Washington Travel Blogs - Page 6

I arrived into Washington around 7:30 pm after a great flight.  My business class seat was as always a comfortable ride.  I was able to have a few drinks, watch a movie and catch up on some sleep.  Another great trip.. done and dusted!! Till next time!!

I took a trip to DC to go to the hill for ALS Advocacy week. Basically to try and pass a bill to help people with disease that my father also has Lou Gehrigs (aka ALS). I got to meet some interesting people and quite a few congressmen too-- that was interesting.

The next time I post, I should be in Hong Kong (or else bored on the stop over in NJ).  My passport issue was resolved around 4:45pm today when IAG called me and told me I could swing by to pick up my new RFID passport. (Fear. Check out the link for info on RFID enabled passports and how they …

Started the preparations today.   Tasks accomplished: 1) registered w. TravBuddy; 2) Picked destination (see photo)

Non-running highlights: the tent almost blowing off the back of the stands, RB running several blocks to get a burger, our busdriver navigating through the streets of DC. It was supposed to rain heavily today so I left the camera and sunscreen at home.  The sun decided to make an appear…

  last night we got into DC around 6:00 pm.  We were headed to our hotel, which is in Maryland, but I saw an exit that took us to the Capitol area, so I peeled off to the right.  The weather was really nice.  Probably mid-80s and humid.  I drove up a street, down a street …

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…

I spent an amazing three weeks in India visiting my wife's family. From Kochi to Munar, Mumbai to Bhopal, and Washim to New Delhi I had an amazing adventure.

That was the noise we all heard as the plane was taxiing to the runway for takeoff.  After about 20 minutes of taxiing, the pilot comes on the intercom and says that we needed to head back to the terminal so that the mechanics could check out the problem and see if it was just some piece of lo…

I've never done a blog before.  I'm not much of a speller, so I've always just sat back and enjoyed my friend Kelly's blog's instead.  I've never gone a trip such as this before either.  I decided today- due to lack of sleep and to much coffee I'm sure, that Kelly had done enough wor…

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…

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 …

So today is the day that we returned back home.  Jess and I met at Heathrow at 5:30 to fly home.  We took a direct flight back to Dulles which was good.  The plane was only half full which meant I had a whole row to lay down and go to sleep.  It was all over a great trip.&n…

After dozing off at 2 in the morning, the sleeper attendant woke me up at the butt crack of dawn for breakfast. I'm like what time is it and he said "6 AM". Good god man, I'm on vacation. We were due to arrive in DC by 7:30. So off I went to get breakfast. I sat with this little old lady who said s…

As a native of the DC/MD/VA area I have a soft spot for the sights of the region and try to visit the National Tree each year between Christmas and New Year's. I have family that still lives in the area and a friend from high school who now works for the Library of Congress lives in Alexandria, so we always have someone to visit, which makes the trip even more enjoyable. Here are a few shots from our most recent trip.