All Smithsonian Out.....

We've walked, crawled and stumbled through so many of this city's museums, art galleries and Smithsonian's that we'll be glad to put our feet up on the train on Thursday when we head for Chicago for some respite. An absolute amazing array of history, artwork and artefacts, well worth it i say and we are both so glad we came here. See some of the 'stuff' we saw here. PnD xx

The Nations Capital WASHINGTON DC

Anal......that's how best describes this city on its design! Adelaide, Canberra are the same! The streets run in grids, starting at A street then cross with 1st street then they maybe crossed with streets named after cities or states of the US. We are at a very lovely B&B in the suburb of Shaw on 5th street, close to the corner of P street and up the road a bit is Florida Rd...get the picture LOL! Don't get me wrong its beautiful here all the streets, roads and avenues are tree lined, Derek is spewing cause the trees they have here are trees we have in the garden and are no way near as big. They grow ornamental Maples in the verge. However they do need to trim a lot of them up makes it difficult for people to walk on footpaths or the best is 'ducking' whilst on the open deck of the hop on - hop off double decker bus tour around the city. Their monuments to their Presidents and World Wars are spectacular and HUGE, let alone Capitol Hill and the White House, Pentagon was a fizzer. Funny though you were told not to take pictures, YEAH RIGHT!! everyone started snapping as soon as we got within range!! LOL We did all 3 routes 48hr pass of the hop on - hop off bus (great way to see a city) orientated ourselves, so today we will hit the Museums and Smithsonian's. Here are some pic of DC, PnD xx

Boston Strong!

That's what Bostonians call themselves. This city is so full of history and so pretty. Our stay here has been somewhat fun and a little more relaxing than anticipated. Our accommodation was a little further out than we had thought, so it was a train, bus and walk to and from the house and the city. Winthrop is a 'town' on the other side of the harbour of Boston, on the other side of the airport, land was reclaimed and built right next to the city. So we didn't do much at night but boy did we do daytime stuff, again we walked all over the city. Our hosts were so good, a couple of gay guys, 1 was a flight attendant (go figure) and the other was a veterinarian anaesthetist and his mother who was visiting from Florida! Here are some highlights. PnD xx