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amother

Papaya

Fri, Apr 21 2017, 12:10 pm

Hi,

We have had a very challenging winter and were scheduled to go away Sunday and Monday but for financial reasons, we decided to ditch it and sleep home and do stuff without a car rental or hotel expense.

I'm a little disappointed but I'm good at getting over it if I plan for a really fun 2 days.

We have to be home for our kids by 4 pm each day but can leave 8:30am and the D train is very close by.

One of the two days we can go full day if need be and come home 7pm.

We are looking for a mix of:

-Outdoorsy ideas
-Fun attractions that r more activity based
- One day in NYC and the other day we would love to go to Long Island or somewhere like that (not too far but not too close/typical) and that's where I'm stuck--I kinda know NYC a little...but the rest not really.

We r not movie or entertainment goers so that's out.

Jeanette

Fri, Apr 21 2017, 12:54 pm

For a one day trip I recommend Norwalk, CT. It's about an hour drive from nyc. It has a ferry ride to sheffield island, a children's museum and aquarium. Great for small kids. If you don't want to rent a car, Metro north train stops right in front of the aquarium. (Ferry ride is right there too.)

amother

Papaya

Fri, Apr 21 2017, 1:11 pm

Jeanette wrote:

Sorry just to clarify: we don't have a car. We live in Brooklyn and can access NYC by subway andparts of Long Island by LIRR.

This trip is just for my husband and me

sky

Fri, Apr 21 2017, 1:16 pm

DH and I did Norwalk ferry ourselves with a baby. It was very peaceful and relaxing - we brought a picnic lunch for the island. (I don't know about buses but the PP mentioned trains)

amother

Papaya

Fri, Apr 21 2017, 1:23 pm

Wow just looked up Norwalk and it looks fantastic and yes trains r avail. Tysm! Any ideas of great stuff to do there other than just walking Wink

BetsyTacy

Fri, Apr 21 2017, 1:32 pm

Sunday is the last day of the orchid show at New York Botannical Gardens.

amother

Forestgreen

Fri, Apr 21 2017, 4:36 pm

in NYC my dh and I love all the outdoor things
-walking the brooklyn bridge

-any of the scavenger hunts in any of the neighborhoods (need a phone for this)
go to strayboots.com

-not sure if your museum kind of ppl- but the tenement museum is great

- painting pottery?

- circle line/the beast

- brooklyn or queens botanical garden

-walking around central park/the zoo/boat rides

have fun!

amother

Turquoise

Fri, Apr 21 2017, 4:39 pm

You can go to anywhere to the Rockaways and spend time at the beach; it's not so hot yet so you won't have bikini-clad women. There's bike rentals at B116th you can do that too. Fly kites, dip toes in the water, have a picnic.

sky

Fri, Apr 21 2017, 4:43 pm

Take the ferry to governors island.

doctorima

Fri, Apr 21 2017, 5:41 pm

sky wrote:

Take the ferry to governors island.

Is this open yet? I thought it usually doesn't open for the season until somewhere around Memorial Day.

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