So here's our itinerary as it stands at the moment
June 5: Arrival in JFK at 3:10 pm, then on to our hotel, Novotel New York (www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-0753-novotel-new-york-times-square/index.shtml)
June 6: A day-long guided tour of Manhattan - nothing surprising probably, but it's been a while (19 years, no less!) since Marko's been there and Annu & the boys have never done the Apple, so it'll be good.
June 7: By train from NYC to Richmond. Sterling already knows when and at which station we arrive, so that's well taken care of. We'll stay with Sterling, Kathy, Rachel and John until the 20th, and we're so looking forward to all that time :)
June 20: Sterling has promised to drive us to Washington DC where we have booked a B&B accomodation for three nights at Adam's Inn (www.adamsinn.com). We try to take in the White House, the Congress and the Mall, and two of the Smithsonian museums: American History and Space & Aviation.
June 23: Flight from Washington/Baltimore to Detroit/Wayne arrives at 2:16 pm. Can't wait to get to Michigan!!! And thank you J&J for picking us up - again :) Just bought the tickets for this one so that's all set too. We have absolutely nothing planned for Michigan (everyone there take it easy!) - we'll probably be pretty travelled out after NYC, VA and W.DC, so just seeing all you guys there and just relaxing would be the best thing in the world for us.
July 1: Depart Michigan for Ontario where we have rented a place in an apartment hotel in Toronto. We'll probably rent a car at Hertz in Flint and drive to Toronto, it's about 265 miles, so it can be done in a day. It's Canada Day so there will be some celebrations going on when we arrive. Nice, eh?
During July, we'll relax in Toronto but also travel about a bit. We'll visit Annu's Facebook friend in London, Ontorio, and Marko has managed to arrange a business day on the 15th: he meets Canadian colleagues in Ottawa, where we will then also stay for three nights. Montreal is only a stone's throw from Ottawa, so if we still have money left at that point we just might... And there's a very attractive culture festival is Sudbury on July 3-5. And... oh there's so much, really. Time will what we can and can't.
July 30: Departure from Toronto; on to NYC by train - a 13-hour stretch that arrives in NYC at 10 pm. We have a room booked at a hotel at JFK so we'll be there already for the flight home the next day.
But we are still here, for the time being. The last few days have been very warm, this year's first heatwave, and right on time for the graduation weekend. Here's some recent pictures we've taken:
Reko in a nature preservation area (called Lemmenlaakso = Love Valley!) a few miles from our home; this was the first warm spring day in April.
Same place, with Annu and Atte walking through the fairytale forest.
School's out for summer, pancakes are in! Scene in our backyard about 30 minutes after the boys had been freed from their academic duties. Both had a great school year and Atte was awared a special recognition for his achievements in... first-grade English! Will be interesting to see how he picks up the language this time around.
Lots of celebrations to attend this weekend: two graduations, two birthdays (45 and 50) and one christening. And it was hot!
June 6: A day-long guided tour of Manhattan - nothing surprising probably, but it's been a while (19 years, no less!) since Marko's been there and Annu & the boys have never done the Apple, so it'll be good.
June 7: By train from NYC to Richmond. Sterling already knows when and at which station we arrive, so that's well taken care of. We'll stay with Sterling, Kathy, Rachel and John until the 20th, and we're so looking forward to all that time :)
June 20: Sterling has promised to drive us to Washington DC where we have booked a B&B accomodation for three nights at Adam's Inn (www.adamsinn.com). We try to take in the White House, the Congress and the Mall, and two of the Smithsonian museums: American History and Space & Aviation.
June 23: Flight from Washington/Baltimore to Detroit/Wayne arrives at 2:16 pm. Can't wait to get to Michigan!!! And thank you J&J for picking us up - again :) Just bought the tickets for this one so that's all set too. We have absolutely nothing planned for Michigan (everyone there take it easy!) - we'll probably be pretty travelled out after NYC, VA and W.DC, so just seeing all you guys there and just relaxing would be the best thing in the world for us.
July 1: Depart Michigan for Ontario where we have rented a place in an apartment hotel in Toronto. We'll probably rent a car at Hertz in Flint and drive to Toronto, it's about 265 miles, so it can be done in a day. It's Canada Day so there will be some celebrations going on when we arrive. Nice, eh?
During July, we'll relax in Toronto but also travel about a bit. We'll visit Annu's Facebook friend in London, Ontorio, and Marko has managed to arrange a business day on the 15th: he meets Canadian colleagues in Ottawa, where we will then also stay for three nights. Montreal is only a stone's throw from Ottawa, so if we still have money left at that point we just might... And there's a very attractive culture festival is Sudbury on July 3-5. And... oh there's so much, really. Time will what we can and can't.
July 30: Departure from Toronto; on to NYC by train - a 13-hour stretch that arrives in NYC at 10 pm. We have a room booked at a hotel at JFK so we'll be there already for the flight home the next day.
But we are still here, for the time being. The last few days have been very warm, this year's first heatwave, and right on time for the graduation weekend. Here's some recent pictures we've taken:
Reko in a nature preservation area (called Lemmenlaakso = Love Valley!) a few miles from our home; this was the first warm spring day in April.
Same place, with Annu and Atte walking through the fairytale forest.
School's out for summer, pancakes are in! Scene in our backyard about 30 minutes after the boys had been freed from their academic duties. Both had a great school year and Atte was awared a special recognition for his achievements in... first-grade English! Will be interesting to see how he picks up the language this time around.
Lots of celebrations to attend this weekend: two graduations, two birthdays (45 and 50) and one christening. And it was hot!
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Matkustakaa, löytäkää ja tajutkaa löytäneenne. Huima trippi jo ennen alkamistaan. Me matkustamme hengessä mukananne.
T: Kari,Minna,Onni ja Toivo.
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