Blogs from Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North America - page 4

Well Hello from our new residence! The Ritz-Carlton at Pentagon City. WOW!!! That is all I have to say. This place rocks. From the moment you walk in the door you are greeted with a staff that caters to your every need. I mean it, If we asked for a unicorn they would put a horn on a pony, paint it pink and purple and bring it to our room. I am not sure why I said pink and purple, but when I think of a unicorn I always think of those colors :) As you can see from the pictures, the room has everything you need. Oh and by the way a mini fridge and high chair were delivered upon our request. Ballin! OK enough about the life of luxury we are leading right now. ... read more

We arrived into Union Station on Sunday evening from Penn Station on Amtrak. The train ride was fine. Amtrak has really been great. We don't have one complaint. Every train took off on time and we thought each ride was very affordable. We found a room right across the street from Union Station at the Phoenix Park Hotel. The rooms are really nice and the location is great. It's been around 30 degrees but the wind has been pretty bad. Monday we stayed in for a day to rest. Tuesday and Wednesday we took the trolley tour bus. We visited the memorials, American Museum of History, Air and Space Museum, Arlington Cemetary and the front of the White House. We've had a great time. Tonight we're hoping to find a good restaurant for dinner.... read more

Another early morning today because we had to catch the bus to head to Washington, DC. The bus trip took 4 hours but i was looking forward to getting there and seeing where all the important decisions get made the affect the whole world. We arrived at about 1130 and set off to find a place to get some lunch. Once lunch had been downed we got map and did our own tour of washington on foot mainly. First Stop, The White House. On the way to The White House we walked passed the Treasury building, there were lots of people and a secret service car out the front so we thought the president might have been there, but we wasn't. they were lining up for a tour. So we continued walking around to the south ... read more

Jaaa, das is meine erste Nachricht aus den Saaten. Nach einigen Problemen mit dem Greyhound-Pass haben wir jetzt alle nen 60-Tage-Ticket und werden bis zum 25.1.2010 die Strassen von USA,Mexico und Kanada unsicher machen. Los gings fuer mich in montreal mit erstem Halt in New York wo ich Jonas und Martin treffen wollte. Da mein Bus Verspaetung hatte lief alles nen bisschen anders und ohne Handy kann es schon manchmal schwer sein sich zu verstaendigen, aber wir haben uns dann letztendlich heute Nachmittag in Philadelphia getroffen wo wir den Abend verbracht haben. Da es ausser einer Uebergrossen Waescheklammer aber nicht allzu viel zu sehen gab haben wir uns dann um 22Uhr weiter nach Washington DC gemacht wo wir grad auf nicht allzu bequemen Baenken am Busbahnhof versuchen nen bisschen Schlaf zu finden. Wie ihr wahrscheinlich kombinieren ... read more

Today we had a late breakfast after the party with all the leftovers. After that we took the metro to Washington Dc downtown. Since today is Thanks Giving Day the City was totally emty and all the shops closed. So we took a walk true the city and went to all the importen places like Capitelhill and the Washington Memoriel and we also went to the Air and Space museum. ... read more