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Xmas Shopping in NYC – 10

Posted on December 3, 2008 | Leave a comment

NYC is a very popular place and it deserves a place in this top 1000 Travel Ideas. NYC is a wonderful place any time of year but in winter time and specifically at Christmas time there is a wonderful atmosphere in this city.

It is cold in NYC December time but ice-skating at the Rockafella Center or in Central Park add to the possibities and what a place to shop for Xmas presents? Some ideas for places to shop include:

  • Macy’s
  • Bronx Market
  • The Strand Bookshop
  • J&R Music
  • The length of Broadway has literally undreds of shops. Just walk up and down Broadway.

 If you have never been to NYC – why not? If you do go to NYC accommodation in NYC

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Route 66: Driving one of the most famous roads – 8

Posted on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment

If you are interested in driving and want to do something unusual and visit quite very interesting towns and cities over the course of a 1 to 2 weeks, then driving the famous Route 66 in the U.S. is one holiday which can be a whole load of fun.

Route 66 has become famous worldwide and the whole route goes from Chicago, illinois (near the Great lakes, and towards the East of the U.S.) to Santa Monica, California (on the West coast). Route 66 has been depicted in many movies and its popularity in the 30s was with migrants using the road to go West.

The road is a drive of roughly 2,500 miles (about 4000Km) and goes the states:

  • Oaklahoma
  • Kansas
  • Missouri
  • Illinois
  • California
  • Arizona
  • New Mexico
  • Texas.

The road as such does not exist on many new maps because a new road system was introduced. There has been a revival though of Route 66, a road included in one of John Steinbeck’s books. Route 66 is an amazing
Driving Route 66experience because of the such different towns and cities it takes you through and riving from Illinois, heading to California on the mother of all road trips is exciting.

For accommodation if you just want familiarity you could try somewhere such as Days Inn and for car you can always do a car delivery so you only pay gasoline (petrol).

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