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Independence Day

A travel blog entry by rebeccaglawe

... anger of the colonists at the time.
After the reading, we watched the parade from our perfectly positioned seats. My grandfather quickly made friends with the Chinese college student sitting next to him. He spent half the parade explaining what there is to see in South Dakota. The parade consisted of just about everything from high school marching bands to a Revolutionary War dressed drum and fife core. Many ethnic-American ...

Monday

A travel blog entry by jarredstewart76

... had to run her kids somewhere in a bit but she was very welcoming and gracious. A French cultural attaché gave us he tour and then apparently the ambassadors wife had her chefs whip up fresh Le Madeline's and Macaroons which are nothing like what I buy at the grocery store. We sat in the salon sipping champagne and snacking on French pastries. It was a unique ...

Back to the US in the capitol city

A travel blog entry by catndeano

... to Fairfax, but because of the train works we missed the bus we were planning to go back on and had to wait half an hour. We finally made it back just after 8.15pm, made some dinner and then relaxed in front of the TV to unwind, then got off to bed.

Sun 20th May.

Day of rest. Yes, today we thought we'd lounge around doing nothing and having a rest from the last two days of rushing around. So at 9.45am, we got up, had some breakfast and then at midday we ...

Our Nation's Capital

A travel blog entry by arzilla

... gloves were soaked already at this point, and my boots followed suit soon after!). There I wandered around the area and checked out the shops. There’s a complete lack of grocery or convenience stores in the area which is a bit frustrating, but there’s not much I can do about it. I then headed back to the hotel for hot toddies in happy hour and settled in for the evening, much like the snow.

Tuesday morning broke crisp and ...

Georgetown and travel to London

A travel blog entry by damelzaupton

... had the better weather yesterday.

I had seen some shops the day before so I headed to those first. I bought 2 vests (singlets) and a top that I might wear out in Leicester next week. I wanted to buy some new trainers for the gym and I found a sports store but there wasn't a big choice and the girl in there wasn't being very helpful so I decided not to get anything there. The other thing I wanted to buy was make up. I use an American brand ...