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Hey hey!
Well, Nikkers and I went on our little vacation last week and we had a good
time. The plane rides there were smooth enough, no delays and all. I don't
think Nikki or I are particularly fond of flying, but not to a point that we
can't do it. The time is saves is great, it's just an unnerving feeling.
We got up Sunday and drove to DC and headed straight for the zoo which was
good. I have mixed emotions on zoos as a whole but the DC one was nice and
seems to be always improving. We then found our hotel and walked to get
some diner at an Eritrean restuarant called Dahlak. It's similar to
Ethiopian I'm told, most notably in the way it is eaten. There are no
utensiles, you use a bread called ingara that is kind of spoungy and flat.
From what I've heard, a lot of Northern African countries have many
vegetarian/vegan dishes, so we shared a platter of appetizers and it was
great. Afterwords Nikki and I walked around town, me having never been to
DC just to see what's what. After walking up the street a little while we decided to double back and walk all the way down to the Mall and the Whitehouse. It had to be about 9 at night at this point and we passed so many neat embassies and the National Geographic Society and finally as we approached the park in front of the Whitehouse we see flashing lights and cops and trailers...We keep walking and the police (who seem a bit annoyed) say that Angelina Jolie is in town filming some new movie. The flashing lights were a set up and they were filming fake news casts. we found this out later when walking back up, we realized they had to re-shoot a scene because we were strolling around while the guy was saying "This is NOT a secure location..."..whoops.
The next day we did most of the touristy things...Washington Monument, Smithsonian, Capital Building, Lincoln Memorial...etc...but it was great. I think you'd have to live there to really be able to take it all in. In front of the Whitehouse were several different protests including one featuring Tibetans and supporters which coincided with protests being held all over the world. Really neat.
We then went back to Newport News. The next day we went to Yorktown and saw Revolutionary War battlefields and old buildings and such..The follwowing day we hit the beachfront and the Aquarium in Norfolk. Both were pretty great.
After that we took a day off and worked on different things and kind of relaxed. I got new running shoes and we took Kurt to see Watchmen, which was pretty great. The following day we went back to Norfolk to the Chrysler Museum which was awesome. They had a huge glass collection which included everything from current artists to first century Roman glass. They had some really great multicultural exhibits down stairs, then tons of western art from about the 15th century on. The one thing that really stuck out to me in all of the was the set of Albrecht Durer prints. Really fantastic.
The way home was a bit more adventuresome. We were scheduled to leave at 730pm and the plane was there at 730, however due to weather in Atlanta we couldn't leave until 930. We get to Atlanta and immediately board our plane to St. Louis. We finally arrive in StL at 1230. We managed to catch a shuttle (even though the cab-seller-guy told us they stopped at 1030 and it was a mile or two walk to the parking lot...) and hit the road. Finally about 20 minutes from home we manage to hit a deer. I felt really bad because Nikki was really freaking out and because we hurt the deer. We didn't kill her but her leg was definetly hurt. The car is ok, needs some insurance-covered work, and we're fine so i guess that's all good.
that's our trip. right now we're also planing to go to Disney in May and Belize in August (Cockscomb!!!!!!!!).
!!
kent
Well, Nikkers and I went on our little vacation last week and we had a good
time. The plane rides there were smooth enough, no delays and all. I don't
think Nikki or I are particularly fond of flying, but not to a point that we
can't do it. The time is saves is great, it's just an unnerving feeling.
We got up Sunday and drove to DC and headed straight for the zoo which was
good. I have mixed emotions on zoos as a whole but the DC one was nice and
seems to be always improving. We then found our hotel and walked to get
some diner at an Eritrean restuarant called Dahlak. It's similar to
Ethiopian I'm told, most notably in the way it is eaten. There are no
utensiles, you use a bread called ingara that is kind of spoungy and flat.
From what I've heard, a lot of Northern African countries have many
vegetarian/vegan dishes, so we shared a platter of appetizers and it was
great. Afterwords Nikki and I walked around town, me having never been to
DC just to see what's what. After walking up the street a little while we decided to double back and walk all the way down to the Mall and the Whitehouse. It had to be about 9 at night at this point and we passed so many neat embassies and the National Geographic Society and finally as we approached the park in front of the Whitehouse we see flashing lights and cops and trailers...We keep walking and the police (who seem a bit annoyed) say that Angelina Jolie is in town filming some new movie. The flashing lights were a set up and they were filming fake news casts. we found this out later when walking back up, we realized they had to re-shoot a scene because we were strolling around while the guy was saying "This is NOT a secure location..."..whoops.
The next day we did most of the touristy things...Washington Monument, Smithsonian, Capital Building, Lincoln Memorial...etc...but it was great. I think you'd have to live there to really be able to take it all in. In front of the Whitehouse were several different protests including one featuring Tibetans and supporters which coincided with protests being held all over the world. Really neat.
We then went back to Newport News. The next day we went to Yorktown and saw Revolutionary War battlefields and old buildings and such..The follwowing day we hit the beachfront and the Aquarium in Norfolk. Both were pretty great.
After that we took a day off and worked on different things and kind of relaxed. I got new running shoes and we took Kurt to see Watchmen, which was pretty great. The following day we went back to Norfolk to the Chrysler Museum which was awesome. They had a huge glass collection which included everything from current artists to first century Roman glass. They had some really great multicultural exhibits down stairs, then tons of western art from about the 15th century on. The one thing that really stuck out to me in all of the was the set of Albrecht Durer prints. Really fantastic.
The way home was a bit more adventuresome. We were scheduled to leave at 730pm and the plane was there at 730, however due to weather in Atlanta we couldn't leave until 930. We get to Atlanta and immediately board our plane to St. Louis. We finally arrive in StL at 1230. We managed to catch a shuttle (even though the cab-seller-guy told us they stopped at 1030 and it was a mile or two walk to the parking lot...) and hit the road. Finally about 20 minutes from home we manage to hit a deer. I felt really bad because Nikki was really freaking out and because we hurt the deer. We didn't kill her but her leg was definetly hurt. The car is ok, needs some insurance-covered work, and we're fine so i guess that's all good.
that's our trip. right now we're also planing to go to Disney in May and Belize in August (Cockscomb!!!!!!!!).
!!
kent