Bit of Canada and the USA. Things to do in our plan....

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Planning stages.

Thinking:
Montreal to visit a friend.
Toronto to see Niagara Fall's.
Orlando to see cape Canaveral.
Indianapolis to watch Indy 500 and visit friends.
Seattle to visit more friends and go snowboarding maybe.
Houston to see launch control but thinking it might just be a building and a wasted journey.
Washington to see White House.
New York to see central park, empire state building, twin towers, statue of liberty.
Fly home.

In each of those places what are the things recommended?

Would people recommend Houston or somewhere in the area?

We'll spend a couple of days in each place with Indianapolis, Seattle and New York being 4 or 5 days.

 

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Big trip! Some recommendations from where I've been:

Washington

You can't actually visit the White House unless you get a tour arranged by a Senator / a foreign embassy (difficult if not impossible from what I have read). There are lots of other cool things to see around there anyway so worth getting a distant photo of the White House to tick it off. There's also a great place for breakfast right next door called Old Ebbit Grill.
I'd suggest around 2 days which is enough to see:

Capitol
Library of Congress
The National Mall and the memorials
Arlington National Cemetary
Georgetown
One of two Smithsoneon museums (they are all free). If you love museums you might need more than 2 days.

New York

There's a few viewpoints you can visit but the Rockerfellar offers the best view of the Empire State Building. Great if you can go up during sunset but it'll be busy.
Lot's of food options that you would need a lifetime to tick off. The highlights for me were the pastrami sandwich at Katz deli and pancakes from Clinton St. Baking Co. If you like beer there's also loads of great craft beer venues in NYC. Other Half have a taproom in the Rockerfellar centre.
Walk the High Line. Good to combine with Little Island and Chelsea Market at one end, and The Vessel at the other. There's also another viewpoint called The Edge at the north end. Can get expensive visiting multiple viewpoints though as they are not cheap!
The Comedy Cellar is good for stand up if that's your thing
Statue of Liberty - underwhelming to be honest, but it's hard to visit NYC and decide not to see it

Philadelphia

OK not on your list, but if you're visiting DC and New York then its an easy stop on the train in between the two cities. It's the birthplace of America so there's lots of historical stuff (by US standards) to see here like Independence Hall. I'd suggest making the time to spend a day here.

Orlando

It's obvious but Universal Studios and the Disney parks are outstanding. They are on a compeltely different level to your typical theme park

Seattle

I found this quite an underwhelming place. It says a lot that the "highlight" was the flagship Starback Reserve roastery.

Big trip! Some recommendations from where I've been:

Washington

You can't actually visit the White House unless you get a tour arranged by a Senator / a foreign embassy (difficult if not impossible from what I have read). There are lots of other cool things to see around there anyway so worth getting a distant photo of the White House to tick it off. There's also a great place for breakfast right next door called Old Ebbit Grill.
I'd suggest around 2 days which is enough to see:

Capitol
Library of Congress
The National Mall and the memorials
Arlington National Cemetary
Georgetown
One of two Smithsoneon museums (they are all free). If you love museums you might need more than 2 days.

Interesting and thanks for advice. Some food for thought there. We tend to be explorers. We backpacker through New Zealand and east coast of Australia last year.

New York

There's a few viewpoints you can visit but the Rockerfellar offers the best view of the Empire State Building. Great if you can go up during sunset but it'll be busy.
Lot's of food options that you would need a lifetime to tick off. The highlights for me were the pastrami sandwich at Katz deli and pancakes from Clinton St. Baking Co. If you like beer there's also loads of great craft beer venues in NYC. Other Half have a taproom in the Rockerfellar centre.
Walk the High Line. Good to combine with Little Island and Chelsea Market at one end, and The Vessel at the other. There's also another viewpoint called The Edge at the north end. Can get expensive visiting multiple viewpoints though as they are not cheap!
The Comedy Cellar is good for stand up if that's your thing
Statue of Liberty - underwhelming to be honest, but it's hard to visit NYC and decide not to see it

I think Central Perk will be somewhere to go if that's in New York. Never thought about the Rockefeller building so cheers. No real idea about New York apart from the usual tourist bits.

Philadelphia

OK not on your list, but if you're visiting DC and New York then its an easy stop on the train in between the two cities. It's the birthplace of America so there's lots of historical stuff (by US standards) to see here like Independence Hall. I'd suggest making the time to spend a day here.

It's under consideration so cheers.

Orlando

It's obvious but Universal Studios and the Disney parks are outstanding. They are on a compeltely different level to your typical theme park

Never thought about universal studios. Another one for consideration.

Seattle

I found this quite an underwhelming place. It says a lot that the "highlight" was the flagship Starback Reserve roastery.

Says a lot lol. We're actually Washington near Seattle I think. 2hrs from snowboarding but I can't remember where.