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Washington DC Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Washington DC, United States
All the good ones start with bumps, the sequel
... one (by which I of course mean "two"). I am reporting to you now from the Red Carpet Club (C7) in Washington Dulles Airport, comfortably relaxing with tea and yogurt. We began this morning at the Wingate hotel after a somewhat short night. ...
Getting Ready
Dan and I are busy organizing ourselves, packing, and taking care of a million last minute details. See everyone in Paris!! ...
Art and Nanotechnology
Wednesday The Girl went to the National Gallery of Art to see the "works on paper" exhibit (fabulous) and the "Adams, Adams and Steiglitz" photographs. The display of photographs was unusual, in that several series of photos were shown. The Steiglitz ...
Lincoln Memorial
... Dad wouldn't get off with me!! We went to the train station to book tickets as we are planning on taking the train from Washington to Charlotte tomorrow. We then moved on to the Abraham Lincoln memorial. There we saw the statue, which was massive, and saw ...
Welcome to the USA
The flight through Reykjavik and on to Washington went smoothly, with Knox enjoying a steady round of diet Coke and me taking advantage of some free champagne. We were both sufficiently spoiled by now, but I found it interesting that once you have ...
Visiting Georgetown
... no longer a planet and saw them take Pluto off the exhibits and people leaving notes and flowers for Pluto hahaha. Capitol Hill, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial....all of it is really worth seeing. I think four days was pretty sufficient ...
Mr. Hall Goes to Washington
... necessary. After we went to see the white house, the WWII memorial, Korean war memorial, Lincoln memorial, Vietnam memorial and the Washington monument was there in view the whole time. Then we piled back on the bus and headed to our hotel! HOLY LIFTIN ...
LA > ACCRA
... , and graduations in Europe I may be racking up some serious air miles this year. Right now, as I write, I am en route to Washington DC from Los Angeles where I will catch a direct plane to Accra Ghana. My suitcases are heavy with pencils, pens, erasers, ...
Recap and Summarize
Well, we head home tomorrow. We've had a wonderful time and we can't wait to come back and do all the things we didn't have time for on this trip. Here are a few miscellaneous items and comments from the editor: 1- No matter how much you have done ...
Washington DC
... to take the whole week off and do family, touristy normal kind of things. On the Monday, we went into DC and took a trolley, we visited the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, ate at the Hard Rock Cafe (it's a very small one, ...
Power to the People
... again. We will speak out for the fallen. We are the people. We are the proud, the brave, but not the few. We are the United States of America and we demand that this racist war come to end. Not next summer or in 2009, but NOW. We demand for this criminal ...
I'm coming home now, it's been so long now...
... I met in Central America back in July and went on a 'walking tour' of the main sites. We saw the White House, Washington Monument, Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, went to the Natural History and Air and Space Museums and sat by the ice skating rink for ...
San Fransisco
I arrived in SF at about 11:00am and spent 4 days there. The day i arrived i meet up with one of my mates who lives in the US. That day we just went and had a look around the city of SF. The next day we headed out to Alcatraz!! Spent a good couple of ...
Miami to Washington
Bus to Miami airport-comically long security check in process. Starbucks coffee and muffins. Quick flight. Bus transfer to hotel. Arrive hotel Normandy on wyoming street. Check in. Video chat with mum and aunt ag. Brief happy birthday Skype to j and c. ...
Washington
... the secret service agents outside the treasury and went around to the famous view of the oval office. Walked to the Washington monument then along the tree lined boulevards to the Lincoln memorial. Marty met some squirrels. Walked around the memorial and ...
Washington DC
... in shorts & a t-shirt. Beer & pizza with the boys was followed by a very impressive night-time tour of some of the Washington Monuments, courtesy of Dave. It was great to get a different perspective seeing everything at night, but we learnt so much more ...
A Capital Christmas
We spent the day today in Washington DC. I love this place, and it is even better at Christmastime! We visited DC several years ago, and really enjoyed the many days we spent there. I believe you could go to DC for and entire month and still not see ...
Inauguration koncert i DC
Lidt billeder fra koncerten for Barack Obama i DC d. 18. Januar. Vi forsøgte at komme op i foran, men det var umuligt da der simpelthen var så mange mennesker! Så vi så det på ...
History
... found our gate. There weren't lines, as much as there were globs of people. As we walked onto the mall, I turned toward the Washington Monument, and my eyes teared up at the view. It was almost solid people from the Capitol to the Monument. I assumed ...
Arriving in DC, getting lost in the park
so far i've gotten lost, found out that breakfast is not for free everywhere you stay, and its really really easy to end up on the wrong side of town. i ended up in the middle of this huge sprawling park taking pictures of pretty leaves. ...
Family time in Washington, DC.
... were just 3 more days (not counting the gladly taken sabbath) to enjoy life in the fast lane before heading south to Washington, DC. Monday - once more in safe hands of culinary kingpins Greg & Andy who steer us confidently through the chaotic twists ...
DC
up early this morning.. last night went and saw the white house, wash. monument, and lincoln memorial. beautiful evening -cool and clear. The goal for the day is to see a few museums and make it up to NY by evening.. nothing too crazy yet, but ...
Humidity and home
It was much more humid today than it's been. Good day to return home. I spent the morning and much of the afternoon at the conference, then returned to the hotel to collect my bags. Took a cab out to the airport. The driver went along the parkway, which ...
Washington DC
... på veien. Washington tirsdag 29 juni Sov lenge frampå i dag, herlig. Travelt med ferie egentlig. Tok skyttelbuss fra KOA Capitol camping til Washington DC. Dro kl 11.00 og var framme ca 12.00. Vi ble satt av utenfor US Capitol bygningen. Vi valgte hele ...
At the AALS in DC
I (Norm) was up very early--3:30 LA time to go to a breakfast meeting of CALI. We hung around the hotel and went to the exhibition hall where I took some pics of some people I know and love and some people who just looked interesting. Tonight ...
I have a Dream....
... . Next day, we checked out and were told we had wonderfully English names (come to think of it, we really do!). Got to Washington D.C. with no hiccups. But BOY were we unprepared for the heat! Its not just that its ridonkulously hot (at least 28 degrees ...
The Inauguration of President Barack Obama
We left our hotel at 4:00 am for the Inauguration of President Barack Obama and VP Joe Biden. 2:30 we will visit the National Archives for those who want to get out of the cold. 7 pm We will enjoy the American Musical Landscape Inaugural ...
Washington DC
... it was comfortable. Food was amazing & had the best steak! Arrived into San Fran & checked in for our 5 1/2 flight to Washington DC. It was 9.30pm when we arrived & we were picked up by Bethany & Gabby Pisani from Capital City Church who ...