There is so much more to see and do in Washington – Arlington, the Pentagon, FBI headquarters. Whilst I do pass the last of these on the bus (tick), time is getting short and I still have to get to Philly, NYC and to the Canadian border. Charlotte and I head North – to Baltimore, MD. […]
Author: Valdis
Washington Monuments
The free walking tour is a 4 hr tour around the National Mall. This is where all the great DC monuments are located – the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, WWII, Korean and Vietnam War memorials, the Jefferson, FDR and Martin Luther King Jr memorials etc. We meet near the Jefferson Memorial, and by the time […]
The Nation’s Capital
After reacquainting Charlotte with her home town, and having experienced it’s wonders for a couple of well lubricated days, it’s time to head north. Time is quickly running out – I only have 14 days left before my visa runs out and too much to see and do. Our destination is Washington, DC, usually around […]
Charlottesville Cider
The next day, Charlotte wants to show me more of her hometown. The countryside is beautiful, sun shining, t-shirt warm, and for lunch we stop in at one of the nearby wineries known for it’s garden seating, Jefferson Vineyards. It was here back near the start of the 1800s that he was the first in […]