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A travel blog entry by dreeder

... not as much ancient. Like the previous, so much to see and talk about. In the area of pop culture, we saw the very first Kermit T. Frog (he was kinda toad brown), and the standard, not easy being green version from 1970. We saw the real pair of Dorothy's ruby slippers and the hat and shoes of the Scarecrow. Saw the hat Lincoln was wearing when he was assassinated. Many older cars and trains. We saw a $100,000 bill -- made in the depression of ...

Learning bout GW @ Mount Vernon

A travel blog entry by tishnandrew

... visited his gravesite and the many buildings needed to run the estate such as the cook house, laundry, vegetable garden etc. The architecture and landscaping was all designed by Washington and many of the existing trees on the estate were planted by GW himself.

It was a surprisingly balmy evening so we finished the day with great alfresco Thai dinner in an restaurant at the wharf end of bustling King ...

Day 46

A travel blog entry by twowombats

... around this exposed hill - again, Peter's hoodie sends an incorrect message, and when the park rangers hears us speak, he assumes that we are from 'across the pond' - I don't have the heart to tell him that it's the Pacific pond, and not the Atlantic pond - once again, he really knows his stuff and answers all the questions the other couple ask - and they asked lots. We visited the Henry house - the old woman who lived here was the only civilian casualty of the ...

A capitol time in DC.

A travel blog entry by andrewandlizzie

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... museum you are given an identity card of a Jewish person who actually
lived during the Holocaust and as you go through the exhibit you find
out more about that person. Every person's identity card is
different- which is very effective in adding a more personal
dimension to the museum and makes it very moving. When we left the
museum, we headed for some food inside the Ronald Regan building. We
had to go through airport-style security to reach the Subway ...

Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel: impressive

A travel blog entry by mcgown

This is a top pick!

... after midnight but they are putting clocks back an hour for the end of day light savings.

Tomorrow we will go to church then catch Barack and Michelle and have a quick look through the Smithsonian and then head back up towards NYC to get ready for our flight out on Monday.

Finally got around to buying a Lonely Planet guide to South America, we will be alright now. Lol!
don't panic we do have our accomodation booked in ...