Thursday, January 28, 2010

Last day in D.C

(Apologies for the delay - the internet is faster now, slower at night, and it is 6am here)

Today was the last day in D.C, the weather was a little bit colder but fortunately, I got used to it. I was dropped at the metro and I caught the train which I got off at the Smithsonian - went for a walk towards to the A.Lincoln Memorial, it was good and looks better than last time, last time was partly under construction - I noticed the hands as described from Gallaudet - you know the famous statue (Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet) with the dead kid, the sculpture designer was the same person (Daniel French) he was the one who built the A.Lincoln statue and used the hands for A and L in American Sign Language - they have a theory that they did that because A.Lincoln is very supportive of the Deaf University in D.C - very good history there.


Took many photos - (will be on Facebook though) and then walked through the Korean Memorial, it looks a little different, need to compare the difference to the one I visited back in '99 - then walked back to where the museums are - passing the Washington monument, headed for the Air and Space Museum, purchased few items then went to the food court, had pizza and coke for lunch, sat there for a little while ...thinking.

Then went for a walk towards 12th street, had a pit stop at Starbucks which I got my usual white chocolate mocha then went to the metro center, it was an easy find since I have the map book which is good, went to catch the glemount red line to galladuet and went to the bison store again and bought a hoodie jumper, so comfortable and VERY soft and few postcards (gotta send one of them today!)

Then chilled around at gally for a bit which I met up my friend there for 30 minutes due to unforseenable circumstances - then went back to the metro and caught the train back home, I packed my stuff late that night and then rested for a bit and then went to bed.

Got a early start tomorrow which I am going to New York City by train

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