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First Visit to USA

Hi,
We are an elderly but reasonably fit couple wanting to spend some 2 weeks in
USA. It will be our first visit and I wondered if some kind person(s) could
point me towards a web site that might give me some info. We would like to
see things that we cannot in the UK specifically or Europe in general i.e
Space exploration Museums, etc
We might want to hire a carif our UK drivers licence would cover us. We
would hope to keep out of hurricane areas, and criminally unsafe areas.
Tom,
From Shropshire UK

"Tom" wrote in
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We would like to see things that we cannot in the UK specifically
or Europe in general i.e Space exploration Museums, etc

There's a big space museum in Washington DC.

Many foreign visitors enjoy the natural beauty of the US National Parks:
Yosemite, Grand Canyon, etc.

I agree with Tom about Washington DC and the National Parks.

I also want to add that the Smithsonian also has another aerospace
museum at Dulles Airport: http://www.nasm.si.edu/udvarhazy/ where the
museum stores hundreds of restored aircraft. (I believe that
previously this museum was located in Suitland, Maryland. When I
visited it, they were restoring the Enola Gay, for example).

I have never needed a car in Washington DC, as the Metro or bus lines
or the occasional taxi will take you everywhere. There are hundreds
and hundreds of sites (museums, parks, historic homes, monuments,
government offices) available for you to see, many of them free of
charge. Food of nearly every type of cuisine can be found.

The east coast is fairly compact, compared to California where I live.
So the distances between Washington DC and New York or Philadelphia or
even Boston aren't too far, and I'm pretty sure that trains will take
you to these and many other significant cities.

I have not been to any east coast National Parks, except perhaps the
Great Smokey Mountains. I'm sure other readers of this newsgroup could
tell you about them. But certainly Yosemite, The Grand Canyon,
Yellowstone are magnificent, but here the distances between the parks
are vast.

DKM

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 04:11:46 +0000, Ken wrote:

"Tom" wrote in
:
We would like to see things that we cannot in the UK specifically
or Europe in general i.e Space exploration Museums, etc

There's a big space museum in Washington DC.

Many foreign visitors enjoy the natural beauty of the US National Parks:
Yosemite, Grand Canyon, etc.

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Washington DC it is then. Any reccomendations as to flights from UK and also
documentation required? eg Visas?
Tom

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 05:55:42 +0100, "Tom"
wrote:

Washington DC it is then. Any reccomendations as to flights from UK and also
documentation required? eg Visas?
Tom

For flights, check the usual suspects (travelocity.com, expedia.com,
orbitz.com, lowestfare.com, not in any particular order) and check
airline websites for special deals (rare, but can happen).

UK subjects do not need visas to go to the U.S. for pleasure.

Michael

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