Planning done!
Hi, Jörgen here,
End of last week I finally finished the planning and booking.
Here is the tripschedule:
Leg 1:
Stockholm Arlanda Airport, we leave on July 19 at 14:55.
Swap plane at Schiphol in Amsterdam and then we cross the Atlantic to "the Big Apple" New York.
Our good friend Brenda has promised to pick us up at the airport.
We will stay at Brendas place for a week.
Leg 2:
Next leg of the trip (most likely July 26) will be by bus. And not any bus, but Fung Wah Bus. It's a bus that travel from New York China Town to Boston China Town.
In Boston we will stay at Ed Levis (Brendas brother) place for some days.
Leg 3:
July 31 7:10am, we head out in the early morning with the famous Greyhound bus.
The trip takes us from Boston to Niagara Falls.
We arrive 9:30 in the evening so the sightseeing starts next day.
Leg 4:
After a good nights sleep on Hotel and a full day of Niagara Falls we head of on leg 4.
August 1, 10pm from Niagara Falls in the night bus to Chicago.
Should be arriving in Chicago around 9:50 in the morning on August 2.
Idea is to spend a day with my sister and her kids, then spend the night on a Hotel in Chicago downtown.
Leg 5:
On August 3 we head up to Rockford for a big family reunion.
We will be there for 3 days and meet Amerikan relatives that we have never met before.
Leg 6/7:
August 6, we head down to Chicago Midway Airport to catch the flight back to New York.
Then we swap Airport in NY and jump on the New York-Detroit-Amsterdam-Stockholm flight that takes us all the way back to Stockholm, Sweden.
Landing in Stockholm at 14:10 on August 7.
Rasmus then has one more leg with a bus to get home to his place.
And that is the whole trip.
I'm going to need a vacation when this vacation is over.
Regards, Bengtsson
End of last week I finally finished the planning and booking.
Here is the tripschedule:
Leg 1:
Stockholm Arlanda Airport, we leave on July 19 at 14:55.
Swap plane at Schiphol in Amsterdam and then we cross the Atlantic to "the Big Apple" New York.
Our good friend Brenda has promised to pick us up at the airport.
We will stay at Brendas place for a week.
Leg 2:
Next leg of the trip (most likely July 26) will be by bus. And not any bus, but Fung Wah Bus. It's a bus that travel from New York China Town to Boston China Town.
In Boston we will stay at Ed Levis (Brendas brother) place for some days.
Leg 3:
July 31 7:10am, we head out in the early morning with the famous Greyhound bus.
The trip takes us from Boston to Niagara Falls.
We arrive 9:30 in the evening so the sightseeing starts next day.
Leg 4:
After a good nights sleep on Hotel and a full day of Niagara Falls we head of on leg 4.
August 1, 10pm from Niagara Falls in the night bus to Chicago.
Should be arriving in Chicago around 9:50 in the morning on August 2.
Idea is to spend a day with my sister and her kids, then spend the night on a Hotel in Chicago downtown.
Leg 5:
On August 3 we head up to Rockford for a big family reunion.
We will be there for 3 days and meet Amerikan relatives that we have never met before.
Leg 6/7:
August 6, we head down to Chicago Midway Airport to catch the flight back to New York.
Then we swap Airport in NY and jump on the New York-Detroit-Amsterdam-Stockholm flight that takes us all the way back to Stockholm, Sweden.
Landing in Stockholm at 14:10 on August 7.
Rasmus then has one more leg with a bus to get home to his place.
And that is the whole trip.
I'm going to need a vacation when this vacation is over.
Regards, Bengtsson
Preparations
On July 19 2007, me and Rasmus will start our trip to USA.
Flight is booked from Stockholm to New York and back.
However, we haven't decided how to travel inside USA yet, so the preparations for that are ongoing.
Our trip will include at least New York, Boston, Chicago and Rockford, but we hope to have time for some more stops.
In New York and Boston we will live at our friends Brenda and Ed Levis places.
Brenda suggested to take the China bus from Chinatown to Chinatown in New York and Boston.
That sounds like fun and seem to be a great price as well, so that trip is probably secured.
The biggest issue is Boston or New York to Chicago. It is a looong way to go.
We are thinking about train or bus just for the adventure, but both takes at least 24 hours...
Will see about that.
Regards, Jörgen
Flight is booked from Stockholm to New York and back.
However, we haven't decided how to travel inside USA yet, so the preparations for that are ongoing.
Our trip will include at least New York, Boston, Chicago and Rockford, but we hope to have time for some more stops.
In New York and Boston we will live at our friends Brenda and Ed Levis places.
Brenda suggested to take the China bus from Chinatown to Chinatown in New York and Boston.
That sounds like fun and seem to be a great price as well, so that trip is probably secured.
The biggest issue is Boston or New York to Chicago. It is a looong way to go.
We are thinking about train or bus just for the adventure, but both takes at least 24 hours...
Will see about that.
Regards, Jörgen
