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Washington DC Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Washington DC, United States
Welcome to Dulles
We're off today. Or so we thought. Our connection in Dulles was delayed by two hours. Not the end of the world but a bummer. This meant a later start in Zurich. Actually having a lay over in Dulles International steals a little of the thunder from ...
First night in Washington DC
We arrived 2 hours late into Union Station Washington DC; we rushed to check into our hotel the "Park Hyatt". After getting dressed we made our way over to the Omni Shoreham where our group “ACT for America” was going to bus us over to ...
Heja Sverige
Unohtui sitten kuitata paluu Pariisiin viikonloppuna. Jospa alle 48 tunnin pyrähdyksiä ei lasketa. Kävin lähinnä pesemässä kaksi koneellista pyykkiä ja kastelemassa parvekekukat, sitten mentiin taas. Matkalle Ruotsiin lähdettiin jälleen ...
Capital on "The Hill" & A White House!
... drove through nearby ‘Arlington Cemetery’ with the graves of JFK and 350,000 soldiers and others. Patriotic Washington DC as a whole has a very chilled-out vibe - apart from if you enter government buildings carrying prohibited items OR ...
Craigslist scam!
We explored Washington dc and its many hot tourist spots including the many interesting and boring museums, the white house and Lincoln memorial. The best museums on tour, i believe were the nature and dinosaur exhibits...with our brains running ...
Washington - Flot, Flottere, Flottest.
... . Hotellet vi bor på hed The Mayflower, og er, ifølge taxa chaufføren, et af de flotteste og mest eksklusive hoteller i Washington. Det ses også tydeligt da vi kommer ind i Lobbyen, iført shorts, polo og IPod, hvor vi bliver modtaget af en piccolo i ...
10th August - More to see in DC
... like absolute crap for about an hour after that!! We had been told that we were unlikely to get tickets to go up the Washington Monument, but I thought I would give it a try anyway. I was in luck, managing to get four tickets for myself, Kelsie, and ...
On Hoya Hoops and hope
On Hoya Hoops and hope GU stands for Georgetown University. Founded in 1789 GU is the oldest Catholic university in the United States. The towers of GU mark the Washingtonian landscape and overlook the Potomac river. The university colours are blue and ...
Eeek! Off we go.
Can't believe I'm taking a month off work, and I can't believe I wont have forgotten something vital. Ah well, that's what credit cards are for. ...
The Whirlwind - Washington D.C.
We saw Washington D.C. in one hour. Not bad going since we got to see the White House, the president being driven to work, The Mall, The Capitol, The Abreham Lincoln Memorial so I think we did okay. We had to drop off the car and get to the bus station ...
Flying Home
... another 2.5 hours! This journey home began at 7:40 a.m., when I awoke in my Moscow hotel room. (That’s 11:40 p.m. yesterday Washington time!) After breakfast in the hotel, I packed and departed precisely at 9:00 – just as I had planned. I ...
Having a coffe with Obama
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Memorial Sightseeing Day
... keinen Abbruch, denn wir haben ja frei und nicht die. Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, World War II Memorial, Washington Monument, White House Wir folgen einem Tipp aus dem Internet und fahren mit dem eigenen Auto und parken dann auch ...
The just-in-time check-in traveller - part 2
... be running as independent (61% people agree on that, according to the pools). -- the flight was terrible and with delay, , since there was an hurricane passing by. I arrived past midnight to Washington D.C. and catched a cab with some ...
28 nights, 9400 miles, 24 states, done.
... Crossing Delaware (our 24th and last state of the trip) happened in the blink of an eye and finally we were entering the DC suburbs. There wasn't too much traffic and we got home just before lunch. We’ve covered over 9400 miles. It’s ...
the farm life
i am still on the farm. living the farm life... last week had to be the second orientation week. but it wasn't. i did my first job, it was fun. except the fact that the first day my pony (frank)was nasty. some of us worked in a pestival, we went to ...
Washington DC
I wake up in Washington DC, thirsty and hungry. Within 45 seconds of opening my eyes I am in the 7/11 over the road, buying quaissants and Coke, I can start being healthy tomorrow. Turns out that whatever the hostel has in terms of a laundrette is out of ...
Washington Day Trip
We were up and cracking at 6am to get the bus to Washington DC. Four hours there, through New York, Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, five hours in the Capital, then four hours back to NY. We knew this trip would be short but didn't want to come all the way ...
Washington D. C. - SABR Convention
The Society for American Baseball Research has its annual convention in D.C. this year. What a town! I've already visited the Capitol, the Library of Congress, and the Museum of American History! I was anxious to see the Capitol up ...
Airport Politics
Okay so our Washington layover was pretty uneventful but we did see some funny things in the airport gift shop. Thought I would share them with you! ...
District of Columbia
... of Kabob Day 3: National Gallery E. (Jasper Johns, Willem De Kooning, Max Ernst, Calder, Picasso, Matisse, Giocometti, Marsden Hartley, Dubuffet, Rauschenberg, Magritte, Modigliani), Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Memorial, White House ...
Day 2---A great success!
... slept or read on the bus (deemed a QUIET zone) and others relaxed on the waterfront or played games in the shadow of the Washington monument. The boys especially enjoyed "Bach, Bach, Beethoven" (duck, duck, goose) which is a game created (sorta) by David ...
Russia Visa Application Submitted
... GHANA, SOUTH KOREA, PALAU, MICRONESIA" is all I could fit in the answer space), and then wallah -- she filled out a yellow card that states to come back Wednesday, Sept. 22, to pick up my visa. Now my anxiety turns to the flights. I hope to leave Friday, ...
The Eagle has landed!!
The Golden Gate Boys Choir has safely landed in Washington, DC! It is 9 pm ( three hours ahead of us) and 89 degrees! Whew! Pictures will be posted soon! Your son(s) are about to have a wonderful musical experience in our nations capital! ~Homebase ...
Galleries, Museums and Memorials
4 hour drive leads us to Washington DC where we head out on 2 days of cultural and artistic exploration. Also an Earth Day event. Day 1: White House, Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, WW2 Memorial, The Mall, National History Museum, ...
Weekly overview of my Internship
May 18-22 This week I was with Diana Bramble. She is the Intern coordinator and also in charge of the Hirshhorn Sculpture garden. Our first day was boring orientation and lots of signing papers. We also went on a tour of the gardens we would be working ...
THE LAST DAY!
Today we went to the Washington Nationals baseball park. When we got out of the car we went to the gift shop. I got a hat, shirt and wrist bands. When we got out of the shop we saw our tour guide and started the tour. We saw and went in the dugout, ...
Really? Ok.
... it in Mnpls, but it is the most excellent, cheap way to see a city! I ran by the White House, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, many other museums and federal buildings and was able to run across the Memorial Bridge to walk through ...
I Love NY in the Springtime
The inches and inches and inches of snow in February gave way to a lovely mild spring. I've posted pix from sojourns and hope you enjoy. Among the things I have learned: (1) New Yorkers treat the car horn as a sonic extension of the middle finger. (2) ...
Staging in Washington D.C.
Staging today in Washington, D.C.. We talked about what to expect, and what we're worried about. There are 45 of us prospective volunteers, 20 from the Community Economic Development, and the rest from Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Then, I ...