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== 2011 Holiday ==
=== Vancouver ===


=== Europe ===
* Vancouver science museum [http://www.scienceworld.ca/]
* Airport hotel? for 15th and 16th.  Days Inn Vancouver Airport, Richmond booked


[[Image:euro2.jpg|right|thumb|400px|actual route driven]]
=== Toronto ===
[[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
Toronto - Medieval times restaurant
http://www.medievaltimes.com/toronto.aspx


It would be my guess that we sleep in: Zurich, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Graz, Ljubljanja/Bled, Venice
[http://www.localsknow.ca/?sortby=popular locals know]
But Innsbruck->Salzburg is short, and Ljubljanja->Venice long.
http://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/expositions/a-venir/faberge


Jul 14 - Jul 28
* rent car 17th to 28th (~17:00)


Distances:
=== America ===
{| border="1" align="center" style="color:green;background-color:#ffffcc;"
|'''From'''
|'''To'''
|'''Distance'''
|-
|Zurich
|Neuschwanstein
|228km
|-
|Neuschwanstein
|Innsbruck
|88km
|-
|Innsbruck
|Salzburg
|158km
|-
|Salzburg
|Graz
|276km
|-
|Graz
|Maribo
|50km
|-
|Maribo
|Ljubljanja
|118km
|-
|Ljubljanja
|Bled
|46km
|-
|Ljubljanja
|Postojna
|40km
|-
|Postonja
|Tieste
|37km
|-
|Tieste
|Venice
|142km
|-
|}


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


=== To Organise ===
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.


* <s>Book flights Tokyo-Zurich</s>. Done
Proposed route:  
* <s>Book place to stay for lundman-4 in Zurich on night of 15th-16th.</s> Olympia Hotel.
* <s>Book car Switzerland</s> Done, 7 seater Zurich Town 16/7 09:00 to Venice Centre 21/7 18:00.
* Axel and Marissa arriving at 9.45am on Saturday 16 on flight BA0710
* Fly out of Venice 17:30 Thu, 21 Jul Marco Polo (VCE), 19:30 Thu 21 Jul Schiphol,  21:00 Thu 21 Jul Schiphol -> 23:00 Thu, 21 Jul Stockholm Arlanda Terminal 5
* Book place to stay Arlanda Thu 21st.
* Book Sweden car Arlanda 22/7 to 26th. We fly out at: 14.30 from Arlanda (TG961).


[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.


Things to do in '''Switzerland''':
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
http://nysci.org/


* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Zurich Zurich]
Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, New Jersey- Just an 80-minute drive from Manhattan sits the largest theme park in the world. Six Flags Great Adventure features 12 monster roller coasters and includes a Wild Safari. There is also Six  Flags Hurricane Harbor right next door (the largest water park in the Northeast). New Jersey Transit also provides bus service from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan when the park is open (May-October).  
** Zurich Zoo,  
** Rhine Falls,  
** Tram-Museum,
** Hallenbad Altstetten (waterpark),
** Urania Observatory ,
** [http://www.pilatus.com/content-n12-sE.html Summer Toboggan]
** Innertkirchen
** Swiss Vapeur Parc
** Aquabasilea Waterpark


Camping supplies shop in Uster which is on our way out of Zurich http://www.aventura-travel.ch/11901/index.html
Jersey Shore, New Jersey- The Jersey Shore starts just a few miles south of New York City. It stretches for almost 130 miles, and along it are private and public beaches. There are numerous activities along the Jersey Shore. A convenient train ride on the NJ Transit trains from Penn Station will get you to several of the towns on the Jersey Shore, including Manasquan and Point Pleasant Beach.  


Things to do in '''Germany''':
Long Island— When you travel to NYC in the summer, a great idea is to check out Long Island. With its beautiful long white sanded beaches you can have it all: the big city and the summer holiday. Many New Yorkers do that every Friday, Saturday and Sunday if it is hot. Take the Long Island Rail Road from Penn Station to Long Beach ($6.75 one way), and from there go south to the beach itself. Take a day trip on the Hampton Jitney from various stops in NYC to the East End, where Long Island wine country is on the North Fork and The Hamptons are on the South Fork.


* [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''':
NYC: Grand Central Station?
NYC: Central Zoo
NYC: The Cloisters


* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Innsbruck Innsbruck]
* NYC hotel on 26th - Salisbury hotel
** Hungerburg / Nordpark Cable Railways (tram/cable car)
** The Botanical Gardens of Innsbruck
** Swarovski Crystal Worlds
** Go Kart Bahn
** Happy Hopp, indoor childrens playpark
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Salzburg_%28city%29 Salzburg]
** Salzburg Fortress (Festung Hohensalzburg) (castle/cablecar)
** Salt mine tours, there seem to be a few, this one includes train in mine and slides and raft ride http://www.salzburg.info/en/sights/excursions/salt_mines_hallein.htm
** Haus der Natur (Science Museum)
** Wasserspiele Hellbrunn (water fountain park)
** Untersberg mountain (cable car)
** Mozartplatz / Mozart's Birthplace / Mozart Residence
** Gerlospass (road)
** Water Wonder World at Krimml, Austria
** Grottenbahn Fairytale World in Linz - this sounds good but looks a bit shoddy..
''Accommodation ideas''
Salzburg camping [http://www.eurocampings.co.uk/en/europe/austria/salzburg/campsite-mauterndorf-111964/]
* [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


''Accommodation ideas''
* LAX hotel on 29th.
Innsbruck camping [http://www.camping-stigger.at/camping]
* rent car LA, 28th 29th.
Bled camping with nice cabins [http://www.camping-bled.com/en-glamping.html]


Things to do in '''Slovenia''':
*  The Kidspace Children’s Museum in Pasadena
 
* Science museum
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Bled Bled] - impossibly romantic mountain lake complete with castle and island (Near Ljubanja)
* Tar pits
** Summer tobogganing in Bled http://www.bled.si/en/default.asp?id=2300
* Anaheim water park
** [http://www.bled.si/en/default.asp?id=466 Vintgar Gorge] (TC recommended highly)
* raging waters [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Raging+Waters/@34.0417609,-118.1012145,10z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x80c32f2052cf3fb5:0x1a0b115e86a0e700?hl=en]
** Emerald River Adventure
** Hot air ballooning "the direction of the flight depends on the wind" http://freeweb.siol.net/bubalo/
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Postojna Postojna] - Site of the gigantic Postojna caves  (On the way from Ljubanja)
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Maribor Maribor]
** [http://www.pohorje.org/en/mariborsko-pohorje-summer/ pohorje]
* [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
** Aqua Splash Water Park in Lignano Sabbiadoro
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Venice Venice]
** Dolomites
** Do 3,000 years of history in one afternoon!
** Aqualandia Water Park at Lido di Jesolo
** Gommapiuma Kids Park in Lido di Jesolo
 
'''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
** Gallivant Productions (Vikings)
** ABBA the Museum
* [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]
 
Accommodation 75metres from Skavsta airport http://www.connecthotel.se/default.asp?id=2asjem32vl
 
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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.

Latest revision as of 04:03, 26 May 2014

Vancouver

  • Vancouver science museum [1]
  • Airport hotel? for 15th and 16th. Days Inn Vancouver Airport, Richmond booked

Toronto

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

locals know 

http://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/expositions/a-venir/faberge
  • rent car 17th to 28th (~17:00)

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: 

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
http://nysci.org/

Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, New Jersey- Just an 80-minute drive from Manhattan sits the largest theme park in the world. Six Flags Great Adventure features 12 monster roller coasters and includes a Wild Safari. There is also Six  Flags Hurricane Harbor right next door (the largest water park in the Northeast). New Jersey Transit also provides bus service from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan when the park is open (May-October). 

Jersey Shore, New Jersey- The Jersey Shore starts just a few miles south of New York City. It stretches for almost 130 miles, and along it are private and public beaches. There are numerous activities along the Jersey Shore. A convenient train ride on the NJ Transit trains from Penn Station will get you to several of the towns on the Jersey Shore, including Manasquan and Point Pleasant Beach. 

Long Island— When you travel to NYC in the summer, a great idea is to check out Long Island. With its beautiful long white sanded beaches you can have it all: the big city and the summer holiday. Many New Yorkers do that every Friday, Saturday and Sunday if it is hot. Take the Long Island Rail Road from Penn Station to Long Beach ($6.75 one way), and from there go south to the beach itself. Take a day trip on the Hampton Jitney from various stops in NYC to the East End, where Long Island wine country is on the North Fork and The Hamptons are on the South Fork. 



NYC: Grand Central Station?
NYC: Central Zoo
NYC: The Cloisters
  • NYC hotel on 26th - Salisbury hotel
  • LAX hotel on 29th.
  • rent car LA, 28th 29th.
  • The Kidspace Children’s Museum in Pasadena
  • Science museum
  • Tar pits
  • Anaheim water park
  • raging waters [2]
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