Hi all -
We're doing a domestic summer trip this summer to visit family/friends in Philly. At the kids request we tacked on 3 nights in DC at the beginning of the trip and 3 nights in NYC at the end.
Kids are obnoxious teenage boys age 13 and 15 who think they are experts at everything. That said - they're also bright, curious, and not completely bored by learning/seeing new stuff.
For DC - we have 2.5 day - 2 full days and plus an afternoon and morning on either end. We're staying in the Foggy Bottom area so have good access to the Silver, Orange, and Blue lines.
What are the must sees? Thinking of concentrating on the mall... but don't want to miss something really cool, just because we didn't know about it.
For NYC - again 2.5 days... arriving mid day on a Saturday, flying out late afternoon on Tuesday.
-Kids have specifically requested to climb the crown of the Statue of Liberty - I already purchased the reserved time slot for that on Monday morning. I was thinking either the Nat. History museum and Planetarium. I'll try to get us cheap broadway tix day off, one of the nights. We'll check out ground zero and the new trade center building.
We're open to suggestions.
We're doing a domestic summer trip this summer to visit family/friends in Philly. At the kids request we tacked on 3 nights in DC at the beginning of the trip and 3 nights in NYC at the end.
Kids are obnoxious teenage boys age 13 and 15 who think they are experts at everything. That said - they're also bright, curious, and not completely bored by learning/seeing new stuff.
For DC - we have 2.5 day - 2 full days and plus an afternoon and morning on either end. We're staying in the Foggy Bottom area so have good access to the Silver, Orange, and Blue lines.
What are the must sees? Thinking of concentrating on the mall... but don't want to miss something really cool, just because we didn't know about it.
For NYC - again 2.5 days... arriving mid day on a Saturday, flying out late afternoon on Tuesday.
-Kids have specifically requested to climb the crown of the Statue of Liberty - I already purchased the reserved time slot for that on Monday morning. I was thinking either the Nat. History museum and Planetarium. I'll try to get us cheap broadway tix day off, one of the nights. We'll check out ground zero and the new trade center building.
We're open to suggestions.