Oct. 23rd, 2004

Dee Cee

Oct. 23rd, 2004 01:27 am
annuin: (Jude)
Today we got a much later start than we had wanted to, because the alarm didn't go off. That and we then hung around a while doing other stuff. So we didn't actually make it into the city until around 5pm or so. We decided to do the outdoor stuff because the museums would all either already be closed, or closing soon.

So we started off with the Lincoln Memorial and then walked all the way up the National Mall to the Washington Monument, which was unfortunately closed for renovations. The Lincoln Memorial was also swathed in construction stuff, but still accessible. From the Monument we walked all the way up to the Capitol. By then several hours had passed and the tummies were grumbling, so we headed over to the metro and went to find the Ethiopian restaurant we were planning on eating at. I'd found the restaurant listed online, and it came recommended by Tom and Karen, so that was a bonus.

The food was excellent, and oh so much better than the fried blah crap from Thursday night's meal. The only comment I really had was about the decor/ambiance. It looked, and was, cheap. Someone needed to spend some time in there and even small changes such as peeling off the crappy and sometimes already bubbling or peeling wallpaper, and the cheap and dingy wood panelling and slap on a new coat of vibrant paint would have worked wonders. As would menus that weren't raggedy and tatty. In that respect, Makeda's in New Brunswick seriously kicks Addis Ababa's ass. But that all means little in comparison to the food, and we left with happy full tummies.

Tomorrow we'll be getting an earlier start, hopefully, and we hope to visit several of the Smithsonian museums. PreZ is interested in the aviation and space museum, and I'd like to hit up the Naturall History Museum, and the National Zoo. I can't remember the last time I was in a zoo, it's been ages. The thing that really rocks about D.C. is that many of their museums are free. At least the three I listed are. Much nicer on the wallet than the $18+ that the NYC Natural History museum charges. Okay, I realise that museums need visitors and donations to keep running, but sometimes in NYC you can feel quite gouged if you and a couple of people go somewhere and get charged over $100 in admission.

I'm not sure what our plans for Sunday are, or when we'll be heading back exactly. It's quite possible that we might just load our stuff in the car, check-out, and head into the city via the metro again for a few hours before starting on the drive home.

So far at least I'm enjoying Washington. I have to also say that this city is so much cleaner than NYC. From the streets down to the subway. NYC is filled with much more grit and grime and a kind of primordial ooze. Here even the subway has moodlighting, much like most of the impressive buildings and monuments.

Oh yes. The alarm did actually go off, but in the pm not the am. This wasn't due to us setting it to go off at the wrong time, but because the clock was set wrong to begin with... very fucking helpful...

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