September 4, 2001
The Capitol
We drove this morning to New Carrolton and caught the Metro for
our nation's capital, Washington, D.C. We exited Federal Center SW
station and had lunch at a Korean luncheon with American food. We
walked the mall and photographed the Capitol and visited the Air
& Space Museum.
Coolest Thing in D.C.!
Jana wanted to go up in the Washington Monument, but it was
closed for restoration - What's to restore? The place is made of
granite block! So we just took a photo of the big obelisk and moved
on. It was getting hot. We saw the Vietnam Memorial and visited
President Lincoln.
Closed for Renovations
We then made another big trek over to Georgetown and saw the
Watergate on our way. We drank a couple of beers at Chadwick's,
then we walked across the bridge and caught the Metro at Roslyn.
(Georgetown is too good to have a Metro station in their part of
town; they prefer to walk across the bridge to Arlington and catch
it.)
Georgetown
We drove the Baltimore-Washington Parkway to Odenton and
planned to take back roads from there. THEY MOVED EVERYTHING! All
my roads are gone, replaced by ones I don't know how to use. There
was a stupid Bass Pro Shop that appeared to have it's own exit
where nature was supposed to be.
We got to the Inner Harbor Holiday Inn in Baltimore
(Priceline.com - $50) before 8:00p.m. We got some take-out subs at
a little hole-in-the-wall place within a block of our hotel and
then watched TV. We were tired from D.C. Great room! Awesome cheese
steaks - best Jana ever had!
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