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jmrz:
Okay, so if all goes to plan, I will get to satisfy some of my wanderlust in about six months time and come adventuring to meet the internet.

Things to know:
- I want to travel in January/February. It will most likely be the end of December + first half of January.
- No, I am not mad, I just want to escape the Australian summer and see proper snow and go ice skating outside and get to have two winters for a bit.
- I am saving 80-90% of what I earn every week. Basically every cent I earn is disposable income. I should have just about $12,000AU minus flights when I get to go on this adventure.

I'll be doing a Contiki tour of Europe, with one of my best friends, and then I'll head to the states afterwards. I'm not sure yet whether or not she'll be coming with me.

Places I will likely be when I am in the states:
- Seattle
- DC
- NYC
- Boston

I'd like to have a stop or two in Canada, but I am not sure if I will have the time. This whole thing depends a lot on work.

Now, how long should I try and stay in each of these places? What are things to do and see? How expensive are these places?

What would be the best way to get between those American cities and are there any others I should see? Is there anyone who would want to come to Disneyland with me?

This is basically my 'meet the internet/make the internet real' tour. I want to hang out with as many of you as possible, whether it be for a few hours or for a few days, it would be awesomely incredible.

Any and all advice is a huge help to me.

pen:
Between NYC and Boston, I suggest taking a bus.  They're SUPER cheap.  I guess things to do depend on what you are looking for.  Are you interested in touristy crap or just local hangouts? 

jmrz:
Touristy stuff would be good, but I am more than happy to see local hangouts and things like that. Museums could be fun and if my friend is coming with me, she will definitely want to see Museums and anything history related.

And I've heard good things about the Bolt Bus?

pen:
I've heard mixed things.  They can have really cheap prices if you book forever in advance, but they also have a tendency to overbook and having to put people on a later ride.  I've never ridden it, so I don't know for sure. 

But let's see... the Museum of Science is a great thing to hit, maybe the Museum of Fine Art, you'd probably want to do the Freedom Trail and..... come on Boston folks, help me out here.  You could spend a lot of time here, but I say you could get a lot done in maybe 3-4 days if you had to. 

Scandanavian War Machine:
as far as Seattle goes, you obviously need to go to the Space Needle, and of course that bizarre music museum place with the funny architecture (edit: oh it's called the E.M.P.). then there's Pike Place Market which is pretty cool; they throw fish. Pike Place is free (unless you buy something, obviously) but i'm not sure about the cost of the other two (i've never been because i am a recluse and Seattle scares me). then there's always The Fremont Troll.
the thing i'd recommend the most, however, is just seeing some music. Seattle is world famous for all the great music it has put out over the years and continues to put out so you should try to go to at least one show while you're there. wow, that was an awkward sentence.

if want to get out of the city and see some really great forests and interesting locales then you could drive an hour and a half north of Seattle and i could show you some stuff. i live in a temperate rain forest and it is pretty spectacular. also, i could take you to a really creepy abandoned insane asylum that's all over grown with tall grass and vines and stuff; it's pretty cool. they filmed that movie there...what was it called...A Boy's Life or This Boy's Life or something along those lines.


i wish i could be more helpful but i'm pretty antisocial and and reclusive so i'm not sure about too many fun activities outside of my own property.

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