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how hard is it to plan a trip home?

I did when I started to plan one last year for this year (which has been postponed a year).

Sure, it might be easy for those of you who have only lived in one place, but for those of us who have moved around, it’s not. I have family/friends that I want to see in various parts of the country, however there’s something else I want to do.

Have fun.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I do have fun with my family and friends, but I want to do other things too – after all, it is vacation.

Here’s the list I made last year:

• 4th of July week in Philadelphia;
• Shopping – laptop, other electronics (if the exchange rate remains good), clothes and books;
• Eating – Taco Bell, cheesesteak, Casey’s, Outback;
• MLS game: NYC or DC (since the FC Reál Chester Who-Gives-A-Shits won’t begin playing until 2010 (theoretically));
• A baseball stadium tour: Philly, DC, both NYCs, Boston, Baltimore;
• Broadway;
• TV Show in NYC;
• I also hope to have a family bbq at a certain location that is way too far from civilisation for me, but is the most convenient for my NE family;
• Have Meet-Ups with two or three different groups of internet people from yesteryear.

Here’s what it’s starting to evolve into:

• 4th of July in Philadelphia;
• Shopping – electronics (if the exchange rate gets better), clothes and books;
• Eating – Taco Bell, cheesesteak, Casey’s, Outback;
• MLS game: the FC Reál Chester Who-Gives-A-Shits;
• Baseball games;
• A show on Broadway;
• TV Show in NYC;
• A family bbq at a certain location that is way too far from civilisation for me, but is the most convenient for my NE family;
• Have Meet-Ups with a group of internet people from yesteryear;
• Disneyworld and other parks in FL?;
• Kennedy Space Center tour?;
• Visit Los Angeles and San Francisco again?;
• See how much Vega$ has changed since 1995?;
• etc

It’ll see interesting to see how the list continues to evolve.

How do YOU plan a trip ‘home’ (wherever that may be) and mix family, friends and fun?