Planning for Spring Break

To start with, my spring break from school is technically March 2^nd through March 8^th. However, since I am taking all of my classes online I have planned ahead and will have all of my school work done for that week ahead of time allowing me to start my spring break on Thursday, February 26^th. I have been doing this for all of my other school breaks and other miscellaneous vacations since I started taking all of my classes online and thankfully it has always worked out wonderfully. Since I will be starting it so early this means my spring break will be approximately 10 days long and I decided to go to two places for this spring break; the first being New York City and then Washington D.C.

Why did you choose New York City and Washington D.C.?

I chose New York City because my mom, my sister, and I have been to NYC for every single season except for spring. Unfortunately since my “spring” break is extremely early, it will not officially be spring yet so some day we will have to go back and visit when all the flowers are in bloom in Central Park (oh what a joy that will be for mine and my sisters allergies).

I chose Washington D.C. because I have been two other times; the first being when I was a baby and the second time being when I was in elementary school. Unfortunately since I was baby I do not remember a single thing and then I barely remember anything from our second trip when I was older. I also am a little obsessed with the show Scandal and so ever since I started watching it, I have wanted to back to D.C.

Our Itinerary:

We will be spending about 5 days in NYC and 4 days in D.C.

My mom, my sister, and I will be flying out Thursday even on February 26^th at around 7:45 and we will be arriving in NYC around 10: 22 at night. We chose to fly so late at night because every other time we have gone we selected a flight that left at around 6 am and after our last trip we decided that it was not a good idea to do that anymore because we get there and be exhausted and just want to take a nap. So this time we will be flying, checking in to our hotel and waking up refreshed and ready to start the day. For this portion of the trip, my father will not be joining us because he does enjoy the hustle and bustle of New York.

After our 5 days of fun in the big city we will be heading by train to Washington D.C. We selected a train over a plane because it ended up being around the same price and I have never been on a train but I have always wanted to. Unfortunately, the train ride will be a couple hours longer than a plane ride but I am just excited about the experience. Our train will be leaving at around 7 am on the 4^th of March and we will be getting to D.C. around 10 something in the morning where my father will pick us up at the train station.

Places to go in New York City:

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
•  Guggenheim
• 9/11 Memorial
• Serendipity 3
• Magnolia Bakery
• BookMarc
• Eataly

Photo Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Photo courtesy of The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation

Places to go in Washington D.C.:

• Library of Congress
• Lincoln Memorial
• Washington National Cathedral
• Ford’s Theater
• National Mall
• Washington Monument
• Smithsonian’s National Zoo (National Zoological Park)

Photo courtesy of National Park Service

Photo courtesy of The Library of Congress

We typically try to plan exactly what we will be doing each day but after our trip to Las Vegas this past October/November, we realized it is best to create a list and put the most important items at the top and plan some of them for each day and if you do not complete what you wanted for that day then you can add those items to the top of your list for the next day.

Once I have returned from my trip I will do a full review and post about what we did and new places we discovered.

Thanks for stopping by! Keep checking back for my post about what I will be packing in my suitcase and carryon!