Nicollet Public School Band and Choir: Travel Update

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Travel Update

The trip is going well so far! We are currently in Loves Park, Illinois and will be stopping for supper soon. We have been watching movies and the kids are behaving very well. We will keep you updated on our progress!

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Trip Itinerary

Saturday March 23….9:15 am = load busses and leave Nicollet

Will eat lunch and dinner en-route at fast food restaurants

Sunday, March 24

7:30 …..breakfast at fast food restaurant

9:00 – 10:00 …tour Flight 93 crash sight
Eat lunch at fast food restaurant en-route to DC .
1:00….arrive DC
2:30 – 4:00….Arlington Cemetery…..changing of the guard, Kennedy gravesites
4:15 – 4:45 ….Iwo Jima memorial
5:30 – 6:30…Arrive at hotel. Holiday Inn Washington Dulles (703-471-7411)
6:30 – 7:30…Pizza party at hotel
7:30 – 10:00….free time for kids to relax and swim

Monday, March 25
7:00 - 8:00 ……Breakfast at hotel
9:30 – 11:00…..band and choir perform at the Lincoln Memorial
11:30 – 3:30…..Smithsonian Museums
3:45 – 5:30….National Archives…view Declaration of Independence, the United
States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
5:30 – 6:30….Buca di Beppo….Dinner served family style at an Italian restaurant.
7:00 – 9:30 …..Illuminated Tour of the Monuments

Tuesday, March 26
7:45 - 8:45 ……Breakfast at hotel
10:15 – 12:00…..Ford Theater/Peterson House…We will see a play at the Ford
Theater about the assassination of President Lincoln.

12:10 – 1:30…..US Capital Tour
2:00 – 3:00 …Late lunch at the Ronald Regan Building
3:45 – 4:15…..Ruth Klossner will take a photo of our group standing in front of the
US Capital
4:15 – 4:45….stop at the White House for photo opportunity
5:00 – 7:30…..shop till you drop at the Old Post Office. This is the actual former
post office building turned into a mall. Students can shop for souvenirs…climb the
tower and take photos and/or eat.
8:30 – 10:00….back at hotel, relax and swim

Wednesday, March 27
7:00 - 8:00 ……Breakfast at hotel
9:00 – 12:45…..Mount Vernon…..we will take a tour of the mansion and then
students may explore the grounds. We will eat at the food court.
1:45 – 5:00……..Holocaust Museum
5:30 – 6:30….dinner at fast food restaurant.
7:00 – 9:00…Walking Ghost Tour…..will take a guided tour of Washington DC and
learn about the ghosts still residing in the old buildings.

Thursday, March 28
7:00 - 8:00 ……Breakfast at hotel
11:30 - 12:30…lunch at General Pickets Buffet in Gettysburg
1:00 – 5:00…. Begin our visit with a film and cyclorama, then tour the
battlegrounds of Gettysburg, finish with a trip to the museum and visitors center.
6:30….dinner at fast food restaurant.

Friday, March 29
Breakfast and lunch at fast food restaurants
3:30 pm…approximate arrival back home!