Crowne Plaza Hotel Washington-Nat'l Arpt, Va Arlington

... be aware of this happening" The Aussie Travellers kept walking with the occasional glance back, (Heeding fireman Earnie's warning about the high crime rate in Washington,) the searcher had finished throwing the possessions onto the ground and was proceeding to remove what appeared to be wads of news paper from the person's body (most likely his insulation cover for his night's sleep). We found our metro station and had around a 15 min wait for our train, hopped on and ...

... ahead of us. What a waste of fuel! I slept for the whole flight of 45 minutes or so, as all the late nights in New York had tired me out! We decided to take the subway to our hotel, and just as we were about to buy our ticket, a sweet boy in the army gave us the remainder of his, and then came back with his friends, so Ash and I had about 6 bucks each of subway tickets. What a blessing!! Our ...

... right next to one another, so we had to walk a mile or so to get there which was more than I really cared to since I was already sore and trying to save myself for the race. We then headed to the prep, pee, and stretch area. Now I knew this was a big race, but they weren't messing around. I've never see that many porto-potties at any event much less a race. The pictures don't do it justice since I didn't have a wide angle lense but you'll see in the background they seem to go ...

... liner). The lounge was a cool, tranquil sanctuary compared to the noisey hot departure lounge and i discovered completely empty of passengers. So I had all the food, drinks, comfy sofas, 4 televisions and the contents of a fully stocked bar plus 5 keenly attentive staff all to myself! There was also free wireless internet access so for the first time since I ...

... new Samsonite. Flaming orange Samsonite. Pumpkin orange. I was horrified, and it must have shown. I tried to be appreciative, but orange? "So that it doesn't get mixed up with others," she helpfully explained. Well, that would certainly be true. Nobody would claim/steal/mistake those gawd-awful bags. But I was 18 and self-respecting, and practicality was definitely not one of my concerns. Eventually, my mother graciously swapped me her older ...

... the lodge pool to cool down. I was never so happy to get in a pool. I don't think my head cooled off until I went under around 5 times! Good news - the car is ready for pickup (or so the message said!) We're on the way to get it now! Keep your fingers crossed - hopefully this is the last time it breaks! Last night Becca and Paul installed the tent themselves, but decided after it was all setup that they didn't want to sleep outside! Oh Well! Day 13 ...

It snowed last night and was so cold today that the snow did not at all until the afternoon. Very unusual for DC: all the schools were closed and half the NSF officers didn't show up because of the weather ... and all the Bostonians here think the DC people are wimps ...

... this) although he has not spent much time in Berlin so it will be an adventure for both of us. Anyway, I wanted to keep an online journal of my trip - it's the first to Europe. I wanted to document our adventures and have my family and friends share in them. Until next time, Lisa

... but sleep was had and it was only for 1 night as for the next 3 was spent with my cousin Aidan in his apartment 1 block from Wall Street. Plans for the next morning were to get up early dump our bags at Central Station, sightsee for the day before meeting Aidan later in the evening to move on down to his place. Firstly it's torrential rain in New York, yip, its bucketing down. Ok so we won't be doing the Circle Line boat tour, so ...

... interesting, but again, TONS of stuff, almost too much for us to see in one afternoon. <br>For dinner Pat and Christina made some veggie kebabs and homemade crab cakes. God, it was good! Jenny and I were saying that after being treated to so much homemade food while we were staying with them, it was going to be hard to go back to our 'camping food'!! After dinner we busted out the board games and had a vicious boys vs. girls game of Cranium. Needless to say, the girls kicked some ...