Places to go, things to see
4I have never been afraid of flying. However I’m starting to get afraid of boeing. That being said they are almost the only game in town sadly. Not that many places fly only Airbus so it’s potluck. But
But that’s not that important right now. I’m looking for suggestions for places to visit. I’m tired and need to do some things, just you know keep your brain working right? But one of the things when I go away to other cities is that I get bored quickly. Both on an individual Day places and a whole trip basis. Doesn’t seem to matter what there is to do I don’t have the attention span I had in my youth. And I end up going back into my hotel room and picking up a book and sitting there paying for a hotel to read.
I’ve also slowed down a lot with age. I can’t do the walk for 8 hours a day anymore. If I did that for a day I would do nothing else for the whole trip. So I’m looking for places to visit where in 3 days you get enough and maybe four. I probably wouldn’t go for more. I’m not into art museums. But other kinds of things I do like. I’ve done all sorts of Natural History Museum science museums Etc. I’d sort of like some place to go that I didn’t feel like I had to rent a car. But it is what it is. Other than San Francisco I’ve never rode public transportation like a Subway, and that was back before Bart went to the dogs.
Some of the places that I’ve actually thought about are to go up to Vancouver, or maybe Charleston, I thought about DC but I think I’d have to work my way up to doing that it would need more time. I live in California and have done almost everything there is to do in California that I would want to do. Ditto with Arizona which I can drive to or Nevada which I can drive to and I’ve been to Portland and Seattle quite a few times. So I’m looking for something that’s outside of my normal box. So if anybody has ideas tell me about it and tell me why
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U.S. only?
@Kyeh well, canada, but this time NA only
@Cerridwyn @Kyeh Toronto was fun for us.
Epcot in Disney world, Florida, was amazing. Something for everyone and you can stay in the park, rent a scooter, and do and go other places without renting transportation. The last time I went I was in my late 20’s and I thoroughly enjoyed myself!
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/epcot/?CMP=OKC-80007838_GM_WDW_destination_epcot_NA
Boston would be my first choice for history, probably only because I’ve never had the chance to explore D.C.
Visit Stockholm, Sweden and fly on SAS airlines. The city, country, and airline are all •top notch•.
DC and New York are the best cities in the US that I have personally been to (for tourism). I’d highly recommend both.
East Coast US might be a nice long tour if you can go with some friends and a camper. From the lobster festivals in Maine, cheese and orchards in Vermont, historical Boston MA, Sam Adams museum, more orchards and cheese in Albany NY, NYC Central Park, Edgewater NJ malls and diners, historical Philadelphia PA and the Hershey museum, Baltimore MD crab and waffle diners, DC aerospace museums, Virgina Beach, the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, and Disney/Universal resorts…
Anybody tagging along or just you? Any issues driving long distances? Ive always preferred driving/having my car vs flying. There are some amazing national parks you can drive through/to out west and just hit up interesting small spots along the way. You do spend a lot of time in the car doing this but a lot of those highways out west/through the mountains are scenic on their own and with a good travel guide you can find places to divert off to spend an hour. If you’re into scenic stuff/landscapes. Or landmarks. Waterfalls. Gardens. We would also hit out of the way museums. Caves. Anything. You know it’s not just “World’s largest X” although there may have been one or two at interesting highway stops.
May not be your thing though, sounded like you wanted to fly to a destination and do stuff. When we did it dad had a camper or we just used a tent. Nothing wrong with hitting a hotel every night. There are travel guides for that sort of thing where you kind of pick your major destinations and it will recommend you off shoots, all though back then they were literal books/dad put in a ton of research each time I think. Should be easier these days.
Walking wise you can spend a lot of time doing this if wanted or you can just drive through and hit viewing spots/take short hour walks etc.
@unksol just me. Driving gets insane. Bern actually thinking about Amtrack.
Got an interesting email today from TripAdvisor if they have an AI generated thing if you pick a city that gives you hotels suggestions based on your history if you have anything from them, but mostly small local stuff, and then ideas of things to do generally two restaurants a day and two sites to do a day and sometimes an evening bar or something
@Cerridwyn mmm… It would be nice to have a better train network, but you can’t hit up the gorgeous waterfall down a dirt road, or some of the weird spots without a car. But just getting on a train and being able to hop on/off does sound pretty fun.
I will readily admit I don’t care about doing stuff on my own much.
@unksol me either really. But when I get there I do okay for two or three days, usually much more than four and I end up staying in the hotel and wasting money. Amtrak still has something fairly similar to the ameripass they used to have but it doesn’t seem quite as nice.
Chicago was recently named the best walkable city in the US. Lots to do, parks, museums, theatre, architectural boat rides, great public transportation, sports, etc.
@cbilyak
I was just gonna recommend Chicago. I’ve been like 5-6 times and I love it. Their museums are awesome and the aquarium if phenomenal. You could spend a long weekend there and still have so much left to see. The subway and buses are pretty easy to navigate and there’s always taxis/uber, but the inner city is pretty walkable. There gardens and and sculptors are great and you can find food no matter what your fancy.
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@cbilyak @Star2236 I Guess Chicago did not occur to me cause we went semi often when I was a kid. Only a a couple hours away. Free museum days etc. the aquarium is kickass for the Midwest.
Natural history museum and science and industry museum were great. I have been dragged to the art museum but also not my thing.
@cbilyak @unksol
Oh and if you go during a summer season you gotta do the boat tour. Just an awesome way to see the city. Also the 360 building and skydeck are awesome if you’re not afraid of heights and the Garfield conservatory is so cool.
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Bayonne, NJ is nice in the spring
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