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== 2011 Holiday ==

=== Europe ===

[[Image:euro1.jpg|right|thumb|400px|roadmap part 1]]

Seeing countries [http://wikitravel.org/en/Switzerland Switzerland], (Germany), [http://wikitravel.org/en/Austria Austria], [http://wikitravel.org/en/Slovenia Slovenia], Italy Venice

Things to do in '''Switzerland''':

* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Zurich Zurich]
** Zurich Zoo, 
** Rhine Falls, 
** Tram-Museum, 
** Hallenbad Altstetten (waterpark), 
** Urania Observatory , 

Things to do in '''Germany''':

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein_Castle Neuschwanstein Castle]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kehlsteinhaus Eagle's Nest]
* Black Forest

Things to do in '''Austria''':

* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Innsbruck Innsbruck]
** Hungerburg / Nordpark Cable Railways (tram/cable car)
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Salzburg_%28city%29 Salzburg]
** Salzburg Fortress (Festung Hohensalzburg) (castle/cablecar)
** Haus der Natur (Science Museum)
** Wasserspiele Hellbrunn (water fountain park)
** Untersberg mountain (cable car)
** Mozartplatz / Mozart's Birthplace / Mozart Residence
** Gerlospass (road)
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Graz Graz]
** Armory (Landeszeughaus) (Museum The richest building in the world when it comes to armor and weapons from the late 15th century)
** Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium 
** Island in the Mur 

Things to do in '''Slovenia''':

* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Bled Bled] - impossibly romantic mountain lake complete with castle and island (Near Ljubanja)
** Emerald River Adventure 
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Postojna Postojna] - Site of the gigantic Postojna caves   (On the way from Ljubanja)
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Maribor Maribor]
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Ljubljana Ljubljana]
** Triple Bridge (Tromostovje) 
** Dragon Bridge (Zmajski Most) 
 
Things to do in '''Italy''':

* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Trieste Trieste]
** Grotta Gigante
** Tram
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Venice Venice]
** Dolomites
** Do 3,000 years of history in one afternoon!

'''Part 2 in [http://wikitravel.org/en/Sweden Sweden]'''

Things to do in '''Sweden''':

* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Stockholm Stockholm]
** [http://vasamuseet.se/en/ Vasa] Vasa ship museum
** [http://www.gronalund.com/sv/Attraktioner/ Grönalund]
** Gamla Stan
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=59.732783,19.072351&spn=0.016137,0.066047&t=h&z=15&lci=com.panoramio.all Koholma] (Jorgen)
* [http://www.kaffeokackel.se/tl_files/kaffeokackel/bilder_innehall/stuga2.jpg Cabin by lake]


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=== Singapore options ===

Singapore snow city - http://www.snowcity.com.sg/snowcity2/index.php
http://www.singaporeforkids.com/things_see_do.php

Sentosa http://www.sentosa.com.sg/en/
Festive hotel within the resort seems very family friendly http://www.rwsentosa.com/language/en-US/Hotels/FestiveHotel

http://www.birdpark.com.sg/

http://www.nightsafari.com.sg/


Proposed trip to Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Shanghai - maglev train

20 hour train from Shanghai to Hong Kong
http://www.seat61.com/China.htm#How_to_read_a_Chinese_train_ticket

Hong Kong - Disneyland, Disneyland hotel?
http://park.hongkongdisneyland.com/hkdl/en_US/hotels/landing?name=HongKongDisneylandHotelLandingPage

Great wall of China - Bedaling
Taking the train to the Great Wall of China...
For the first 20 minutes, the train negotiates the Beijing suburbs, then it accelerates to around 80mph for a brief sprint to its first station stop.  After stopping briefly at this station, the train starts climbing at slow speed into the mountains to Badaling.  You start to see parts of the Great Wall as soon as you leave the station stop, so have your camera ready!  The train reverses direction at the stop before Badaling, so don't be surprised when this happens.  2 hours at the wall is plenty, so taking the 09:33 from Beijing out and the 15:22 from Badaling back, or the 13:19 out and 19:40 back all work fine.  If you want to return earlier, there are also regular buses back to Beijing.

=== America ===

Proposed trip to Canada USA in Summer 2011. We are staying in Waupoos Island, and need to stop in Toronto, and Boston.

Since we are in the area, we might as well stop by Niagara Falls. According to Google it is only 4 hours from Boston to New York City. So it would seem prudent to get NYC over with.

Proposed route: 

 [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&msa=0&msid=110604077924445277589.00048b26bb0a29bc54770&z=6 Google]

Areas of interest, and possible sleep overs.

 Niagara Falls
 NYC: Time Square
 NYC: Central Park
 NYC: Nat.History Museum
 NYC: Statue of Liberty, don't care to go to Liberty Island, but at least see it from afar. Can you see it from Jersey turnpike?
 Letchworth national park
 Dorian Lake theme park

 NYC: Grand Central Station?
 NYC: Central Zoo
 NYC: The Cloisters

 Canada 
 Toronto - Medieval times restaurant
 http://www.medievaltimes.com/toronto.aspx

[http://www.localsknow.ca/?sortby=popular locals know]