Blogs from Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North America - page 9

We visited . American History . Holocaust Museum. We showed up to late for the perm exhibit... read more

We dawdled this morning before heading to DC to see the Mall and the memorials. We checked early (around 9:30) and there was still parking available at Vienna/Fairfax Metrorail Station, but by the time we got there (after 11:00) all lots were full. So we headed on in to West Falls Church Station and managed to get the last parking spot in the parking garage. That's a lot of cars; Fairfax has 5,169 spaces and West Falls Church has over 2,000. Tomorrow we should head out earlier. So anyway, we got to the station and a very nice lady showed us how to get tickets from the machine and how to get a Smartrip card, which you have to have to get out of the parking lot. We got on the Orange Line train and off ... read more

Demonic possession, congress and cardio- a typical day in D.C “Agent Mulder, I'm Dana Scully, I've been assigned to work with you.” (He shakes her hand) ”Oh, isn't it nice to be suddenly so highly regarded? So, who did you tick off to get stuck with this detail, Scully?” ”Actually, I'm looking forward to working with you. I've heard a lot about you.” ”Oh, really? I was under the impression that you were sent to spy on me.” And so began the wonderful, weird, sexy, paranormal, frustrated, exuberant, conspiratorial and beautiful relationship of Miss Dana Scully and Fox ‘Spooky’ Mulder. And where did this wonderful pairing meet? (fictionally of course, just don’t want you to think of me as one of those people who can’t tell reality from fiction… ahem…) Why the J. Edgar Hoover Building ... read more

Hi everybody ! This isn't really part of the travel blog -- I'm just posting it so that you know where to find us, since so many people have asked. So ... hopefully we'll be able to post every couple of days, and you should get an email when there's something new. Love, Karen.... read more

Monday, 8 June (D.C. Day 2): Again, we took the KOA shuttle into D.C., although it left a bit late this time. The first thing we did was to see about a tour of the Capitol Building. We were having difficulty locating the ticket office when a guy pulled up in a big golf cart with 3 bench seats. After telling him what we were looking for, he told us to climb aboard and he’d take his there. Cool! Unfortunately, when we go there, the line for “walk ups” was quite long. I guess we should have made reservations somehow, maybe thru our congressman. Anyways, we decided not to wait and instead headed to the Postal Museum. We left the Capitol Building thru the Library of Congress tunnel and ended up spending some time there looking ... read more