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Washington DC Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Washington DC, United States
Hash, Halloween and History
This is a top pick! ... story...it keeps getting better and better. Our first order of business was to hash! DC is famous among hashing circles for having some really good kennels so I could not wait to see how my east coast ...
The National Mall & Its Monuments (World/US&C)
This is a top pick! ... National Mall a few times and still have not seen it all. There is too much to describe, but of note is that in 1791, Washington DC was the first planned national capital in the world. The U.S. Capitol is at one end of "the mall" and the Lincoln Memorial ...
Day 8 - Washington DC
This is a top pick! ... (at an undisclosed location somewhere in the Middle East). The next day we spent the morning with a tour guide from Washington DC visiting many other memorials and significant locations. The Korean Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam War Memorial ...
The dharma bums we are...
This is a top pick! ..we seize every opportunity to extend the trip and pit-stopped at Jeff & Kathleen's Home which additionally resulted in a free ride down to ...
Washington DC
This is a top pick! ... from a distance through glass - it was a huge and very impressive room! We headed back to the hotel at the end of 3 long days, but feeling like we had a very good overview of Washington DC and the many significant national memorials and ...
Where The All Powerful Live
This is a top pick! ... indulgence, although I could easily have stayed, a new hostel and tourist attractions awaited. Turns out there’s a lot to do in Washington DC. The city had cooled today & was a balmy 34oC with a mere 50% humidity. The metro was easy ...
Washington DC
This is a top pick! Our second day in Washington started with getting up early to see off the rest of our tour group. The tour was finishing on this day, but driving back to New York via Philadelphia. Because we wanted to stay on a couple of days and also because ...
You can see a lot in one day!
This is a top pick! ... (or what's left of it), and some very old books that survived the fire of 1814 when the British decided to set fire to Washington DC's expansive library. By far the most impressive, however, was the grand reading room. As soon as you enter, you're hit ...
Whirlwind tour of Washington D.C.
Hi guys, Well we left New York on Thursday morning and headed to Washington DC. We hired a car and drove through New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware to get to the Nation's capital. As we only had a day and a half to do our exploring we packed every minute. ...
If Mr. Smith Can Go...So can we!
... know what I am talking about. In a nutshell, the South’s General Robert Lee gambled on a push beyond Washington into tight northern territory. He was on a roll after campaigns in Manassas and Charlottesville and Anteidem…why stop ...
my first wek at the farm..
hi everyone, it's my first week at the farm and their's alot going on. the flight's were o.k. , but after that i started my journey. i took 4 trains to get here ( thank's god for the good people i met). finally i got here and met all the people. i ...
The Home Straight
... beginning. Well, now it's definitely the beginning of the end, as I visit my last country, the USA. I've started off in Washington DC, and have been welcomed by the worst weather the place has seen in years. Cold, rain and winds have all conspired to ...
What?? Admission is FREE?!
Oh Washington DC, how I love you! It's like Canberra only bigger and better because all the museums are free! I met an Aussie who lives in Toronto, Abbi, and we spent the first day wandering around looking at all the monuments and beautiful tree-lined ...
Preliminaries at Target
Target, before departure. It's orange. It has bull's-eyes. My lunchtime pizza was made fresh. Yes, I bought batteries, and a mushy card for Mama's Easter Sunday. We were going to go to China Buffet, or "Chineseland" as my nephew Zachary calls it. Soon I ...
Reminiscin'
... promoted the idea of the earth's prime meridian running directly north of the White House. That route is now 16th street in Washington, which leads straight to the Oval Office and along Meridian Hill Park. The 'revitalised' park was opened in 1994 by ...
1st Entry Still in U.S. but not for long
Well we are in Washington D.C. which is our final U.S. destination before departing to Paris and then Bangui, Central African Republic. We have been staying at the home of Heather Eves and Richard Ruggiero. They are one of the great power couples of ...
The Post Office and I
Today, broken toe and all, I hobbled to the nearest post office, several blocks away, dragging my roller bag full of guidebooks and other ephemera of tourism (tea towels, primarily, for my fantasy tea towel quilt). By the time I got there, I was ...
Fredens' trip to DC
... It was beautiful and was hundred feet long. The real name was the Vietnam Veteran’s memorial at 17th street Constitution Avenue N.W. Washington, DC. I touched the wall and there was name of soldier who died all over the wall. I spent like a couple ...
Washington DC
After a quick flight from NYC (in a very small plane!), we arrived in Washington DC in the late afternoon. We checked into our hotel, which was across the road from George Washington University, and made our way over to the White House, just a few blocks ...
Exploring DC
... Hanscoms! AC seems to be fixed and after we finish our blueberry pancake breakfast in the RV, we’re headed for Indiana. Yes, Washington was hot, but we saw a lot in just 1½ days. Hope all is well back at home. Love you ...
DC..or should we say..Miami Beach in August!
... reminded me that we weren't in the middle of Africa and that we would survive..and we did. We hit happy hour in Washington Harbor - the scene wasn't quite the Jersey Shore, but I guess it would do :). We ended the night at a Spanish Tapas bar ...
Nataraja Visits Amma in Washington
... only because of the flower petals but because I was so close to Amma and her radiance. In Washington DC, I continued the illustrious tradition I began in Chicago of playing bhajans for the crowd in the ...
Finally en route to Dubai and Yemen
... the country so nonchalantly. I didn't even bother watching the movie, but worked on Sudoku puzzles and read about Dubai and Washington DC. This time I planned to see a bit of DC if I couldn't get on the flight to Dubai. I ...
Journal Entries--AUGUST
... go pick her up. If not she'll have to ride the bus alone, she should be fine. Still I'd rather go grab her. Were going to just hang around Dc area and maybe go to Baltimore. Its going to be alot of fun. Im ready to go home though, especially up to Logan. ...
2nd plane to Narita, Japan
Nearly 12 hours later on the plane to Japan, and it feels like so much shorter! Its great having an open seat next to me, but sleep is still wishful thinking. If I'm lucky and keep on schedule with the right trains and buses I will get to sleep around 5 ...
Strip search
... no to mention it was hot as hell. Good thing I packed clothes in my carry-on. Well here I am, sitting in the Washington-Dulles Airport- another delayed flight. I have about another hour until the plane to Frankfurt, Germany is ready. Sitting in front of ...
last day in washington
Took a lift in to town with Tom, then rode the metro into town & walked into greyhound station where we spent a wasted stressful 2 hours sorting out an issue with start date of our bus passes $499 each. Spent few hours in the supreme court of justice ...
Washington revisited
... Morgan resembles the vision portrayed by Martin Luther King. Little black girls playing with little white girls. Today I rediscovered Washington. I walked from Adams Morgan to the National Mall. I climbed the steps of Congress and enjoyed the Air & ...
Washington DC just before Obama's Inauguration
... University campus & Georgetown itself. Very impressive campus. Went and saw all the monuments - went up the Washington Monument, saw Jefferson Monument, FDR Monument, WWII, Vietnam, Korea War memorials, Lincoln Monument. Went to ...
Hello Washington D.C.
... but it wasn't at all. It's very far away from Dulles Airport in a place called Camp Springs; a neighborhood south of the main Washington D.C. city area. I got a return ticket for a coach service which takes you to and from the airport to one of the city's ...