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Nixon Resigns, Ford Takes Over as US President
This
is our last day reporting what we have learned, and we appreciate all of
you reading our blog. We are at the White House getting information on
how President Ric********** resigned, making Gerald Ford the new
president. This was the first and only time any president has resigned.
It was also the first president ...
We have arrived.
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Note; You are now asked to pay up front for the full tank of petrol in the car. We wont have to hunt up a gas station when returning it but I'd like to know how many gallons Dollar Rental ends up with also payed for by renter.
So very lucky we had Jamie (Am/Dutch son of friend who lives in DC) to get us to the Motel. Tomorrow getting the GPS. Car rental prize for 5 weeks nuts for Tom Tom could buy 2 for that.
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One Nation, under God....
... talking about the Cuban missile crisis, Nixon and the watergate scandal and more. Finally it was time to head back to the hostel and start trying to repack my bag - I have a feeling a fair amount of stuff is going to get discarded along the way!
I really enjoyed Washington, it was full of history and interesting things to see. Definitely a walking city too, all the best stuff was quite close together. Onwards to Boston and to learn more about the ...
Washington Day Three
... wasn't bad, but no waffles.
After lunch, we walked past the FBI building to the Old Post Office which had an observation deck in the clock tower so we took the glass elevator up the centre plaza to the top. There we had a pretty good view of the Capitol building and the Washington Monument. Our last stop of the day was the Museum of American History which wasn't as great as we were expecting. I really wanted to see ...
Two Capitals in one Day
... Beeindruckend. Fotografieren ist allerdings unmöglich, da bräuchte ich eine Unterwasser-Kamera...
Als die Sintflut ein wenig nachlässt, gehen wir völlig durchweicht Richtung U-Bahn-Station. Wenn wir so nass in den klimatisierten Zug steigen, holen wir uns bestimmt den Tod. Aber Glück im Unglück: Wir können ein Taxi herbeiwinken. Puh...
Hotel: Marriott Wardman Park - 95$ via Priceline
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