Washington D.C
Washington D.C - 38°53'40.42"N 77° 0'34.46"W
It's very neat and tidy. I guess George likes his home to look good, so he probably bungs a few dollars out there to make sure that he's not embarrassed when Tony and Cheri come to stay.
When I arrived on the train I headed to the hostel to dump my bags. It was mid afternoon, so I killed some time on the computer and replied to some E-mails before I decided to take a wander into town to have a look around.
I found a bar, (no surprise there then Wallace), had a drink, decided it was a crap bar, so without letting on to the barman that I though his bar was crap, diplomatically asked where else he might suggest that I go for a drink.......somewhere with people in it perhaps?
"Georgetown" was the reply, so I grabbed a cab and headed there.
Very nice it was too! I found a fair spot to park myself at a bar and people watched as hoards of suit clad men and women filed through the door after a hards days work running the world from the hill. And they could drink! This was only a Wednesday night, but I guess the stress relief that comes from blasting yourself backwards on shots of who knows what does something for them before they get up for another days work in the morning! I met some locals, drank a few (drinks, not locals) and then headed back to bed.
The next day I went on a mission to see some of the sights, all on foot. I walked to the Washington Monument, the WW2 memorial, up the reflection pool to the Lincoln Memorial, across to the Viet Nam wall, down to the Roosevelt Memorial to get some pictures of FDR, round to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial and back to the Elipse to take some pictures of the White House.
That was enough walking for one day, so I headed back to the hostel to drop off my bag and think about heading downtown for a more leisurely look around.
I must have sat down in the TV room for too long, because I woke up two hours later to find an Irish guy called Ian that I'd met in the hostel in Philadelhia, laughing at me. I promptly suggested that we find a place to have a beer and get something to eat........so we did.
So that was another night spent in a bar, before I went to bed to get a good night's sleep before my train ride the next day to North Carolina to find my cousins in time for Christmas!!
It's a shame that I hadn't planned to spend a bit more time in D.C, but I'll try and come back some day.
M
It's very neat and tidy. I guess George likes his home to look good, so he probably bungs a few dollars out there to make sure that he's not embarrassed when Tony and Cheri come to stay.
When I arrived on the train I headed to the hostel to dump my bags. It was mid afternoon, so I killed some time on the computer and replied to some E-mails before I decided to take a wander into town to have a look around.
I found a bar, (no surprise there then Wallace), had a drink, decided it was a crap bar, so without letting on to the barman that I though his bar was crap, diplomatically asked where else he might suggest that I go for a drink.......somewhere with people in it perhaps?
"Georgetown" was the reply, so I grabbed a cab and headed there.
Very nice it was too! I found a fair spot to park myself at a bar and people watched as hoards of suit clad men and women filed through the door after a hards days work running the world from the hill. And they could drink! This was only a Wednesday night, but I guess the stress relief that comes from blasting yourself backwards on shots of who knows what does something for them before they get up for another days work in the morning! I met some locals, drank a few (drinks, not locals) and then headed back to bed.
The next day I went on a mission to see some of the sights, all on foot. I walked to the Washington Monument, the WW2 memorial, up the reflection pool to the Lincoln Memorial, across to the Viet Nam wall, down to the Roosevelt Memorial to get some pictures of FDR, round to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial and back to the Elipse to take some pictures of the White House.
That was enough walking for one day, so I headed back to the hostel to drop off my bag and think about heading downtown for a more leisurely look around.
I must have sat down in the TV room for too long, because I woke up two hours later to find an Irish guy called Ian that I'd met in the hostel in Philadelhia, laughing at me. I promptly suggested that we find a place to have a beer and get something to eat........so we did.
So that was another night spent in a bar, before I went to bed to get a good night's sleep before my train ride the next day to North Carolina to find my cousins in time for Christmas!!
It's a shame that I hadn't planned to spend a bit more time in D.C, but I'll try and come back some day.
M
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