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Washington DC
... sized stones until the 1940's when the policy changed to uniform sizes which is the policy today. We completed the tour of Washington by visiting the LIncoln Memorial, The Vietnam Memorial and the Korean War Memorial. If you look at the pictures of ...
Photo safari
Saturday was photo safari day. When I got up it was snowing and quite beautiful but a bracing 30 degrees. I packed my gear and layered up for the cold. Being an old pro at the Metro I made my way down to the Renwick gallery. Even with my ...
Washington DC
... this out and make sure I understand it all in advance. We just came home from Wyatt's hockey tournament in Arlington Va and Washington DC. What a fantastic area of the country. The capital was clean and safe and FREE. every monument and museum is free. ...
Apologies to everyone checking this blog!
As you may have noticed - the blog has gone completely out of date! Somehow don't seem to have the spare time to write it up this trip - not sure why..... Possibly because we are travelling in mid summer, the days are so long (sun doesn't set ...
Flying SJU-IAH-DCA
... can be challenging due to heavy passenger loads, I had purchased a refundable positive-space First Class ticket to fly home to Washington on United Airlines nonstop this evening from San Juan for $369. This was going to be my insurance policy to make sure ...
Georgetown
... We finally made it through the x-ray area with no problem. We made our way to the gate for our flight. Our flight to Washington, D.C. was supposed to leave Philadelphia at 17:45. Tyler and I sat down and I looked up at the sign in the boarding ...
Washington DC
... hvor vi skal kjore. Rune fikk roadtrip-tips av en solbrillemann, ryktene gaar om at det er over 50 grader i Las Vegas. I Washington DC gikk det i sightseeing: Capitol Hill, Washington Monument og baksiden (!) av Det Hvite Hus. Skulle ut for aa spise og ...
The Land of the Free
This is day one of our mini road trip! We headed into Washington D.C. to check out some monuments and to eat dinner at a Mexican resturant!! yup, mexican..in D.C.- gave me some rivers!!!! me and toliet, ...
Apr 28, 2010
The serious side to life
... to start a fight for a place on the bus. They blamed the Summit for the delay, I just wanted to sit down. Thank you Washington for sharing only a small part of your history. Tomorrow on to Vegas. Leaving at 5:30 to catch a 9am flight. Hope you are all ...
Washington D.C
... Valkoisen talon porttien taakse vakoilemaan.Rakennushan oli oikein mukavan näköinen joulukoristuksissaan ja valoissaan.Samalla jatkoimme Washington monumentille (jonne emme saaneet enää lippuja..viikonloppu) ja Capitolille.Siinä kai ne tärkeimmät ...
With extra cheese
Part 19 – With extra cheese Maryland and Washington DC, USA – 17-23/5/2012 “U.S.A! U.S.A!” Standing in the middle of a field of shirtless, tattooed drunkards with a “bottomless” mug of Budweiser in one hand and ...
family vacation
my family took me to the capital of the United states and I got to see the white house and a lot of museums. It was really impressive and really really hot, ...
The Nation's Birthday
Fireworks on the Washington Mall, viewed from the apartment in Arlington ...
lose 10lbs and gain 5 blisters in a day!
... back how to soften the blow.........a nice Turkey Burger and Sweet potato fries washed down with ice cold Mountain Dew! I so recommend Washington DC this was just one day i spent five days here. Amazing to walk and it was so pleasant and not ...
Washingmachine D.C
... up right next to the White House (take that, The Man!). Joined in this anti-corporations/banks protest thru the streets of Washington. We were wearing anonymous/guy Fawkes masks, so people thought we were the ringleaders and kept taking photos of us, and ...
speed tour
Safely arrived in DC for the first leg of the adventure. My friends picked me up at the airport & we experienced the incredible view of our nation's Capitol illuminated in the evening. Tomorrow's agenda includes a closer view with photos to come. God ...
Washington = Ottawa + musees + memorials
... mexicain la-bas et il y a un serveur qui me reconnait. -'' hey vous étiez la hier ? '' - '' non, c'est mon premier jour a Washington !'' -'' ha et bien, vous avez un jumeau ici'' Et il me dit que mon jumeau est exactement semblable a moi, meme ...
The Crisis in DC
... a wonderful place full of years upon years of history. Dozens of speeches had been delivered here, and every president of the United States ever had stood in this room! Jimmy Carter himself delivered the Crisis of Confidence speech in this office. ...
Day-3: Voice of America
Voice of America is fascinating. While I'd heard of it, there was so much I didn't know. For example, I didn't know it was prohibited from broadcasting in America! The rationale for not broadcasting here is two-fold: one, so it won't compete with private ...
And We're Off!!
Amidst last minute packing (by Kristin)...and checking and re-checking of "to do" and travel checklists...we're finally on our way. Twenty four hours from now, I'm guessing that Debbie and I will be snug as bugs in a rug at Shirley and Michael's. Love to ...
Taxation Without Representation
... Ier et Henri IV, il y a quatre présidents américains qui font l’unanimité, quatre infaillibles historiques : les fondateurs Washington et Jefferson, et les grandes figures Lincoln et Roosevelt. De fait, ce sont les quatre du Mont Rushmore. Ils ...
Well i have decided to sit down and pen ...
... holiday. Well the place was packed. The building (of this branch anyway) is actually a non-descript shed-esque building on Washington Boulevard. Inside it was equally non-descript - they clearly did not want to waste any tax payer money on partitions, ...
Capital
Well it was official when we arrived in Washington DC that my feet and legs had really had enough of walking but luckily no blisters lol! We did however arrive to glorious sunshine unfortunately we also arrived just in time to watch the derby game which ...
Monuments & Memorials
... holds an awesome collection of aircraft documenting the history of manned flight from the Wright brothers plane to the Lunar Lander. After a relaxing 3 nights in the US capital, we leave the United States on a butt numbing 16 hour bus trip to ...