Residence Inn Washington/Dupont Circle
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Getting my bearings
... walk from the metro allowing for easy accessibility to DC on a whole.
Following settling into my room I consulted the front desk and was given a metro map, surrounding area map, and lots of helpful tips and suggestions for a "tourist itinerary". I ended up letting the subway route make my travel choices for me: first stop Pentagon, second stop Arlington Cemetery, then on to the Federal Triangle for a night stroll of the National ...
Back to DC
... as early as I thought we would (didn't this happen before?) so we didn't get downtown until noon. We were all hungry so we decided to have lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe. After lunch we went on our journey. It was a very nice day so we decided to walk. As we headed out it seemed strange as there were no cars on the street only police cars and helicopters were flying overhead. A police man yelled "NO ONE ...
Family time in Washington, DC.
... who we never met, worked for the company that made its intro/exit engine back in the 70's). Also standing next to a giant V2 rocket, learning sober facts of the devastation they brought to the allies in WW2. Flying at four times the speed of sound, capable of travelling over 150 miles, approaching target in complete silence (mostly London and the South east), only after the obliteration is the sound of the monster rocket heard. Then onto the classics: the White ...
Washington Day One
... we were just glad to get out of the car and meet my long lost cousin Joel and his wife Holly. Joel was teaching piano lessons at the time so we went upstairs and had a chat with Holly and met their shy son Finn who soon warmed up to us.
After Joel was finished teaching, he came up and we had yummy enchiladas for dinner before crashing into bed exhausted after a long day. It was great to spend a few hours catching up and seeing how good the memory banks ...
Museum Hopping & Puddle Jumping
... newspapers that you could see up close (including famous firsts, the "Dewey defeats Truman" headline, and the "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" article). There was also a case of famous first edition books - including the Magna Carter, Common Sense, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and (my personal favorite) one page from an original Gutenburg Bible! The same level also had a very difficult exhibit about ...