I’ve just uploaded our Virginia and Washington D. C. pictures from our trip back in July. This was over the 4th of July weekend, and we spent about a couple days in VA, and another day in DC. Next will be up the Aruba picture from the wedding we attended, so expect them up over the next couple of weeks or so. Just last weekend we were up in VA and DC again for Thanksgiving. The food was simply ridiculously good – and all the pounds I’ve worked so hard to shed playing on the Austin tennis league over the last few months, have come right back. If I get motivated later tonight I might make it to the gym, but with the weather being cold outside this might be a tall order. Besides the food, I actually managed to win a couple of spades games, which is rather unusual. I must have gotten lucky or maybe it was the moonshine – good stuff by the way! I also got a few games of chess in, and although I felt rusty I managed to hold my own. As a matter of fact, all we did is eat, drink and play card or board games so don’t expect many pictures. Being away from electronics for a few days is rehabilitation indeed – I should do it more often.
After Virginia, we took our rental car and drove down to D.C. to do some more sightseeing. I should probably mention that we were accompanied by Alessandro, who is one of Tina’s coworkers and a good beer buddy of mine. So if you see a guy that seems to be repeatedly in our pictures, that would be him. We stayed at the Grand Hyatt, which was only a few blocks away from the White House and most of the major museums. Hyatts are usually a bit out of our price range, but it seems D.C is not a very popular Thanksgiving destination and as such we were able to get a very good rate. The hotel itself was very nice and we don’t have any real complaints. We had a nice and spacious rooms, the check-in and out were very quick, and the hotel staff handled very well every request that we threw at them – ask Tina for details.
As for DC, we managed to visit most of the Memorials and landmarks. The good news is that most of them are walking distance from each other, the bad news is that there are so many that even the most comfortable shoes will give you blisters. We also managed to visit a couple of museums, namely the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Both of these museums are amazing and well worth your time. And time in them you will spent for they are gigantic, which explains why we only managed to visit two of them. Last but not least, they are free, meaning no over priced tickets that are valid for one day only! I’m so not used to free stuff anymore, seems like one has to pay for everything these days, that I almost felt uncomfortable at – a little donation at the donation box was needed to settle my nerves:) Anyhow, the museums are great, and since there are a lot more things to do and see in DC, I’m sure we will be back sooner or later. Big thanks go out to my buddy Victor who pointed us to some great restaurants and pubs – too bad that he could not actually join us for some spirited late night discussions.
After Virginia, we took our rental car and drove down to D.C. to do some more sightseeing. I should probably mention that we were accompanied by Alessandro, who is one of Tina’s coworkers and a good beer buddy of mine. So if you see a guy that seems to be repeatedly in our pictures, that would be him. We stayed at the Grand Hyatt, which was only a few blocks away from the White House and most of the major museums. Hyatts are usually a bit out of our price range, but it seems D.C is not a very popular Thanksgiving destination and as such we were able to get a very good rate. The hotel itself was very nice and we don’t have any real complaints. We had a nice and spacious rooms, the check-in and out were very quick, and the hotel staff handled very well every request that we threw at them – ask Tina for details.
As for DC, we managed to visit most of the Memorials and landmarks. The good news is that most of them are walking distance from each other, the bad news is that there are so many that even the most comfortable shoes will give you blisters. We also managed to visit a couple of museums, namely the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Both of these museums are amazing and well worth your time. And time in them you will spent for they are gigantic, which explains why we only managed to visit two of them. Last but not least, they are free, meaning no over priced tickets that are valid for one day only! I’m so not used to free stuff anymore, seems like one has to pay for everything these days, that I almost felt uncomfortable at – a little donation at the donation box was needed to settle my nerves:) Anyhow, the museums are great, and since there are a lot more things to do and see in DC, I’m sure we will be back sooner or later. Big thanks go out to my buddy Victor who pointed us to some great restaurants and pubs – too bad that he could not actually join us for some spirited late night discussions.
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