2011 Holiday

Europe

Seeing countries Switzerland, (Germany), Austria, Slovenia, Italy Venice

It would be my guess that we sleep in: Zurich, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Graz, Ljubanja/Bled, Venice But Innsbruck->Salzburg is short, and Ljubanja->Venice long.

Distances:

From|To|Distance|-

Zurich|Neuschwanstein|228km|-

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Zurich -> Neuschwanstein 228km
Neuschwanstein->Innsbruck 88km (60km on small roads)
Innsbruck->Salzburg 158km
Salzburg->Graz 276km
Graz->Maribo 50km
Maribo->Ljubanja 118
Ljubanja->Bled 46
Ljubanja->Postojna 40km
Postonja->Tieste 37km
Tieste->Venice 142km

Things to do in Switzerland:

Zurich
- Zurich Zoo,
- Rhine Falls,
- Tram-Museum,
- Hallenbad Altstetten (waterpark),
- Urania Observatory ,
- Summer Toboggan
- Innertkirchen
- Swiss Vapeur Parc
- Aquabasilea Waterpark

Things to do in Germany:

Things to do in Austria:

Innsbruck
- Hungerburg / Nordpark Cable Railways (tram/cable car)
- The Botanical Gardens of Innsbruck
- Swarovski Crystal Worlds
- Go Kart Bahn
- Happy Hopp, indoor childrens playpark
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)
- Water Wonder World at Krimml, Austria
- Grottenbahn Fairytale World in Linz
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:

Bled - impossibly romantic mountain lake complete with castle and island (Near Ljubanja)
- Emerald River Adventure
Postojna - Site of the gigantic Postojna caves (On the way from Ljubanja)
Maribor
Ljubljana
- Triple Bridge (Tromostovje)
- Dragon Bridge (Zmajski Most)

Things to do in Italy:

Trieste
- Grotta Gigante
- Tram
- Aqua Splash Water Park in Lignano Sabbiadoro
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 Sweden

Things to do in Sweden:

Stockholm
- Vasa Vasa ship museum
- Grönalund
- Gamla Stan
- Gallivant Productions (Vikings)
- ABBA the Museum
Koholma (Jorgen)
Cabin by lake

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:

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

locals know