Howdy...just put up my update from yesterday....right no in somewhere in Maryland south of Baltimore having a coffee trying to wake up. I'm just bagged right now. My head is clear but I'm so tired.
I'm not going to post a full update right now...I've got some driving to do tonight...gonna get past Philly and ny....I got caught in traffic around DC I guess....I'm getting fed up with driving in big cities.
Anyways, I'm going to shoot for north of NYC tonight....6hrs I'm thinking. Then ramble fro most of the day tomorrow and write an update from today.
Cheers every one.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Update from wendsday 17th
Wed night
Well I'm not sure when I will post this so I can't open this with a good evening or morning...so I'll go with howdy.
Well let's see....after I signed off last, I was sitting at the Rock Bottom brew pub....relaxing....went 'home' got comfy and crashed out...only to be woken up a few hrs later by the pitter patter of rain.....and wind. I woke up and looked outside, just a normal rain, nothing special....then the waves of rain and wind started...and lightning....then it went nuts! Like within 2 mon all he'll broke loose! It was sweet....especially with the roof! Super heavy rain, big wind, and lots of lightning....it was a good show!
Back to sleep, woke up to see one bus pass...shit. Ok gatta get moving....and then another one passed...double shit. Well prob gatta walk now. Brush my teeth, and Rebeca pulls up! Hey!....she said...She had to do a quick couple things with her family and then she was free for a bit. So I got to meet the family she works for, and we went for coffee. Nice visit...then she left and I got on the metro...off to the Holocaust Museum.
Found my way there, and in I went. I had decided previously that I was not going to take pictures....I thought it would be in bad taste and I would not put them on my albums to show ppl anyway....it's not for me to show people that...it's their choice....anyways...there was no pics allowed anyway. Good deal.
I won't go into detail of what is in there. But I will say that it was extremely well done. The architecture of the museum was done in a cold, hard way...it was done like this to resemble the camps and such. Lots of steel, bars, brick, and stone.
You enter the museum on the first floor and take an elevator to the fourth floor then start making your way down. You start with a history of how Hitler and his party came to power and all of the reasons why it happened the way it did. From there into the roots of antisemitism and the roots of the hatred toward the Jews, and other groups....then to how Hitler started acquiring more territory with out war and the beginnings of the movement to purify the German race....also how the jews were told to leave...but they had no place to go...other countries didn't want them. From there to the invasion of Poland and Europe and to the 'Final solution' Then to fall of the empire, what happened to the surviving Jews and the fallout. Very well done museum/ memorial. Lots of artifacts, literature, and videos. Some heavy stuff. Also they had an exhibit all about Nazi propaganda and how it was used....I did not have enough time to really read all the little things because the museum was going to close but I got the jist of it.
So I came out of there after about 5 or 6 hrs...feeling kinda drained....and started to make my way towards the Verizon Centre for the Caps game. Nice walk over...went past the white house and thru a very rich uppity district with some nice clubs and lounges. Found the rink, over heard a scalper trying to unload a single....so I walk by and he asked what I needed....single I say...'I got one here for ya man, 65$ ticket...you can have it for 40$' I said.....I'm gonna go look around see what else is out there...'how much you wanna pay....30$?'....I said I gatta to crack a 10.....'20$ is good' Done!!! Fair deal! So I go and get a burrito...the line was long so I assumed it was good.....well it was cheap and good!
Off to the game...for a 65$ ticket, my nose was sure bleeding! So I the first steve, scope out my next move, got my mark, section and row all figured...end of the first steve I make my way down...but the rows I counted were wrong....there was a bunch of folding seats that screwed me up and my mark was gone. So I moved to a different section....watched the first half of the second, found a spot and made a move....good seat for 20$. Great game as well, Caps won 3-2 over the Sabers in their sweet throwbacks! Oh! I forgot! I caught a burrito T-shirt! And taped to it was a card for a free burrito from the place I went to earlier! So after the game I head back there and grab a burrito bowl...did not know if I'd ever see one of those places again...so I figured I'd top up, slam back a big pile of food....kinda like a snake!
Start making my way to the metro...where the track I need to be on appears to be shut down for an emergency or something....still not sure I make my way to the other track and ask someone if she knew what the deal was....she did not know either, cue she was a Canadian from Toronto! WTF! I must have Canadian radar lol! So we had a quick chat and went our separate ways.
The train operator was hilarious...he was making psa's jokes, and being very...just funny! Get to my stop, all the busses are done so I begin my walk back to the van....thank you for the directions Rebecca! And here I sit, charging my phone, camera battery, watching Xfiles and writing this.
I'm doing a good job fighting this cold, it seems to be contained in my nose, throat, and chest....I think this is why I couldn't run all that well the other day.
I think tomorrow will be the rest of the air and space museum at Dulles airport, and then if I can find it, Arlington cemetery. Then start north to jersey or Boston....
I'm thinking I'm not going to have time to hit up the rock....but to be honest I'm not too bummed about that....I don't want to do to Newfoundland what I did to Yellowstone park. I can always fly there or road trip it there with a friend and spend a proper amount of time there.
Anyways it's now 0103 EST and it's bed time....think I'll go pee on a tree in a million dollar subdivision! Fancy!
Cheers
Well I'm not sure when I will post this so I can't open this with a good evening or morning...so I'll go with howdy.
Well let's see....after I signed off last, I was sitting at the Rock Bottom brew pub....relaxing....went 'home' got comfy and crashed out...only to be woken up a few hrs later by the pitter patter of rain.....and wind. I woke up and looked outside, just a normal rain, nothing special....then the waves of rain and wind started...and lightning....then it went nuts! Like within 2 mon all he'll broke loose! It was sweet....especially with the roof! Super heavy rain, big wind, and lots of lightning....it was a good show!
Back to sleep, woke up to see one bus pass...shit. Ok gatta get moving....and then another one passed...double shit. Well prob gatta walk now. Brush my teeth, and Rebeca pulls up! Hey!....she said...She had to do a quick couple things with her family and then she was free for a bit. So I got to meet the family she works for, and we went for coffee. Nice visit...then she left and I got on the metro...off to the Holocaust Museum.
Found my way there, and in I went. I had decided previously that I was not going to take pictures....I thought it would be in bad taste and I would not put them on my albums to show ppl anyway....it's not for me to show people that...it's their choice....anyways...there was no pics allowed anyway. Good deal.
I won't go into detail of what is in there. But I will say that it was extremely well done. The architecture of the museum was done in a cold, hard way...it was done like this to resemble the camps and such. Lots of steel, bars, brick, and stone.
You enter the museum on the first floor and take an elevator to the fourth floor then start making your way down. You start with a history of how Hitler and his party came to power and all of the reasons why it happened the way it did. From there into the roots of antisemitism and the roots of the hatred toward the Jews, and other groups....then to how Hitler started acquiring more territory with out war and the beginnings of the movement to purify the German race....also how the jews were told to leave...but they had no place to go...other countries didn't want them. From there to the invasion of Poland and Europe and to the 'Final solution' Then to fall of the empire, what happened to the surviving Jews and the fallout. Very well done museum/ memorial. Lots of artifacts, literature, and videos. Some heavy stuff. Also they had an exhibit all about Nazi propaganda and how it was used....I did not have enough time to really read all the little things because the museum was going to close but I got the jist of it.
So I came out of there after about 5 or 6 hrs...feeling kinda drained....and started to make my way towards the Verizon Centre for the Caps game. Nice walk over...went past the white house and thru a very rich uppity district with some nice clubs and lounges. Found the rink, over heard a scalper trying to unload a single....so I walk by and he asked what I needed....single I say...'I got one here for ya man, 65$ ticket...you can have it for 40$' I said.....I'm gonna go look around see what else is out there...'how much you wanna pay....30$?'....I said I gatta to crack a 10.....'20$ is good' Done!!! Fair deal! So I go and get a burrito...the line was long so I assumed it was good.....well it was cheap and good!
Off to the game...for a 65$ ticket, my nose was sure bleeding! So I the first steve, scope out my next move, got my mark, section and row all figured...end of the first steve I make my way down...but the rows I counted were wrong....there was a bunch of folding seats that screwed me up and my mark was gone. So I moved to a different section....watched the first half of the second, found a spot and made a move....good seat for 20$. Great game as well, Caps won 3-2 over the Sabers in their sweet throwbacks! Oh! I forgot! I caught a burrito T-shirt! And taped to it was a card for a free burrito from the place I went to earlier! So after the game I head back there and grab a burrito bowl...did not know if I'd ever see one of those places again...so I figured I'd top up, slam back a big pile of food....kinda like a snake!
Start making my way to the metro...where the track I need to be on appears to be shut down for an emergency or something....still not sure I make my way to the other track and ask someone if she knew what the deal was....she did not know either, cue she was a Canadian from Toronto! WTF! I must have Canadian radar lol! So we had a quick chat and went our separate ways.
The train operator was hilarious...he was making psa's jokes, and being very...just funny! Get to my stop, all the busses are done so I begin my walk back to the van....thank you for the directions Rebecca! And here I sit, charging my phone, camera battery, watching Xfiles and writing this.
I'm doing a good job fighting this cold, it seems to be contained in my nose, throat, and chest....I think this is why I couldn't run all that well the other day.
I think tomorrow will be the rest of the air and space museum at Dulles airport, and then if I can find it, Arlington cemetery. Then start north to jersey or Boston....
I'm thinking I'm not going to have time to hit up the rock....but to be honest I'm not too bummed about that....I don't want to do to Newfoundland what I did to Yellowstone park. I can always fly there or road trip it there with a friend and spend a proper amount of time there.
Anyways it's now 0103 EST and it's bed time....think I'll go pee on a tree in a million dollar subdivision! Fancy!
Cheers
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