Washington Travel Blogs - Page 2

Besides seeing the monuments in this great city, my top priority was to take in as many museums as possible, so I started with the museum of pop culture Smithsonian.Fonzie's Jacket, Archie's chair, Dorothy's slippers, Jackie's pearls, Abe's hat, and Old Glory were just a few of my favorites.  …

Finally, my first photos from my new adventures in Washington DC. The National Cherry Blossom Festival annually commemorates the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to the city of Washington, honouring the lasting friendship between the two countries. For two weeks in March & April Washington DC celebrates with events around the city. But most important is just enjoying the cherry blossom as the city turns pink, particularly around the national monuments.

We arrived very late in D.C. on April the 26th. We planned to be there earlier but we missed our flight from Vegas that morning and therefor we missed our connection etc. But finally we got here. A cab brought us to our nice hotel on L street, so we had a nice location in town. Because we we're tha…

Getting from San Francisco to Washington DC was quite exhausting, as I woke up at the ass crack of dawn at around 4:30AM to catch a 6:05AM flight to Denver and then Baltimore-Washington International. It didn't help that I only had 3 or 4 hours of sleep the night before, as I was busy cleaning…

I believe this was the first one held.  It's a vegetarian get together showcasing food, speakers, animal rights groups in and around the DC area.  I myself am not a vegetarian, but decided to tag along with my friend, who is.  There were vegan food vendors like Sunflower (Chinese), S…

We took the Metro into the city and came up at the Smithsonian station just before 10 AM which allowed us to time our arrival at the Sackler just as it opened.  Located behind the Castle--the original Smithsonian building--the Sackler is usually accessed by wandering through a small garden nam…

I just happened to get there as a tour was starting. It was so many people we were broken into 3 groups. One of the guys in my group asked TONS of questions. He and the guide got into this big technical convo, so i ditched the group. as would be expected this museum has lots of airpl…

In a few words: What a great city! We have to see so much more of this city, so I'm sure that we come back here someday!!! It was a really hot day!! We only saw the most famous buildings and memorials on the National Mall. Some information about it from Wikipedia: …

Spent most of my day at the National Gallery of Art and the National Portrait Museum.  The National Portrait Museum has paintings of all the Presidents that used to hang in the White House, VERY cool.  The National Gallery of Art has the only DaVinci in the States and tons of Van Gogh, Ma…

Monday Well, today I got an unexpected package from the US embassy in Madrid.  It contained the entire contents of my stolen wallet, except the cash and the actual wallet! I don't have to go to DMV to replace my drivers license!! That is a great way to start a week.  :)

Wow!! I finally arrived back home after 20 days, 4 continents, 6 countries, 59 hours of flying and 11 flights!!  I was so happy to get back to Washington. A friend of mine picked me up when I arrived at 7:30am.  We got my luggage and started our 2 hour drive to home.  I had an a…

This blog has been long overdue. But I have the inspiration, so why not write? The cherry blossom festival is an annual festival held in Washington DC to commemorate the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees fro Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to the city of Washington, honoring the lasting friendshi…

Our first year wedding anniversary was 23 June 2008, but it was a Monday and I had to work…no getting out of it. So as soon as I got out of work at 7:00 pm, I headed straight home to change clothes for our evening out.   Ok, I know the title of this is “A Day in Washington D.C.”, but …

Man, DC was one of my favorite places. There were about a million things to see (and lick). I tried hanging out around the White House and getting a shot of Bush, but he never showed up. Man, I don’t even think he lives there! I never saw him. Eventually, I got bored though and did something craz…

I hope this is more like an entry to share what I like to do around DC.Our original plan was to go to dinner at Occidental, a restaurant across the street from the White House. It is supposed to be a really nice restaurant, but since this past week was restaurant week, and that means $35.09 for a f…