Extended Stay America - Washington, D.C. - Alexandria - Landmark
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I-95 and the New Jersey Turpike
... s invariably drive Mercs and Beemers (in my very humble opinion).
By the way for lunch at the service court I had a Roy Rogers burger. With trigger sauce. I kid you not.
Along the way I listened to (twice) The Figgs’ Anthology CD that I purchased the night before. The Figgs being the support act. The CD was excellent. Think Hoodoo Gurus, Lime Spiders.
Anyway I got to Alexadria, in time, avoiding any peak hour ...
A Day to Remember
... got to the area where our lovely minivan was parked - guess what - no cars - not one - OMG! What happened. We read the sign and then realized that the cars had to be moved off the street before 4:00 p.m. - read all the way to the bottom of the sign please. I called and was told where our vehicle was located - thank God they had not impounded the van but wait - there were 2 tickets on the windhshield totally 100/each - WTF? Really? Yes, really. I ...
IITTGY?
... of our trips, we choose and read and discuss books about the place that we are visiting. I have found that doing this really enhances my travel experience. I love to read some of them before the trip --- these allow me to feel as if I know the place before I get there; place names, new foods, use of language, cultural attitudes, the history of a place, the customary ways that people interact ... all of this becomes ...
Day 48
... There are planes on the ground, planes in various attitudes of manoeuvre, planes vertical, upside down and they are all over the place. This museum is packed to the gills. Out comes the camera and as we wander through the first exhibits, I look through the view finder and see-'Card Full'! Oh No! I have managed to fill up a 32GB sdcard. It would have been better had it not happened then but after the visit, but such is life. I should have checked and removed some of the pics. Off to ...
"Buebe Züg"
... Schiffe der Navy kannte und natürlich auch deren technischen Daten und Einsatzzweck erklären konnte. Insgesamt hatten wir Gelegenheit ca. 30 Schiffe von der kleinen Fregatte bis zum Flugzeugträger zu sehen. Daneben waren auch noch 3 Angriffs U'Boote an den Docks vertäut. Die Schiffe die wir gesehen haben stellen ja nur eine kleinen Teil der Flotte dar. Ein beträchtlicher Teil ist ja im Einsatz und ...