This morning it was Isabel's turn to be sick - all over the breakfast table. Liam and I headed over to "Historic George Town". Historic seems to be just another excuse for fancy shopping area, although the back streets were dotted with about ten ex-Kennedy residences and the residential area was very nice.
With time to kill we took a cruise on the Potomac with the high school graduating class from the Russian Embassy, complete with shady looking chaperones. After lunch I went for run through the Mall, over the Arlington Bridge and on to Arlington cemetery where I joined the masses at the Kennedy's final resting place. There were fewer people at the freshly turned soil where the casualties from the latest conflict are!!
In the evening we headed over to Steve O'Hearn's place for dinner. We had a great evening of home cooking and wine whilst the kids spent several hours chasing and collecting fireflies.
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Friday, June 17, 2005
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Day 12 - June 16
Another slow day, this time Liam is out of action. He woke with a bad fever and spent the day in bed trying to recover.
After lunch I took Isabel to the National Zoological Park. We managed to sidestep the crowds and saw a Panda chewing on some bamboo, something they spend 90% of their waking hours doing. The cheetahs, tigers and lions were all in excellent displays and the zoo also had some very good specialty displays. The Amazonian and bird displays were particularly good. Isabel crashed before the train had pulled away from the subway station and slept until carried into the hotel room.
After lunch I took Isabel to the National Zoological Park. We managed to sidestep the crowds and saw a Panda chewing on some bamboo, something they spend 90% of their waking hours doing. The cheetahs, tigers and lions were all in excellent displays and the zoo also had some very good specialty displays. The Amazonian and bird displays were particularly good. Isabel crashed before the train had pulled away from the subway station and slept until carried into the hotel room.
Day 11 - June 15
The girls decided they needed a rest day and as Isabel so eloquently put it, "let the boys do boy things". So Liam and myself headed of to the National Air and Space Museum on The Mall. What started out as a small adventure turned into a whole day affair as we also traveled out to Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Centre (essentially a large, modern hangar that holds many more exhibits).
We saw many of the aircraft that have played some important role in history; the original Wright Brothers 1903 Flyer, the Spirit of St Louis, Bell X -1, Apollo 11 command module Columbia, the Enola Gay, the Space Shuttle Enterprise, and a Concorde. The most amazing thing is that technology has progressed from the Wright Borthers in 1903 to modern day, little over a hundred years.
An afternoon run took in the Vietnam Memorial, the World War II Memorial and also the Lincoln Memorial. I returned after sunset to get some night photos of these stunning sights.
We saw many of the aircraft that have played some important role in history; the original Wright Brothers 1903 Flyer, the Spirit of St Louis, Bell X -1, Apollo 11 command module Columbia, the Enola Gay, the Space Shuttle Enterprise, and a Concorde. The most amazing thing is that technology has progressed from the Wright Borthers in 1903 to modern day, little over a hundred years.
An afternoon run took in the Vietnam Memorial, the World War II Memorial and also the Lincoln Memorial. I returned after sunset to get some night photos of these stunning sights.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
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