East Coast Trip

I meant to post this a few weeks ago....but was waiting to get a few pics...and then got distracted.....we took this trip May 5-12.......
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What do most normal people do after a big move?  Settle in.  What do we do?  Go on vacation.  Yes, a rather poorly timed trip, but it had been planned before we even bought the house.  A good friend from medical school got married outside Philadelphia, and since it is so far to go, we took the whole week off.  Our trip wasn't very child friendly, so Jason's parents volunteered to babysit Ethan for the week, which was a great break for us!!

We actually started our vacation in LA, at a work conference I had to attend.  From there, we flew to Philadelphia.  We weren't sure what to do in Philadelphia for the 5 days before the wedding, so week took the bus to New York and hung out in Manhattan.

We had a blast in New York, keeping "west coast time"--staying out late and sleeping in.  We enjoyed two shows, "Rent" and "Anything Goes" and ate and ate and ate....the food is so good there!  We also walked a ton, to work off all the food!

Tourist highlights included riding the Staten Island ferry, walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, and viewing the September 11 Memorial.  The memorial is really well done, and the new World Trade Center is quite impressive.  We also met up with some friends who live in the area.

   

We returned to Philly on Thursday night, and on Friday toured the historic sights of the city, Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell.

Our friend's wedding was in the countryside outside the city, and was just beautiful  The weather was perfect, and we had a lot of fun catching up with old friends.


  
So now we are back, trying to pick up the pieces and get settled in.....it is going to take awhile!