Blogs from Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North America - page 50

On Veteran's Day we drove through Virginia and arrived in the nation's capital, Washington DC by early evening. Our hotel was centrally located downtown, just a stone's throw away from 'dubya's' place (but no, this time we didn't try to measure by throwing stones!). After dinner, Fitz took us on a night tour of the National monuments and memorials which included the Capitol building, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial (FYI Lincoln's statue is saying his initials in American Sign language!), both the Korean and Vietnam War Memorial's (which were quite harrowing) and finally we walked to the back of the White House - they were all pretty impressive as were the numerous other grand city buildings. The next morning, we all went off separately to see different things. Washington has many things to see and do - ... read more

Dear All, Well, we finally set off from Heathrow on the 1st November and landed the same day at Dulles. The flight was pretty painless and the officials at Dulles, a little less grim than when Joanna and I went over (the Dec after Sept 11). Jeff picked us up from the airport and we were whisked away to their beautiful home on a golf course in Rockville, just north of DC. The boys have really grown and Clare is looking as amazing as ever. We took the evening to relax and catch up, ready for touring the next day. The next morning Jeff kindly dropped us off at the Metro and we were off! Washington is quite literally the President's back garden and so everything is really well laid out, clean and organised. We decided ... read more

America I've had a shit hot time visiting ya, I got to do & see alot of really cool stuff. There is alot i missed too, so you might see me again in the future. A QUICK RECAP ON MY TRIP: Time spent: 4 months Countries visited: 2 States stopped in: 11 City stays: 16 $$ spent: Nearly 10 g's (aus) ( shit I spent alot of money) New friends: heaps Nationalities experienced: 5 Items lost or stolen: Passport, sleeping bag & credit card (just the unimportant stuff) Bev's consummed: enough to fill 3 olympic pools! Highlights: There's so many - LA with Kev - Lake Havesu party - Camp - Fishing with Todd @ Keywest - US Open - Red sox game - Surfin @ Martha's Vineyard - Niagara falls Next stop london then onto ... read more

...and homesick 4 miami!!! Guys if you ever feel the urge to go to Washington DC you can do it in a day. we are here for 4 days and thats way to long...we saw everything there is 2 see in a day and now we have nothing much to do! we actually almost booked a flight back to Miami, but then decided to stick it out :) checked out the white house, the washington monument and the reflecting pool and lincoln memorial which is featured in the forrest gump movie - the bit where he makes a speech?? and runs after jenny?? Its interestin, but boring. Might see if I can bump into the Bush (george that is) and get him to take us out 2 dinner...how funny would that be? dont know what we ... read more

I met Teresia and John in Alexandria, VA for a quick holiday tour in and around DC. What a great time we had. We drove through the Shenandoah Valley to Civil war battle sites including Gettysburg. Tried to purchase a memory stick from an incompetent group of staff at Radio Shack, I very nearly had to do their job just to make the sale. Saw Jefferson’s Monticello and then back up to Alexandria. I must say if you are in the DC area make a visit to historic Alexandria, a perfect community if I’ve ever seen one. Did the obligatory sites in DC. Best eat: The Old Ebbitt Grill just a block away from the White House ... read more