Wednesday, March 30, 2011

US Family Trip Tentative Plan

Thurs, April 28
Parents arrive.
Visiting: Downtown Ann Arbor.

Fri, April 29
Take Graduation pictures around campus to avoid heavy traffic after graduation.
Visiting: Birchrun Prime Outlets

Sat, April 30
GRADUATION!!!

Sun, May 1
Flight Detroit --> New York. Arrive NY in the morning.
Visiting: Planet Hollywood(collect NYPass), Circle Line Cruise, Intrepid Sea and Air Museum, Ground Zero, watch Broadway.

Mon, May 2
Visiting: Central Park, Central Park Zoo, Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Modern Arts, Empire State Building.

Tues, May 3
Visiting: Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Center (Top of the Rock), NBC Studio Tour, Radio City Music Hall Tour, Madame Tusssauds Wax Museum

Wed, May 4
Visiting: Chinatown, Wall Street + Bronze Charging Bull, United Nations.
Bus NY --> Washington DC. Arrive at DC at night

Thurs, May 5
Visiting: Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian), White House, Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Bus Washington DC --> Buffalo. Arrive in Buffalo the next morning

Fri, May 6
Visiting: Niagara Falls

Sat, May 7
Flight Buffalo --> San Francisco. Arrive at SF in the evening
Visiting: Fishermen's Wharf, Union Square, Chinatown

Sun, May 8
Visiting: Muirwood, Napa Valley, Lombard Street, Golden Gate Bridge

Mon, May 9
Visiting: Yosemite National Park

Tues, May 10
Visiting: Yosemite National Park

Wed, May 11
Visiting: Yosemite National Park
Flight SF --> Las Vegas. Arrive in Vegas at night

Thurs, May 12
Grand Canyon
Aunt Wendy will be meeting us at night

Fri, May 13
Las Vegas

Sat, May 14
Drive back to Aunt Wendy's home.
A day off  =)


Sat, May 15
Visiting: Hollywood or San Diego

Mon, May 16 - Sat, May 21
Yellowstone National Park (Planning in progress)

Monday, May 23
Parents departure

8 comments:

Unknown said...

29Apr light tea reception at UMICH maths department 4.30 to 6pm

Unknown said...

I'll pick you up from the airport if you provide me your flight info... And you can definitely stay with me. I'll be able to drive you to Muir Wood and Napa on Sunday. How are you planning to go to Yosemite? That's going to be a tight trip since it's about 4.5 hours drive each way.

Also, your Grand Canyon trip sounds really tight to me too... Are you not planning to spend anytime in Vegas itself?

Unknown said...

Let's move Fisherman's wharf to Saturday (we can have dinner there), golden gate bridge on Sunday, so that you can spend almost full days of Mon - Wed in Yosemite. You can squeeze lombard street in one of the days.... It's only a few blocks away from where I live and you can walk there.

Jin-sama said...

Flights are not booked yet. Will do it this weekend. I'll update the trip according to your suggestion. Thanks Pei Sue =)

ymchang said...

thanks Pei Sue for having us.
looking forward to seeing u
anything u need us to get for u here??

Unknown said...

Nothing for me from Msia - thanks for offering. I'll be going back in mid May, so I can get anything I want then.

Excited for the big vacation?

Also, maybe let me know what you feel like "eating" here in SF, and I can help plan or think of places to eat when you are here. I'm not sure how big your focus is around eating while you are on vacation... but it sure is a big focus of mine :-)

ymchang said...

v r quite adventurous on food. something dat u think v should try n cant get in m'sia n v r not big eaters.

Ooi doesnt take beef n i dont take any internal organs!!

thanks for planning

really looking forward to dis
just pray hard mum will b alright during my absence

Jin-sama said...

Pei Sue, the itinerary is as below:

American Airlines, Flight 1835 estimated arrival time is 7:05pm

Btw, I didn't know that we need that much time in a national park. Are you suggesting we stay at Yosemite for 2 nights? Any hotel suggestions?