Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Washington DC

Vandaag een drukke dag. We staan op tijd op omdat we, ook al vooraf in Nederland, een tour door het Capitool geboekt hebben. Weer met de taxi er naar toe, wat gaat dat snel. Het weer is mooi, zonnig en warm dus blauwe lucht, altijd leuk voor foto's. De tour valt iets tegen, je ziet maar een paar zalen en de gids praat amerikaans op een frans tempo …

Nach einer 24stuendigen Busfahrt mit dem Greyhoundbus sind wir gut in Washington D.C., der Hauptstadt von den USA angekommen.
Hier gibt es wirklich so einiges zu sehen. Vom weissen Haus (zu dem man uebrigens nicht naeher als 50 Meter hin kommt), ueber das Kapitol, bishin zu der bekannten Washington Mall mit etlichen Denkmaelern und natuerlich …

Am Mittwoch den 27.03 hab ich mich kurzerhand entschieden nach Washington DC zu fahren. Von Baltimore mit dem Marc Train dauert das etwa so lange, wie mit dem Metronom nach Hannover, da auch der Marc Train an jeder Station anhält, aber für 7$ ist das mehr günstig.
Mittwochmorgen gings los, aus dem Hostel ausgecheckt und um halb elf saß ich im …

Travelled about 329km.

Song: Skip James - Washington D.C. Hospital Centre Blues

We both got up early about 6.45am to get ready. I got downstairs on my own, because Nat werent ready yet. ,) Just a few minutes later another guy joint me. He is from China, but couldnt remember his name. Lol. Its just too early! ,) soon after that, a …

... had no more time for any museums and instead headed to walk around the Tidal Basin. Here we visited the Jefferson Memorial, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (which included a statue of his dog) and the construction site that is to become ...

... around taking in the sites. Washington Monument - A huge mono Lincoln Memorial Thomas Jefferson Memorial WWII Memorial Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Korean War Veterans Memorial Vietnam Veterans Memorial  There are a number of companies ...

... thru the Memorial and reading Jefferson's beautiful prose etched on its walls.  I was less impressed with the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial which pays tribute to this important President, who lead our country during the turbulent Great ...

... but we will not mention Lauren and Mitsie's name. The drive to DC was long. There was a lot of traffic - typical of this area. Some of us slept. The first stops were the Jefferson Memorial and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. ...

... . Dinner was at Uno Chicago Style Pizza. The food was ono. We had pizza, pasta, salad, brownies, and soda. The last stop was the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Justin had a good time there because Christopher was under the weather. ...

... and we bravely head back on to the hop-on hop-off unaware of the walking that lies ahead. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Lincoln Memorial, World War 2 Memorial The Elipse, The Wilard Hotel Arlington Cemetery JFK Eternal Flame and Final ...

... parked and using my new flash camera snapped a couple of pics of said wanker from long range - bahaha. Next stop, was the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Now this one is a little weird. Don't get me wrong, it is beautiful in that it has an expansive ...

... de Mall en het Tidal Basin ging rijden, hier zijn we langs het Jefferson Memorial (nogal pompeus), het Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (heel goed gedaan, een rij watervallen met uitspraken van hem). Dit laatste is trouwens qua oppervlakte dik het ...

... we walked back across the Arlington Memorial Bridge over the river to some memorials we had missed yesterday, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial & the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. Last weekend they had the parade for the Cherry Blossom Festival ...

... aus Marmor gemeißelt hat. Nur ein kurzes Stück weiter am Tidal Basin entlang befindet sich das Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Die hier angebrachten Zitate dieses großen Präsidenten klingen angesichts der heutigen Probleme des Landes wieder sehr ...