13-Day US Trip for Chinese New Year: Detailed Guide
Planning a trip to the US for Chinese New Year? This 13-day itinerary will take you to all the best spots in the US! Check it out!
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The US is a superpower spanning two oceans 🌎, where history and modernity intertwine, and freedom and dreams are synonymous. From the skyscrapers of New York 🏙️ to the golden beaches of the West Coast 🏖️, every step is a scenic view.
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🗓 Itinerary:
Day 1: 📍 Shenzhen - Arrival day, get ready for your US trip!
Days 2-3: Depart for the US, 📍 New York airport pickup, then head to 📍 Yale University and 📍 Plymouth, and finally arrive in 📍 Boston.
Day 4: Explore 📍 Boston in depth, visit 📚 Harvard University, 🎓 MIT, and other universities, as well as 🏢 John Hancock Tower, stroll along 🛣️ Freedom Trail, and visit 🌳 Boston Common and 🛍️ Quincy Market.
Days 5-7: Leave Boston, head to 📍 Walden Pond and 📍 Albany, visit 🏫 SUNY Albany, tour 🏛️ New York State Capitol and 🌆 Empire State Plaza, then visit the spectacular 💦 Niagara Falls, and finally arrive in 📍 Buffalo, and visit 🍫 Hershey's Chocolate World.
Days 8-9: Depart from 📍 Harrisburg area, visit 🛖 Amish Village, then head to 📍 Washington, D.C. to see the cherry blossoms 🌸, and visit historical landmarks such as 🏛️ the White House and 🗽 Lincoln Memorial.
Days 10-11: Leave Washington, D.C., head to 📍 Philadelphia, and finally return to 📍 New York to enjoy the city's hustle and bustle.
Days 12-13: End your wonderful US trip, depart from New York to return to China, arrive in 📍 Shenzhen, and end your trip.
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🧳 Travel preparations:
📞 Get a SIM card, as roaming in the US is expensive, and a local SIM card is more cost-effective.
🔌 Don't forget a plug adapter, as the US uses 110V voltage, and the plugs are different from ours.
🪪 Make sure you have all your documents, including your passport, visa, and driver's license translation, as missing any of them can be troublesome.
👔 Choose clothes according to the weather, as you'll need a thick coat if you're going to the US in January, as staying warm is important.
🔋 Bring chargers and power banks, as you'll need to charge your phone and camera, so you don't run out of battery halfway through your trip.
💊 Bring common medications just in case, as buying medicine in the US is not convenient.
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Leave your footprints and stories on your US trip, and see you next time! 👋✨
To get to Walden Pond, you need to take the morning commuter train from Boston North Station in Massachusetts to Concord. After getting off the train, walk southeast along Thoreau Street, then turn right at the first big intersection and walk straight toward Walden Street. After crossing a big intersection with a traffic light, continue walking a short distance forward and you will find Walden Pond on the right. The distance from Concord Train Station to Walden Pond is about five kilometers, and there is no public transportation or taxis.
This secret place, which is famous all over the world because of the title of the book, left a deep impression on me many years ago. At that time, the teacher said that he was reading Walden for the third time. Car rental: This place is not on the list of popular scenic spots. I left as soon as I said I would. I packed up and went out at 11 am and walked to the store for 10 minutes. The front desk was very enthusiastic! We provided the translation and name and address, and we went to the parking lot to pick up the car after giving the key. Departure: It was very smooth to drive all the way. It took more than 40 minutes to arrive. There is a parking lot next to the lake. It is self-service parking fee, 15 dollars a day, and then put the receipt on the car window. Just when we haven't figured out how to charge by the hour, an enthusiastic foreign lady next door came to ask us if we want a parking ticket, because they were about to leave, so they parked a free car. . . There is a visitor center in the parking lot, which contains some old items used by Thoreau, as well as some cultural and creative peripheral products. Just cross the road to Walden Lake! Lake viewing: You can enter the lake without a ticket. At first glance, it looks a bit like the fish pond at the head of my hometown village. There were not many people, and some foreign brothers sat quietly by the lake thinking about life. We decided to walk around the lake, which took about 30 minutes to complete. The sun was about to set, and we began to feel the beauty of the lake as we walked along the lake. The lake was calm and the green shades were intertwined, which really made people feel calm. Thoreau's tomb is located in the jungle by the lake. He may really be inseparable from this calm lake. Walk and chat, and feel this peace.
Walden Pond at noon and North Bridge at dusk. When I read Walden as a child, I never thought that I would be able to visit it one day. The tranquil Walden Pond makes people feel calm and at home.
“When you are richest, your life is poorest. The fault-finding man can pick faults even in heaven. A man of peace can live a happy life wherever he is, with uplifting and optimistic thoughts, as if he lived in a palace. Don't beg for new things, clothes or friends. Renovate the old and go back to them. Everything has not changed, we are changing." Walden Lake, located on the outskirts of Boston, owes its fame to the American a priori philosopher Henry David Thoreau. The lake is not big, in fact, it is called Walden Pond in English, which means a small pond. It is said that the author lives here in seclusion. In fact, he is only a ten-minute drive from his parents' house. It is OK to take a walk here, but it is not a great attraction. In fact, it is also very close to the city, there is no feeling of seclusion haha. There is a beach by the lake. In summer, it will be crowded with Americans, and sit on a blanket mat to bask in the rare sun in Massachusetts. There is a walk along the side of the lake, there are many mosquitoes, and you must apply anti-mosquito liquid when you go.
Beautiful Walden Lake, this season, very demonic! Let people linger! Meet the beautiful scenery unexpectedly, experience the transcendentalism of Rousseau here, and the sincere habit is amazing!
We stand on Walden Lake Walden is a famous book. The inspiration of thought frees mankind from slavery and into the kingdom of freedom. The classic quote of Walden: It is not where you live, it is where your thoughts are. Deeply into life, live solid, simple, everything that does not belong to life is clean and neat, in the most basic form, simple, simple, and simple. "Delete the complicated is simple three autumn trees, receive different standards of new February flowers." You have a bad life because you want too much. Learn the ancients, simpler. The faultfinder can pick out the fault even in heaven. A man of peace can live his life wherever he is.
In a cabin in the woods on the shore of Lake Walden, Thoreau completed his famous book, Lake Walden. The lake is clear and warm, but the peace is missing because of the season. The luxury of the night in Boston makes our trip to Boston more perfect.