After the game we drove through the Bronx and checked-in at our hotel in Manhattan. The kids spruced up and the girls looked beautiful and the boys looked handsome as we walked through Times Square to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre where we watched the play Grease. The play was great, Max and Laura are the two leads, they were choosen from NBC's "You're the One That I Want" reality show last year. Cody Greene from Bravo's "Step It Up and Dance" was also in the play.
Next we went to Times Square and had our group photo taken. Julie texted me and she found a live feed on the internet and she saw the kids and we were able to wave into space!!! That was cool. *Julie, I need to get that site from you so I can give it to parent's next year.
Once our photos were taken we went to Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square for dinner, then we walked back to the hotel and headed to bed. It was a late night and early morning for the kids.
This morning the kids were up early and had a bus tour of Manhattan and the different areas of the city (Soho, The Villiage, etc.) and got to see Trinity Church (where National Treasure was shot) and the site of 9/11 and we ended up at Battery Park where we caught the ferry and rode by the Statue of Liberty and got off at Ellis Island. The kids got headsets and were able to walk around and discover what it was like to have come through Ellis Island as a young person in the early 1900's.
After the tour of Ellis Island we walked by the famous bull and then back to the 9/11 site and the church across the street. We then headed down Wall Street and saw the New York Stock Exchange and continued on to lunch at the South Street Seaport. After lunch we boarded the bus and drove by the UN and dropped the kids off on 5th Avenue for some shopping!
We have just unloaded the bus in Lancaster, the kids are swimming and we are having a yummy pizza, stromboli and salad dinner in about an hour. Then the kids will get their bed time story read by Mr. Krohn and then will do a writing activity and head to bed for our action packed day tomorrow where they are excited for lunch in Intercourse, PA.
Stacey
Yesterday we made our way to New York City and watched the Seattle Mariners play the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. This is the final year any games will played at Yankee Stadium so it is a historical event for the students to see this Major League Baseball game (plus they got to see our home team!) We had to leave at the bottom of the 8th inning and the Mariners were up but of course the home team always wins.
After the game we drove through the Bronx and checked-in at our hotel in Manhattan. The kids spruced up and the girls looked beautiful and the boys looked handsome as we walked through Times Square to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre where we watched the play Grease. The play was great, Max and Laura are the two leads, they were choosen from NBC's "You're the One That I Want" reality show last year. Cody Greene from Bravo's "Step It Up and Dance" was also in the play.
Next we went to Times Square and had our group photo taken. Julie texted me and she found a live feed on the internet and she saw the kids and we were able to wave into space!!! That was cool. *Julie, I need to get that site from you so I can give it to parent's next year.
Once our photos were taken we went to Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square for dinner, then we walked back to the hotel and headed to bed. It was a late night and early morning for the kids.
This morning the kids were up early and had a bus tour of Manhattan and the different areas of the city (Soho, The Villiage, etc.) and got to see Trinity Church (where National Treasure was shot) and the site of 9/11 and we ended up at Battery Park where we caught the ferry and rode by the Statue of Liberty and got off at Ellis Island. The kids got headsets and were able to walk around and discover what it was like to have come through Ellis Island as a young person in the early 1900's.
After the tour of Ellis Island we walked by the famous bull and then back to the 9/11 site and the church across the street. We then headed down Wall Street and saw the New York Stock Exchange and continued on to lunch at the South Street Seaport. After lunch we boarded the bus and drove by the UN and dropped the kids off on 5th Avenue for some shopping!
We have just unloaded the bus in Lancaster, the kids are swimming and we are having a yummy pizza, stromboli and salad dinner in about an hour. Then the kids will get their bed time story read by Mr. Krohn and then will do a writing activity and head to bed for our action packed day tomorrow where they are excited for lunch in Intercourse, PA.
Stacey
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