Greetings from a steaming Washington.I had all of an hour and a half free when I arrived on Friday so I jumped in a cab and did a whistle stop tour of some of the more famous sights.
I just missed a great picture as Obama's helicopter came in low and fast, landing on a shielded section of theWhite House lawn .I've got to be a bit quicker off the mark I guess.
As you would expect the security around the White House is tight.
Washington strikes me as a nice place to live albeit unbearably hot at the moment. Like Ottawa where I grew up its clean as only capital cities seem to be. I'd heard over the years that its a dangerous city, but in talking to cab drivers and people familiar with the place there seems to have been fairly dramatic progress in cleaning up many of the problems. I never felt even a whiff of threat though restricted as I am to the core "touristy" bits of the city, I imagine they're pretty much sterilised.
As I said earlier, I haven't had much time over the weekend beyond the convention hall-restaurant-hotel treadmill, so there really aren't any flashes on insight forthcoming.
I'm on my last day and will be back in Ann Arbor tomorrow.
As you would expect the security around the White House is tight.
Washington strikes me as a nice place to live albeit unbearably hot at the moment. Like Ottawa where I grew up its clean as only capital cities seem to be. I'd heard over the years that its a dangerous city, but in talking to cab drivers and people familiar with the place there seems to have been fairly dramatic progress in cleaning up many of the problems. I never felt even a whiff of threat though restricted as I am to the core "touristy" bits of the city, I imagine they're pretty much sterilised.
As I said earlier, I haven't had much time over the weekend beyond the convention hall-restaurant-hotel treadmill, so there really aren't any flashes on insight forthcoming.
I'm on my last day and will be back in Ann Arbor tomorrow.Stay well everyone
T
1 comment:
Quite like DC, some good bars, although prefer NYC, or Boston; think the days of sharps being picked up on the White House lawn are gone (I hope) now. Although, that may simply reflect a change in preferred choice of route of intoxicant administration.
What I don't like about DC is the airport(IAD), closures in Winter and their immigration lines, which are legendary. Took me 2 hours to effect entry last month, even with a shiny new chipped passport and fluffy ESTA.
Take care
TR-HW
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