With the delay, I continue to share with you the exciting adventures of my four weeks on the road in December. Tonight, the Washington program or Julien, Mehdi and I are remnants of 29 December and 1 January!
After a night on the bus acting as a liaison between Boston and Washington, here we finally arrive, it is 6 o'clock in the morning, it is very cold, the reception of our hostel does not open until 8 o'clock, then we just had to wait ..! Then comes what Mehdi called the worst leg of the trip, 2 hours waiting in the bus terminal after a sleepless night, hungry! The television images of the terminal transcribe the foiled attack in a loop, we understand very quickly the American psychosis when we see how the media handle the case. I fall asleep on my bag, Mehdi woke at 7.30 towards the hostel! Out of the terminal, we are fighting against a wind of force 100 to arrive at the subway station!
Out of the station, we walk a few meters and landed by chance front of our hostel, the first giggle of a long series strikes us then. is a large old house in height and secluded from other houses, and enthroned before it deflated different Christmas decorations giving the place a chaotic aspect. Once in the hostel, the laughter continues, the inn is full of kitschy decorations all over each other, the Santas that sing with a guitar ... etc. The reception actually opens qu'9 hours, then we collapse in the hall, open air current and in the middle of Santas in madness ... even a giggle! The rooms were only available from 12 noon, we finally fall asleep in the lounge of the hostel until they pick us.
A shower and a meal (canned spaghetti .. yum) later, here we have the assault on Washington DC. We're going from one surprise already: ca quail !!!!! Next: Washington's all quiet, no buildings, greenery: a real change after New York, Toronto and Boston! We arrive at the "Federal Triangle" where everything is to see: the White House, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, a breathtaking view of the Capitol.
Despite the cold and wind, we all marveled at the 3, it is fine, we are facing the Lincoln Memorial, to our right: the white house, behind the Washington Monument and the Capitol. One of those moments that we never forget ...
Washington Monument:
We are approaching the White House, having great difficulty realize what happens to us is party to a series of photos ...
The sun sets over Washington, the wind has been completed, then we decide to go get warm by going to a game of NBA: The Washington Wizzards against the Oklahoma City Thunder ! Kevin Durant and awesome BG! Oklahoma victory, not a surprise according to the experts!
The next day we return to the Federal Triangle to enjoy more with less wind this time! We see the White House the other side and seeing a whole tiny demonstration for peace. But then the little demo!
Branch then the Capitol, grandiose, Library of Congress, magnificent, the Supreme Court, which has the look divine in the sunset ...
The Capitol
The Library of Congress:
The Supreme Court:
We return then to the Lincoln Memorial after dark, a spectacular view of the Washington Monument, an immediate thought to Forest Gump, well it's true I could also think of Martin Luther King is delivering his famous "I Have a Dream "But it was Forest that are my first thoughts! The statue Lincoln is very impressive, some speeches are engraved on the sides, opposite Lincoln, the Washington Monument behind, I still can not ... A magical day, beautiful head full of images.
Back at the hostel, we think has finally our plans for the Eve, Sarah is in New York, we are supposed to join her the next day, but have no home to New York for the night of 31, with no planned evening, and reflect on the prospect of waiting outside in -7 degrees to 16 hours to 1 am, we are all more or less enthusiastic ... That's how we spend a few minutes of a Eve in Times Square has a Christmas Eve in Washington ... Decision to start me briiiiiiiiiiiiiise the heart but I do not regret later!
On 31 December, after a visit to Arlington Cemetery or John, Jackie and Robert Kennedy are buried, we find Sarah in the early evening.
Tomb of the Kennedy family:
It rains, the fireworks of the Washington Monument is set aside, in short I'm quite pessimistic about the fate of our Christmas Eve! After having bribed the people at the supermarket to buy a drink to celebrate the passage in 2010, we are back at the hostel where we start the appetizer has 4 ...
... An aperitif that never actually end, Korean, Brazilian, Uruguayan, German together for the count ...
A new year, which had nothing for him at first, which ended up being a memorable evening and génialissime (although ...) The spirit HILLTOP (name of the inn mad) has struck!
The next day, after a rude awakening bringing a lot of surprises (oh well I got postitive Korean with email addresses in my underwear?)-A picture of Korea to celebrate - departing for New York new adventures await us ...
Washington, one of the best steps the journey full of discoveries, encounters unlikely, crazy laugh ...
