We appreciate that so many of you are coming from all over and it may be your first time in Baltimore. See below for some of Mike's recommendations if you have extra time before and after the official events begin.

Check out the country's best aquarium, named none other than The National Aquarium in Baltimore

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Watch the Baltimore Orioles baseball team at historic Camden Yards Stadium

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Visit the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine and see where the National Anthem Star-Spangled Banner was written

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Take a stroll along the Inner Harbor and stop for a bite to eat and drink in Fells Point

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Or, take a stop at Federal Hill Park and enjoy a beaut scenic view of Fells Point

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Go for an all-you-can-eat brunch at the Rusty Scupper, or have some of the best pancakes in the world at Miss Shirley's

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View 1,000 works of art by Henry Matisse at the Baltimore Art Museum

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Get weird at the Maryland Science Center

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Get gloomy at Edgar Allen Poe's gravesite and Memorial

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If you're sticking around the U.S. for a while, Baltimore/Washington D.C. is a perfect starting/ending point for an East Coast trip. Fly into DCA, attend Camp M&M and then continue to NYC and fly out of EWR or JFK. Or the reverse direction, fly into EWR/JFK, explore the east coast and end your journey with the wedding weekend.

The Amtrak train can take you from downtown Washington D.C. and/or Baltimore to New York City in under three hours, while passing through Philadelphia, PA halfway through. It can even take you up to Boston in seven hours. Meg HIGHLY recommends the freedom trail...

If you want to get some East Coast nature in, we love the Catskills, Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod and Acadia National Park.

Let us know if you'd like some help planning!