Washington DC
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Due to working responsibilities, Rob and myself got sent to the place where we were originally supposed to spend our 6 months - Washinton DC. I left on Sunday and flew in to the freezing DC and caught a taxi to Mc Lean - Virginia, which is about 15 minutes outside the capital. The best part about the trip is that we are staying in the Ritz Carlton - so pimpin. It has to be the most awesome hotel I have stayed in ever - from the Ritz slippers to the chocolates on the pillows to the "only way to get to the top floors (my room) is to swipe your card in the elevator" to the free champagne after work. You appreciate these small things when a hotel is your home! View from my room...
We had a rough week at work and hit the town on Thursday night for a few beers with a couple of the guys from the team that came with us.
Ricardo and Greg and Marky Mark the rapper.
We headed out of Tysons corner to stay in a hotel in the city for the weekend to do some sightseeing.
On Saturday we headed out and started of at the White House...
We tried to take a short cut across the road and as Rob lifted his leg to step over the below pictured chain, we heard a "SIR". Out of the blue there was a police officer about to taezer him if his foot hit the tar. So funny.
Then we hit the Washington monument...
The World War II memorial - took a pic for every state we have been to - check out the gallery for the rest...
And the Lincoln Memorial with the reflecting pool (empty) where Forrest Gump run into the water to meet Jenny...
One more photo of the "Monument"...
We also checked out some of the Museums and US Capitol building.
After a good weather day (still about 10 degrees celcius - see the pick of the hairy guy playing soccer in no shirt?? in the gallery), Sunday I woke up and looked out the window and it was snowing, hard. We went out side, made a few snowballs and threw them at the Faragut statue in the park (until we hit him in the head) - that was fun.
We walked a couple of blocks in the snow trying to find a place to get a haircut but couldn't, so we went back to the hotel and phoned a couple of numbers and evetually found a place. When we got there it was slighly different to what we expected...
After the visit to the Barber Shop we called it a day - back to work (and the Ritz - Yessa!) tomorrow. Check out the gallery for some other pearlers.
We had a rough week at work and hit the town on Thursday night for a few beers with a couple of the guys from the team that came with us.
Ricardo and Greg and Marky Mark the rapper.
We headed out of Tysons corner to stay in a hotel in the city for the weekend to do some sightseeing.
On Saturday we headed out and started of at the White House...
We tried to take a short cut across the road and as Rob lifted his leg to step over the below pictured chain, we heard a "SIR". Out of the blue there was a police officer about to taezer him if his foot hit the tar. So funny.
Then we hit the Washington monument...
The World War II memorial - took a pic for every state we have been to - check out the gallery for the rest...
And the Lincoln Memorial with the reflecting pool (empty) where Forrest Gump run into the water to meet Jenny...
One more photo of the "Monument"...
We also checked out some of the Museums and US Capitol building.
After a good weather day (still about 10 degrees celcius - see the pick of the hairy guy playing soccer in no shirt?? in the gallery), Sunday I woke up and looked out the window and it was snowing, hard. We went out side, made a few snowballs and threw them at the Faragut statue in the park (until we hit him in the head) - that was fun.
We walked a couple of blocks in the snow trying to find a place to get a haircut but couldn't, so we went back to the hotel and phoned a couple of numbers and evetually found a place. When we got there it was slighly different to what we expected...
After the visit to the Barber Shop we called it a day - back to work (and the Ritz - Yessa!) tomorrow. Check out the gallery for some other pearlers.
