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A few days to spare in US/Canada

  • 28-04-2006 2:56pm
    #1
    Zebra3
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    Appreciate people's thoughts on this one.

    I'll be able to stop off (hopefully) in the autumn on the way back from a business trip for a few days somewhere in eastern USA or possibly Canada.

    Where would people recommend and why from a list of Boston, Chicago, DC, Toronto? Or is there anywhere else you'd recommend (not inc. NY)?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Benedict XVI
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    Zebra3 wrote:
    Appreciate people's thoughts on this one.

    I'll be able to stop off (hopefully) in the autumn on the way back from a business trip for a few days somewhere in eastern USA or possibly Canada.

    Where would people recommend and why from a list of Boston, Chicago, DC, Toronto? Or is there anywhere else you'd recommend (not inc. NY)?

    Thanks.

    Try Montreal, much better option than Toronto, just like being in France


  • #3
    Shedite
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    I'd second that. Although flights from Montreal are expensive. Boston is pretty boring if you don't live there. Not really a great toruist place. Washington the opposite. Too touristy. It's like a gigantic museum. Only spent a day in Chicago. that'd be my second bet. If ya do go to Toronto, take a trip down to Buffalo (Niagra Falls)


  • #4
    Nina_Angelica
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    Well I love Toronto but I'm biased :)

    Never been to Chicago or Boston but I've only heard GREAT things about them.

    Montréal is lovely but gives off a more "European" feel if you will, whereas Toronto offers pocket areas that are European like and at the same time offers a blend of almost every country imagineable. (We have Little Italy/Portugual, Chinatown, Little India, etc.)
    Toronto is known for being one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world.

    I've only ever been to Montréal by car but if you didn't have access to a vehicle, Toronto is VERY easy to get around by car, public transit (subway/bus/streetcar) or even just walking. Plus, there's loads of touristy type things all in the downtown core, ie. CN Tower, Royal Ontario Museum, etc.

    I should also add that Montréal does have an excellent transit system too according to a good friend of mine who lived there so take your pick!

    :)


  • #5
    Benedict XVI
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    Shedite wrote:
    Boston is pretty boring if you don't live there. Not really a great toruist place. Washington the opposite.

    What ?,Boston is a huge tourist attraction.
    It's packed thick with American Revolution history, Old Sate House, Old South Meeting Place, Freedom Trail etc.
    Great parks, Harvard, MIT, Scien Museme (sp), duck tours, JFK Mesume (sp).
    Newburt Street is a great place to stroll,

    Well woth a few days walking aroun it.


  • #6
    Larianne
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    You could easliy see most of the touristy things in Chicago in a few days. Science and Industry Museum, Natural History Museum, Navy Pier, Boat Tours, Sears tower/The John Hancock. And there's baseball games until the end of Sept. I think. And the weather is still really nice until the end of October there. I got sunburnt at the end of September!! It's an easy city to get around on the buses and the 'L'. And the people there are really friendly and helpful, esp. to the Irish! And well I just love that city.

    I went to Toronto for a weekend and it's also another place that you can see most of the touristy in a few days. Niagara Falls is about hour and half out of Toronto (I think) so that would be a day trip - we didn't have time to go.:(

    Haven't been to the other places mentioned but Washington sounds like a cool place to go to!


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  • #7
    spanner
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    montreal is brillant, Its a really party town, It is french but still is very international (unlike Qubec were people can be quite rude). Toronto was ok but I dont think I really savoured the place because I was by myself and I got lost but it did feel like a nice city. worked in Boston area for two years, really good city, very European and laid back. Did the Niagra falls It was ok but very Touristy and saving the falls themselves very little to do

    But definately recommend Montreal


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