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Places of Attraction in and near New Jersey

I wanted to suggest what type of experiences a US visitor should plan to acquire. My brother's family will visit us in West Windsor, NJ some time in the future. So I started making my list below what experiences I would arrange for them. This list is not in any particular order. I will continue to update this list.

  1. Take them to a Trenton court and see how a trial is conducted. We all see court trials on TV and movies, but that does not reflect reality. Depending on time availability see both a civil trial and a criminal trial at least one full day each.
  2.  Take them to Mercer County community college and let them sit through an entire class period (either my class class or another professor's class). This will give them an experience of how students interact with each other and with the professor. My feeling is they will see this interaction is quite different from what they have experienced in India.
  3. Take them to Princeton University and sit through a public talk, a classroom lecture. I am sure, it will be quite a bit different from MCCC class.
  4. Take them to a play at MCCC Kelly theater.
  5. Take them to a Broadway show in New York city.
  6. Take them to my work place.
  7. Take them to Pari's college.
  8. Take them to West Windsor police station, court, senior center, post office and meet our mayer and municipal office staff and get a tour of the municipal office.
  9. Take them and introduce to my doctor Dr. Iturbides.
  10. Take them on Amtrak.
  11. Take them on NJ transit train to NYC.
  12. Take them Raghu's friend Syl's parents house in Bronx.
  13. If possible, take them to meet Dr. Rush Holt, our congressman.
  14. If possible, take them to meet our governor Christie (seeing him will be quite an unfogettable experience).
  15. Walk over and meet a neighbor; interrupt him (Paul) when I see him mowing his lawn.
  16. Take them to Neera's work and college.
  17. Take them to Trenton farmers' Market
  18. Take them through inner city of Trenton and Newark.
A few sight seeing places in and around:
  1. Atlantic City
  2. Hamilton, NJ "Ground for Sculpture."
  3. Great Adventure
  4. Edison Labs in West Orange
  5. Liberty Science Center
  6. Camden Aquarium
  7. Cape May
  8. Princeton Art Museum
  9. Princeton walking tour
  10. A Dairy farm (may be BoBolink)
  11. Sayen Park Botanical garden in Hamilton
  12. Old Barracks museum
Other sight seeing close to NJ:
Washington DC
Nayagara Falls
Boston
Philadelphia

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