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Washington DC Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Washington DC, United States
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 ...
Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear
... House, saw Arlington Cemetary (intended to go in and visit but it was closed off due to a a marathon), Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, National Archives (didn't go in), and the State Department (believe it or not, I was actually pretty excited ...
Rocky start then on to Washington
... lunch and back to the hostel to pick up our bags. We walked back into Chinatown with our bags to catch the 3 hour bus to Washington DC. We boarded just after 3pm and made our way to the capital. When we arrived in DC Andrew asked a fellow passenger where ...
The eagles have landed
... end with a shopping spree at Pentagon City - a local mall. It was nice to show Marianne and Josephine around Washington. We visited the famous monuments and traversed the impressive federal buildings. I showed Josephine the view of The National Mall ...
Washington, Capitol und Museen
... Wir verabschieden uns daher freundlich und sie wünscht uns noch einen schönen Tag. So cool fährt man also in Washington schwarz. U.S. Capitol Das Kapitol, also der Sitz des Kongesses ist wirklich ein beeindruckendes Gebäude und schön noch dazu. ...
Washington DC
Will update this as soon as we can!! Just thought we would send a few pics that we managed to add from our time in the Hamptons and ...
photos: Great Falls! (Saturday)
Back from Maryland! (With a heavy heart) I sincerely had the best time, and it hence feels lonely coming back. We did everything!!! (and I didn't plan a PIECE of it) Friday night we had a movie night with a bottle of wine I brought down. ...
DC by night
... buildings. But when my cousin Ruben Vellekoop visited he explained I had not yet seen the real gems of DC. In short: you haven't experienced Washington until you've seen the Jefferson Memorial at night. Ruben knows his way around Washington. He has a ...
Day 7 - Washington DC - Lesson in history
... under control, what else is there to see in this place. How about a memorial? Ok, which one? Korean, Lincoln, Vietnam or Washington? Bugger it, lets do them all. Respects paid, Kaf could not help herself and met another man in uniform. He appears ...
Washington
... we havn't had a chance to update you, so here goes: We left New York last thursday and got a 4 hour greyhound bus to Washington d.c. When we arrived at our hostel we got a very friendly welcome from just about everyone who was there. It wasn't really ...
Washington on Memorial Day Weekend
... ; They have the most enormous Harley Davidsons that you have ever seen, and they will roll through the streets of Washington tomorrow in a parade. All around the town today it sounds like thunder as these bikes roar ...
Making memories!
Hello! I've heard from tour director Tim Silva, that today has been a great day! The boys sang a mass at St. Bernadette Church, which of course went very well :-) This was followed by a some historical sightseeing at the John Paul Cultural center ...
Visa In Hand; Friday's DME Flight Oversold by 9
... astounding 57 no-shows today. This huge number was apparently due to thunderstorms along the East Coast that delayed many United Express flights into IAD, causing lots of Moscow passengers to miss their connection (the Moscow flight departed on time ...
Easy day at sea
It was a nice and easy day for us today. We slept in a little bit and then dragged our jet-lagged butts to breakfast and then the gym for and hour (yes, Melissa, an hour) of cardio. Other highlights of the day include a nap this afternoon (I love naps!) ...
I'm Leavin' on a Jet Plane...
It's hard to believe just how quickly this time has come - but in only a few days, I will be boarding a plane headed south to Oaxaca, Mexico! I'm very much looking forward to this adventure, but I'm a bit overwhelmed by the many travel preparations ...
In the beginning...
I'm about ready to fly over 35,000 miles, traverse nine countries on three continents in six weeks. 18 months of planning and 170,000 frequent flyer miles later, the adventure begins. On Wednesday we are off to Argentina for the beginning of the ...
The Smithsonian and 100 years of flight
We went to the aerospace museum outside Washington. We saw a Space Shuttle and that was very exciting for me and it was very very big. We also saw the Blackbird, which is one of the fastest supersonic jets. It is a spy plane. We also saw the Enola Gay ...
I just stepped foot on American soil!
and it feels wonderful! the trip was fine just hectic soon it will all be over but illI'll always have memories! write ...
Museums and one less fingernail
Washington dc I actually managed to take the right trams and arrive at my hostel. When I walked through the door I saw a friend I had met in Miami 2 weeks ago which was very funny and he had met a german dude at the hostel so we decided to go to the ...
The Adventure Begins: Leaving DC
... ...Cheryl's parents house! We decided against passing all of the historic sites of our nation's capital and instead went through North East DC on New York Ave. How ironic since we were heading to the great state of New York... - Ann ...
On excellent citizens and good men
... readers. I trust the pictures serve as examples about my surroundings and the short stories describe the way I perceive daily life in Washington. However, this does not give an impression of what I actually do. This week I wrote a paper on the ...
North Zion
North Zion, Kanarranville UT 9/9 Friday After leaving Antelope Island we drove south on I15 past Cedar City to a small town called Kanarraville where we stayed at a Passport America campground. It was not to our liking so we only took 2 nights. ...
Query: WHERE is the hip-hop at?
As the evening comes to a close, as the guests known and unknown weave out the door, there is inevitably something, or rather someone left behind. Perhaps this is a universal phenomenon -- its exact origins are unknown. However, at approximately 12:53, ...
Capital Ideas
... to live according to their traditional beliefs and customs. My next stop was to the U.S. Botanical Garden. I have visited Washington a number of times at this point, and the Botanical Gardens was one of the only sites around the National Mall that ...
Obamas new den
... the only white guy in the public transport. To be honest it was not something that i had contemplated in Washington, i mean obviously from a multiracial country and i know that the states is the same but it was just not the image that i had in mind of how ...
On to Boston...
... sandals. Oh, well. Wasn't bad. Refreshing. A few highlights before I close up blog-shop in DC: 1. Had wonderful time yesterday solo-touristing, mostly at the Renwick Gallery. The 2009 Renwick Gallery Invitational ...
Back to work
We'll I'm mostly over my "sandwich" episode and we've all gotten up early this morning to load ourselves into vans and head into the city. I managed to get a glass of milk and an untoasted piece of white bread down my gullet. Arriving at the ...
Orientation
Today is my third day of orientation in Washington D.C. and this is my first entry. I miss all you guys very much. Finding internet is a total pain, so I might be breaking a few rules to be writing this right now, but it's worth it. The first day ...