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Washington DC Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Washington DC, United States
HELLO WASHINGTON
Fly to Dulles airport to avoid Chicago snow storm. In addition to being famous for being the only place I was ever robbed, so far, it is the home of my sweet mother-in-law, ...
Day 42, 43 & 44: We love Washington DC
Washington DC is fantastic! Why doesn't everybody rave about it?? Or maybe they do, and we just never noticed, but Matt and I agree that it's probably one of our top 1 or 2 places visited, not at all what we expected.[We were thinking ...
Washington DC
... early for another day of driving. Yay. Oh well. Can't wait for Washington! April 6 We are currently checking into our hotel in Washington DC. It's called 'The George.' it's pretty nice and there's cool chairs in the lobby. We went to the spy museum today. ...
Home Again
One flight a day direct, non-stop from Panama City to Washington 4 hours, 48 minutes in the air. Sounds great, the only problem landing at 1:00 am in the morning! Pick-up bags and go though US Customs, cab home by 3:00 am. But compared to our past ...
Happy Postscript
In Batu Karas, it was mostly a joke. We had been careless, but at nearly 35, surely I would not get pregnant from just a teeny, tiny little...how to put it...change of routine. In Yogyakarta, the jokes became more nervous, and I began to punctuate them ...
Day 15: Last day for DC
... we headed back to the Metro. It was very, very, crowded, as tonight is the first night of a series of games between the Washington Nationals and the Chicago Cubs. I was quite thankful when the majority of the folks got off at the stadium stop. We had ...
Rocky Mountain hi (5)
(Friday 1st September Last minute decision to take a detour into Yellowstone National Park North East entrance and to camp overnight at Mammoth Hot Springs. Big draw was the chance to see the wildlife and the Lamar valley, the only place where it is ...
Moonlight and Monuments
We visited several places today, which D.A. and I found interesting but not so much for the kids. we thought it would be the reverse! First stop: the Postal Museum, where the kids were supposed to be able to role play being mail employees and ...
De Nada Empenada... Coming soon.
... day... If you can call it that. Tonight we catch a red eye from Buenos Aires to Houston, and an immediate connection back to DC, saying goodbye to several friends at each step along the way. First, we are headed to catch a train to Adrogue, a ...
Let's Catch up!
... picture posted, we sang at the opening of the July 4th parade on Constitution avenue betwixt the White House and the Washington Monument. Then came an incredible privilege; the boys performed for wounded veterans at the Veteran's Hospital. Like many ...
Washington DC
... of this nations history and here I got to see The Magna Carta, The Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights and The United States Constitution. These documents are hundreds of years old, the oldest being the Magna Carter which was signed by King John ...
Californie, Colorado, Texas? Non, Washington!
... prix (prohibitif bien sûr…) mais pour sa navette (3$ chacun, que croyiez-vous ?) reliant le camp et le métro de Washington. Départ groupé à 9h dans le van fièrement conduit par un gai personnage, le présumé Duncan. En s’asseyant, nous ...
Zooy Mama I am out of here
Nothing like leaving early on a Friday to jet out of the country for a week! After a long summer of litigation and spending most of my days and nights slaving behind a desk I now get to go out and have some real fun. Not that sitting in front of a ...
Journal Entries--JUNE
June 23, 2009 Today was a slow day in the garden, but still nice. The weather was amazing, not hot or cold and raining. After work Megan and I went on a run. We originally wanted to go to Teddy Roosevelts Island but ended up going ...
Arriving into Washington DC
After not much sleep on a 13 hour train ride I finally got to Washington DC at 9.00am, picked up my bag and taxi to the International Hostel I was booked into, arrived at 10.00am checked in and had a shower for 30 minutes to clean me up after a hard night ...
Notes from Decision to present
FOR THOSE OF YOU AS COMPUTER UNSAVVY AS I- THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST POSTING! GO TO BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND UNDER 'TABLE OF CONTENTS' CLICK ANOTHER DATE TO READ OTHER POSTINGS! TRIP DIARY Random Notes on the "Decision" Heavily expurgated, feel ...
The plan for the next month - off and on the road
... an apartment for that week so we can cook and feel a little bit at home. We've had a chance to see a lot of friends in DC lately (in between going to embassies for visas and all of the rest). It is hard to say goodbye to this place and these people. ...
NYC to DC
New York to Washington DC - 16/03/0 I eventually picked up the RV at 1pm and set off for a short 200 mile drive to DC. It was the worst driving experience of my life! Not only was I driving a 25ft RV that weighs 10tonne (with the steering wheel on the ...
near Cathlemet, Washington
... good. It was mid-afternoon when I took the high rise span bridge and turned east on state road 4 toward Naselle, Washington. The roadsides and lawns offered bright displays of rhododendron. Gray's River and Skamokawa lie in a lush green valley, given ...
When, where, and why?
Well, I have been unemployed now for four and a half months. When people ask, I haven't been unemployed at all. I have been applying to grad school. I have been dog-sitting (okay, once.) I have been attending to things. Getting stuff done. ...
Near Neahkahnie, Oregon
You can be in love with four girls at the same time. schoolboy, Age nine ...
We fly
... that! Hopefully the thrill lasts through the night! We picked up a few more christmas gifts for the Putterills from Debs brother Alan in DC. He is the most gracious of all hosts! Now we are ready! Sounds like we will only have Internet when we are in ...
Washington DC
We eventually decided to have a few days in Washington DC before heading home. Long flight up from Buenos Aires so a short stop-over was just what we needed. First day was a rest day and we spent most of it asleep. Next, and only full, day we did the city ...
Take off!
... it turns out, there are a lot of cool people here! I was a little worried about that before I actually arrived in DC, but nearly everyone I talked to had something interesting to say. There are a lot of people working in Chicago with me, ...
Defeated by my own muse
I had big plans. Huge. I had half a burrito left over from lunch today (thank you Qdoba for providing such foil-wrapped over-priced tastiness right across the street from my office), and had been planning since, like, 3, to compose a series ...
Michael watches television
All my life I have wanted to do this. This is certainly a once in a lifetime experience. First, we have to talk about the mind-blowing season finale of Lost. The jungles of the island were captivating, but what I was most suprised about ...
Going Home
The alarm went off way to early that morning. Why do planes have to leave at dark-o-clock in the morning? Our taxi we requested was even early and we made it out to the airport without any overheating happening. So, that was good. We got to the airport ...
A trip down to Washington DC
We took a Greyhound bus down to Washington DC for two nights. The bus only cost us $58 return each which was a bargain! It took about 4 and a half hours to get there and then we walked to our hotel. Helen had booked us in ...
Washington DC
... we walked up to the momument, which was completely surrounded by USA flags, we began to appreciate the layout and grandness of Washington DC. As we approached the momument (from the White House), we could see the Captiol Building on our left and ...