Washington what a beautiful town - but who knew it was built on a swamp? Beautiful, awe inspiring, magnificent buildings, millions of tourists - although mainly Americans on holiday which is good to see; great food - with a wild selection of restaurants from Abysinnian to Yoruba and everything in between; pretty confusing underground train system - you often have to walk about a mile between platforms; and lots of mosquitos.
The White House was rather underwhelming - mainly because tourists can only see it from the road and not the side with the balcony that is always shown on television.
On the other hand the Lincoln Memorial really is awe inspiring - even with the reflecting pool currently under renovation.  |
| Not a lot of reflection going on here! |
Great museums and mainly all free - my favourite was the Museum of Modern History - who couldn't like a museum with a replica of Julia Childs kitchen? Richies favourite was the Newseum - not free but fantastic all the same. The 9/11 area in the Newseum was quite disturbing - and then to come to NYC and see the ground zero really pulls you up short!
Onto NYC - this could be a new love affair (or maybe a one night stand) - love the energy, love Central Park, love the free Statten Island ferry, love Little Italy and the guy with his ear sliced off (shush!); love upper West Side (the Jewish Park Avenue - where we are staying), love that pedestrians own the road - no one obeys the stop signals - "I'm walkin' here!!!!!" ……. however like a one night stand it could be a short love affair - don't love the rudeness of New Yorkers - like the girl who jammed me up in the metro turn stile because I was too slow…. … still we have two weeks for this relationship to develop so will see if its a keeper or not.
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| Not quite Sex in the City........ |
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| Little Italy NYC |
Oh forgot to mention Boston - not too much to say really - nice city, lots of history, GREAT accents….. we stayed with friends in Somerville and mainly ate and drank…….
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| cutest diner in Boston with the worlds oldest waitress |
We did have a bit of culture in the way of the Kennedy Library - very impressive and classy museum.
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