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| Subject: Re: NYC, DC, Boston, Portland Trip Advice
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Posted on: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:43:16 +0000 (UTC)
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Keith W wrote:
> "schander" wrote in message
> news:1127305425.596713.105300@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> Hi all,
>> I was wondering if we could get some advice on our scheduled trip to
>> the US mid October. We're going to be there for about 9 day. We have
>> friends in both Boston and Portland MA.
>> We have the following trip in mind:
>> Day 1 - Land JFK from London, mid morning. Do some site seeing rest of
>> the day
>> Day 2 - More site seeing in NYC
>> Day 3 - More NYC pick up hire car drive to DC
>> Day 4 - Site seeing in DC
> Consider either flying to DC or catching the train.
> You dont need a car in DC and its not a particularly
> pleasant drive
>> Day 5 - Skyline Drive onto Philly
> Skyline Drive is south west of DC while Philadelphia
> is NW of DC
>> Day 6 - Philly to Boston
> Unless you are planning to spend at least a day in Philadelphia
> cut it out altogether and fly direct to Boston
>> Day 7 - Boston site seeing
>> Day 8 - onto Portland Maine
> Why Portland ?
He has family in Portland.
When I visit Germany this fall I'm visiting Peine. Why Peine??? Same reason.
I totally understand this.
Julie
>> Were thinking about pre-booking a hotel in NYC but not for DC and
>> Philly, do these places have good cheapish accomodation available??
> You can get decent deals at weekends but they will be expensive midweek
> In DC the Hotel Harrington is old fashioned and shabby but is clean,
> cheap and centrally located
> Boston is notoriously expensive to stay so book ahead there
> Keith
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