Washington Travel Blogs - Page 5

Usually,I prefer seeing places rather than showing!But lately, I became a "personal tourist guide" w/o even realizing it.. Right after I got back fr Argentina & Uruguay for my Spring break, a good friend of mine fr Indianapolis came to visit me. We went to alot of places & it was alot of driving, but we had so much fun. Then, right after I dropped her at the airport, my sister from Phoenix flight's landed. Next!...

So my sister traveled with me to Washington D.C. for a week and we went to Mt. Vernon, the Smithsonian Mall, Kings Dominion, etc.  Well, one day, when we were coming back from the Mall, we had a two hour wait at the bus station.  It was really hot out, so we crossed the street to sit unde…

What to do for July 4th? That was the question my friend and I were asking at midnight on the 3rd. Washington DC was the suggestion...only a 6 hour drive from Ohio. The fireworks at Washington Monument. Why not?We drove the 6 hours to just outside Washington DC and parked at a Metro station mak…

From Richmond, VA (where I lived during my year in the US) it took us about 2,5 hours to drive to Washington DC. In the car with me: my hostmom, my hostbrother Ryan and my two best friends Sally and Carol. And yes American high ways are the most boring roads I have ever been on. You can't see …

I traveled to Washington DC for the first time this past weekend, it was amazing. Beautiful monuments, memorials, and weather. I walked the entire "mall", visiting the White House, Smithsonians, and everything else!

Weather: very sunny, very windy, eventually warm.   (When I say very windy, I'm not joking.  We watched one of our girls almost get blown over as she ran). AC won either the 1600 or 3200m, I can't remember right now which one for sure. The running highlight for us was watching TW r…

The reunion took us to Twin Oaks, a house owned by the Republic of China (Taiwan) government in the upscale ambassador neighborhood of Washington DC. The we stopped by the zoo 5 minutes away to see the pandas (good that the zoo did not charge admission, since we were there for only about 30 minutes…

San Fran,Los Angeles,Santa Cruz (California),Portland(Oregon), Seattle, Forks,La Push, Levenworth,Mount Erie (Washington),(Idaho),Missoula, West Yellowstone,Yellowstone National Park(Montana),Grand Teton, Jackson, Devil's Tower(Wyoming), Salt Lake City,St George, Zion, Bryce Canyon (Utah), Honolulu (Oahu Island, Hawaii), Las Vegas(Nevada),Rapid City,Mount Rushmore,Black hills,Deadwood(South Dakota),Buffalo(NY), Washington DC

…and now we have finally arrived at the day of the Inauguration of President Barack Obama!   Strategically we awoke in shifts.  Steve took the 3am shower slot, I was 3:15, and Chris had the 3:30.  In our zombie trance we made it out of the apartment by 4am and hit the met…

Post cards from 44 of the 50 States.

This was our seven day family vacation to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. There were 17 of us shairing a large house very close to the beach. Crazy stuff, good times, and lots of sun!!

My one day trip to Washington DC was just a quick stop. I tried to get to see as much as I could. Next time I'd like to stay a couple of days.

I am here in Washington now, waiting for the South African airline ticket counter to open.  I arrived from Raleigh with no issue, but since I had such a delay for my next flight and it want on the board, I asked someone at American Airlines if they knew the counter. They said I had to go back …

And, finally, an e-mail note from B on Tuesday: My flight was smooth and on time, my luggage arrived on two different planes (neither was the one on which I flew to DC), I didn't get home till midnight, I dragged my luggage (no skycaps in sight), and yet here I am on Tuesday without any significan…

We caught a flight on Qatar Airways DIRECT from Doha, Qatar to DC! Hey, if you ever plan on flying on a 13 1/2 hour non-stop flight.. make sure they have the individual tv screens.. That makes ALL the difference.. Luckily the time just cruised (haha get it) by.. ok.. not th…