Holidays 2018 Boston - New York - Washington - San Diego, April - May 2018
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Holiday trip Boston - New York - Washington Emelie & Cees together with Diny & Ger Poosfollowed by bizz trip (I2 Global Summit) to San Diego by Cees. |
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| 18 Apr Wednesday |
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Flying on KL6017, DELTA DL259 AMS - BOS, seats 15h, 15j,
16h, 16j Flight is 1h40 delayed. Arrived 14h10, terribly long row at border protection, we were "lucky" that we entered row early, five minutes later the entire labyrinth filled up. We waited about an hour. UBER SUV to Quincy ct. Almost the entire route from airport to Airbnb accross Paul Revere house is in the Boston tunnels (smelly from exhausts). Nice appartment, needed still to be cleaned but they did that in about half hour after phoning them. Cees sick as usual :-(. (H) Airbnb, 3 Quincy Ct, Boston, accross Paul Revere house. |
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| 19 Apr Thursday |
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MA | Walked Freedom Trail (NP)
towards Boston Common. Crossed over the Rose Fitgerald Kennedy park over the I93 tunnel. Faneuil Hall is under reconstruction. Crossed through Quincy Market, towards state street and old state house. Walked further the Freedom Trail along the old grave yard with graves of Paul revere and John Hancock. Visited the State house, tour, attended a session of the house. Walked to Hampshire house/Cheers bar, had lunch there. Towards Charles river, over the Mass Ave Bridge to main building MIT, then the MIT museum. Harvard University campus, Harvard Square. Took red line inbound to yellow line to Old State House. Quincy Market, back to the Airbnb, convenient store and dining in the appartment. (H) Airbnb, 3 Quincy Ct, Boston, across Paule Revere house. |
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| 20 Apr Friday |
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MA |
Red trail towards Paul Revere house, dit tour the house and
museum. Walked red trail towards Bunker Hill (NP). Climbed the 298 steps to the top. Visited the USS Constitution. Walked red trail and cut through to the waterfront after the Long Warf. Coffee at tea time in Quincy Market. Walked to the site of the Boston Tea Party. (H) Airbnb, 3 Quincy Ct, Boston, across Paule Revere house. |
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| 21 Apr Saturday |
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MA |
HERTZ rental car, Logan Airport, got a red Hyunda Sonata. Drove to Cape Cod National Seashore. Visited Newcomb Hollow Beach via Gross Hill rd. Walked at Pilgrims First Landing Park. Race Point Beach. Parked in Provincetown, went for dinner. In the evening swimming in the pool & Jaccuzzi @ hotel. (H) Sandcastle resort and club, Provincetown, Cape Cod. |
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| 22 Apr Sunday |
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Walked bay beach in front of Sandcastle hotel. Lunch at frisbee golf track Burgess Park, Marstons Mills (MA) Drove to Jamestown, Rodhes Island. Had coffee and cake. Continued to Mystic in Connecticut. Nice old town. (H) Howard Johnson Inn (Wyndham) in Mystic (CT) |
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| 23 Apr Monday |
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CT NY |
Left Howard Johnston Inn around 10h00 AM. Went into Mystic, walked the old draw bridge. The replica of the Mayflower is being restored there. Emelie broke her glasses. Went to Crystal mall to get it fixed. Was impossible, so bought cheap (1$) glasses as quick fix. Had lunch in the food court of the mall. Drove I95 to New York. Ride into New York on FDR was pretty easy with TomTom. Parking turned out to be easy, on the street happened to be a free spot on the correct side of the road. Street sides are required to be emptied on some mornings from 9-10h30 AM. The chosen side is fine till Thursday morning. So with clever switching sides one can park for free. Walked to Brooklyn Bridge, strolled halfway on the bridge. Then walked to the World Trade center tower and the 9/11 memorials. Impressive! (H) Airbnb: 37 East 1st Street Apt 2E, New York, NY 10003, United States |
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| 24 Apr Tuesday |
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NY | Parked car on other side of the road, now good till Friday. Had to wait in car till cop passed by at 10h20.
Was ticketing the empty cars. Took Metro to 34th street, walked fifth Ave from there. Walked in the Central Park. Had lunch next to the pool with the sailing boats. Walked through the park, the Mall, to the Carousel. Took Metro to Battery Park, South Point. Took Staten Island ferry. Boat passes by the Statue of Liberty. Walked through Wall street, had dinner, went back to apt. (H) Airbnb: 37 East 1st Street Apt 2E, New York, NY 10003, United States |
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| 25 Apr Wednesday |
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NY | Rainy day. First took metro to Times Square. Walked over to the Museum ship The Intrepid. Visted the ship, the prototype space shuttle Enterprise, and the USS Growler, one of America's first nuclear-missile submarines. Walked the High Line , not many flowers yet, early spring. Wnet back to the appartment. Eating in apt: soup, salad, pudding. (H) Airbnb: 37 East 1st Street Apt 2E, New York, NY 10003, United States. |
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| 26 Apr Thursday |
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NY | Went to Brooklyn and Coney Island today. First the Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Had lunch in the garden cafe/restaurant. Continued to Coney Island. Did part of the Riegelmann Boardwalk. Went to the DUMBO under the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. Dinner in a pizza. Viewed the Manhattan skyline in the evening. (H) Airbnb: 37 East 1st Street Apt 2E, New York, NY 10003, United States |
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| 27 Apr Friday |
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NY NJ DE MD VA |
09h00 we have to be in the car to avoid ticketing, and we left on time! Drove the Holland tunnel to New Jersey. Took I95 to Washington, drove through New Jersey, Delaware Memorial Bridge, Delaware and into Maryland to the Chesapeake Bay bridge to Annapolis. Visited the Saint Annes Episcopal Church and the Maryland State House. Went to Naval Academy. Went through visitor center and then to the Naval Academy Dress Parade. Dinner in Annapolis. Then we left to get close to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. (H) Quality Inn Manassas (VA) |
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| 28 Apr Saturday |
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VA | Visited Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Drove the Skyway Drive from north entrance to south exit (105 miles) Walked the Dark Hollow Falls trail. (H) Quality Inn Waynesboro (VA) |
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| 29 Apr Sunday |
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VA | Visited the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton (VA). Had lunch on the picknic place at the museum. Visited the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum in Staunton. Drove to Charlottesville, walked the main street mall. Booked hotel in Richmond on HH points. Had a suite and a studio. Went swimming. (H) Homewood Suites by Hilton, Richmond (VA) |
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| 30 Apr Monday |
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VA | Went swimming in the morning with Emelie. After checkout drove to Fredericksburg. Walked the old town. Had lunch next to the river. Drove to Arlington via route 1 and Alexandria. Checked in the apartment, very big apartment! Hertz car back to Arlington Marriot Key Bridge (16h30). Office in the Marriott was closed, was instructed to slid the keys under the door ;-). We drove in total 1239 mile = 1994 km. (H) National at Ballston Metro, Arlington (VA) |
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| 1 May Tuesday |
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DC VA |
Took the metro to Foggy Bottom. Passed by the George Washington University and the State Department. Walked to
the Lincoln Memorial. Walked along the reflection pool to the
National World War II Memorial. Towards the Washington Monument, that is currently under repair. Walked towards The Ellipse (sometimes referred to as President's Park South). The park was fenced off and closed due to an event at the White House South Law. Walked around to the north side of the White House, the Pennsylvania Avenue. Had lunch in a buffet cafe not far from White House. After lunch it turned out that the south side was now open, so went to the center spot south of the White House. Walked to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. They had walk on passes available so we were lucky and visited that museum the entire afternoon. then we walked to the Capitol, through the Capitol park on west side, and went on to the Union Station. Had small dinner there and went back to the AirB&B. (H) National at Ballston Metro, Arlington (VA) |
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| 2 May Wednesday |
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DC VA |
Took metro to Smithsonian. Visited to National Air and Space Museum.
Emelie went to Museum of Arts. Had lunch in National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. Went to the National Museum of Natural History in the afternoon. In the late afternoon we did a part of the National Museum of American History. Had ice cream on the National Mall. Walked to the Pennsylvania Avenue along and around the Trump Hotel (Old Post Office and pointed out the FBI J. Edgar Hoover building. Took metro back from Federal Triangle. (H) National at Ballston Metro, Arlington (VA) |
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| 3 May Thursday |
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DC VA |
Early start of day, left hotel 7h30 for the Capitol. Went to the Capitol. Was already a line at the visito entrance, multiple schools. Was however in in about half an hour, had the 8h50 tour. After tour got passes for the Senate Gallery, after that we also went for the House Gallery.
Walked over to the Supreme Court. Attended a small lecture about the court sitting in the court room. Visited the National Museum of the American Indian. (H) National at Ballston Metro, Arlington (VA) |
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| 4 May Friday |
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VA DC CA |
Cleaned up the apartment, checked out. Coffee at Ballston Metro entrance. Split up at the Metro platform going to the respective airports. Flight back IAD - AMS, Emelie, Diny & Ger, seating 18A, 18B, 18C DCA - LAX - Cees, seating 36C (exit) Rental car HERTZ, got a silver Toyota Camry. Work: Reading the DoE proposal for review. (H) Hilton Garden Inn, LAX/Segundo (CA) |
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| 5 May Saturday |
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CA | Breakfast in the room. Went swimming in the morning. Checked out and drove to Venice Beach. Walked beach, muscle beach, Skate Dancing plaza, sailing regatta. Drove to San Diego, stopped at ocean viewpoint next to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Checked in hotel, went to Fry's to buy webcam for the Wednesday session to enable LG to participate. Hotel turned out to be swamped with high school teenagers from Redwood (near San Francisco) who were here for a footbal game. (H) Hampton Inn San Diego - Kearny Mesa (CA) |
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| 6 May Sunday |
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CA | Went again swimming in the morning. Checked out the hotel around noon. Went to Fry's again to exchange microphone and pick up another usb-led which turned out very usefull. Went for lunch to Fashion Valley Mall. Had my own lunch. Went to check in in Gaslamp Quarter Hotel. That was a huge challenge. It took almost 20 minutes to get someone to answer the door bel. That was a microphone/speaker where someone remotely located. At first nobody answered and a mechanical voice would say to speak a voicemail after which the system said the mailbox was full! After many tries finally someone picked up and asked for name and then gave me room number and remotely opened door. The room is very basic, very small windo looking out to nothing but the airco of the cafe below. Half of the power outlets not working. I shifted things around to be able to use the mic+fridge as one power outlet is working. The restrooms and showers are on the hallway around the corner. Turned in the car. Went to international welcome reception of the conference. (H) Gaslamp Quarter Hotel. |
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| 7 May Monday |
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CA | Internet2 Global Summit. Reception I2 in the evening. Went with Inder to the "Congierge" room, magnificent harbor view (see photo). Went for a walk along harbor. CVN70 and CVN71 in the harbor, impressive sight. (H) Gaslamp Quarter Hotel. |
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| 8 May Tuesday |
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CA | Internet2 Global Summit. Photo: view on downtown from Marriott Pacific conference floor. (H) Gaslamp Quarter Hotel. |
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| 9 May Wednesday |
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CA | Internet2 Global Summit with a session on Digital
Data Markets organized by us. Photo is from Horton Grand Hotel in Gaslamp district. (H) Gaslamp Quarter Hotel. |
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| 10 May Thursday |
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CA | Internet2 Global Summit is over now. Long travel day. Checked out the hotel. Never stay in this hotel ever
again. Uber to the airport. Thursday flight back SAN - LAX - AMS, seating 10b, 11g. |
