Stars & Sights

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Saturday morning was the end of our stay in NY, and we moved on to Washington DC. Our friend Beth (who we met while surfing in Fuerteventura last year) picked us up at the airport and drove us to her apartment, where we stayed during the visit. Brilliant place, and really close to everywhere in DC we wanted to go. Then Beth took us to the Sculpture Garden where a fountain had been made into an ice skating rink, and we, and Beth and her sister Angela and friend Maria, tried to not fall over on the ice. Not easy! After that we took the scenic route round DC by car, and saw a few beautiful monuments. The whole city is beautiful actually, and apparently it was designed by the same architect as designed Paris back in the day, which shows.

After breakfast on Sunday we took to the car again, and went to see the House of Sweden, which houses the embassy, and also has exhibitions and corporate apartments - furnished by ikea (of course), and also Georgetown. There in a cafe, we met the saxophone playing boyfriend of Maria (who we went skating with). Small world! After some walking round Georgetown we
took off to see more monuments, including the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Monument, which had lovely fountains and statues. Next stop was the Kennedy Center to see the Hall of Mirrors with a couple of chandeliers apparently donated by Sweden, but we couldn't get in... The Kennedy Honors was on! So instead of chandeliers we got to see a lot of sparkly celebs. There were lots of security checks, and everyone but us had suits or nice dresses on but no one looked twice at us anyway, even though we stood out quite a bit...

On Monday we had to entertain ourselves as Beth had to work, but we managed to find the White House, Washington Memorial (the Cleopatra's needle-like tall monument), the FBI building and a few other sights by ourselves. Spy Dogs Cafe, yum! (I had a Red Square Dog...) When Beth escaped from work she took us to a favourite place, Ben's Chili Bowl. Chili cheese fries - say no more!!! (Sarah - you'd looove this place!)

Tomorrow we're leaving normality for a few crazy days in Las Vegas. A BIG thank you to Beth for letting us crash at your place, and for driving us round and showing us lots of things, it's been fantastic!!!

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Lordag morgon var var sista i New York, och vi akte vidare till Washington DC. Var kompis Beth (som vi traffade nar vi var pa Fuerteventura och surfade forra aret) hamtade oss pa flygplatsen och skjutsade oss till hennes lagenhet, som vi bott i under var tid har. Kanonstalle, och dessutom gangavstand till allt vi ville se i DC. Sedan korde Beth oss till Sculpture Garden, dar en fontan har blivit en skridskobana for vintern, och vi, och Beths syster Angela och kompis Maria, forsokte tappert att inte ramla omkull pa isen. Inte sa latt! Efter det tog vi en tur med bilen och tittade pa nagra vacka monument. Hela stan ar vacker faktiskt, och tydligen ar den planerad av samma arkitekt som ritade Paris for lange sedan, vilket ar uppenbart.

Efter sondagsfrukosten hoppade vi i bilen igen, och akte till House of Sweden, som inhyser ambassaden, utstallningar och representationskontor/lageneter - med ikeamobler (forstas), och Georgetown. Pa ett cafe dar traffade vi Marias (som vi akte skridskor med) saxofonspelande pojkvan. Varlden ar liten! Efter en promenad runt Georgetown for vi ivag for att titta pa mer monument, bland annat Franklin Delano Roosevelt, med vackra fontaner och statyer. Nasta stopp var Kennedy Center for att titta pa ett antal kristallkronor, som tydligen donerats av Sverige, i spegelsalen, men vi fick inte komma in... Det var TV-galan Kennedy Honors! Sa istallet for kristallkronor fick vi se glittrande kandisar. Det var manga sakerhetskontroller, och alla utom oss hade kostym eller tjusiga klanningar, men ingen brydde sig om oss trots att vi sag helfel ut...

Pa mandagen fick vi leka sjalva eftersom Beth var tvungen att jobba, men vi lyckades anda hitta till vita huset, Washington Memorial (den hoga smala 'nalen' - ser lite ut som Cleopatra's nal i London, och Paris (?)), FBI-huset och en del andra platser. Spy Dogs Cafe, mums! (mormor: dog = varmkorv) Nar Beth lycakts rymma fran jobbet tog hon med oss till ett favoritstalle: Ben's Chili Bowl. Mums! Strips med ost och chili, smaskens!!!

Imorgon lamnar vi for nagra galna dagar i Las Vegas. Ett stort tack till Beth som latit oss bo i hennes lagenhet, och skjutsat oss runt stan, det har varit jatteroligt!

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Photos

Next stop
was the Capitol

Ice skating
Maria, Beth & Helena

House of Sweden
You gotta have a little bit of Sweden away from home, when you can...complete with IKEA furniture.

Georgetown
Helena & Beth

FDR
Franklin helped us to a meal.

Georgetown by night
with House of Sweden in front.

Kennedy Center
This is where the trip takes its first unexpected turn.

Witherspoon
Reese (with her girlfriend?) came to wish us luck on the trip.

and Jessica
Simpson also came by to say hi

Shania
was in a bit of a hurry though.

so we thought...
better do some more sightseeing.

here's the
Washington Memorial for example

and we paid our respect
to the poor guys who fought in Vietnam

but all those sights
makes you hungry

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