Oct 5, 2006 - Washington D.C. :(

Washington DC was a bust! Not sure what I can say except that it was just a combination of bad mojo and we just decided to leave. We were exhausted the day we attempted to drive in and this combined with poor planning and the way the district is designed (couldn't find parking ...seems to be a major problem there...and people were aggressive and wouldn't let you merge in most of the time) plus how rushed and rude people were (the best dressed yet most rude people we have encountered so far!) was simply more than what we wanted to deal...

Sep 15, 2006 - Our Nation's Capital

Our Nation's Capital Seems like we have traveled a long time to get here but we made it. This was one of our goals to see this nation's capital. We will not really be posting a lot of different day's agenda's here; because we will be here for 2 ½ weeks and we have all decided to mostly go our own way while we are here. We all have different idea's about what is important to us to see, so we all felt that would be the best way to handle it. So, once in awhile we will post thoughts and mostly pictures of what we have experienced here. Our...

Sep 14, 2006 - Second Flight

I'm sitting on a Northwest flight right now from Los Angeles to Baltimore with a stop over in Memphis. The morning started out slowly with the new "LEVEL ORANGE" security screening in place (they confiscated Kenzy's Smithsonian Zoo keychain because it was a miniature snow globe and contained about 2 tablespoonfuls of blue colored water... Ha! Thank goodness TSA is on the job!). We also had to sit on the tarmac for 45 minutes extra because of mechanical problems on the plane (apparently we needed a new battery). I'm hoping to get the kids...

Sep 9, 2006 - The Capitol Attack

Hey all, DC was a blast. We arrived and first stop was Tryst in Adams Morgan. It's a great cafe, bar, restaurant with wonderful selection of chairs (that's a personal pet peeve of mine). After some tasty appetizers and hot cider, we headed across the street to meet our friends for dinner. At dinner, we had Maryjane and Barry (friends of mine from New Haven), Abidin (Phil's former workmate), Jason (Abidin's roommate), and Andy (Abidin's friend from home). We stuffed ourselves with Ethiopian food and then for drinks and hookah in DuPont...

Sep 4, 2006 - Washington DC

On the road again at 8:00. According to our calculations, it should only be 150 miles to where we are going to park near DC. The sun is out and it is a beautiful day. We should take our first ride on the Metro system this afternoon. Although I have used it many times, it will be a first for David. Hope the campground has WiFi. We made it to the campground and once set up decided to venture into DC to get our bearings. We managed to get on the right highway to the Metro stop and even got on the right Metro train. Hooray for us!! We went to...

Aug 31, 2006 - Washington DC

Had lunch with George and Laura and they wish everyone well. Have been treading around the fantastic museums around DC. The best one was definately the Museum of Air and Space Travel. Saw the Space Shuttles, Airliners, Space stations, definately pretty awesome. Another museum we saw was the Natural History Museum which was interesting. The International Spy Museum was also good and has got me interested in a career move. Unfortunately the FBI and White House tours were not open to visitors, so instead we went to the Reflection Pool where I...

Aug 21, 2006 - Happy Anniversary

Today is Jim and my 14th wedding anniversary. A five hour drive home isn't exactly my idea of a romantic way to spend it, but it's been a fun trip. We spent most of yesterday swimming, fishing, crabbing and hanging around. What a great way to end summer. More and more I'm dreaming of going on the road for a year with the kids.

Aug 15, 2006 - Closer and Closer to Home

Our nation's capital. We pushed on from Atlanta and the lakehouse, and headed up to the political epicenter of the country. Planning ahead of time turned out to be a great idea in this case, because we were pretty lucky to get hooked up with some incredible parking spot. Andy was driving, since he's from just outside of the city and knows his way around. He took an unexpected left turn onto a gravel path, and drove into a park. As it turns out, this park was the mall, and we had been given permission to park directly between the capitol...

Aug 14, 2006 - DC

We spent a few days in DC before heading to Bogota. We got to see all our DC friends (well most of them), which was great fun! We also went to some of our old haunts, like the Salvadoran place near my old apartment. We also did some touristy things, like went to the WWII memorial. And I went to the American Indian museum with Valerie.

Aug 11, 2006 - We're almost ready...

Well, we're still here, back in the ol' USA getting everything squared away for next Tuesday's flight. We can't wait to begin our crazy trip and of all places, we get to start our trip with a flight to London! Hopefully they will have everything figured out by then with the alerts and all, but we can't wait to get started in London anyway. Thanks to Mom and Dad Dusek who just returned from London on their first visit, we were able to get some feedback on some good places to stay and see. After we land at Heathrow, we'll be staying at a B&B...

Jul 26, 2006 - Washington D.C

We got an early start this morning, the 26th July, setting off from Manning at 9am and finally reaching our destination of the Best Western Skyline Hotel at 3:30pm; we are both really tired after travelling a total of 870miles, 560miles of which where on the same motorway! The endless I-95 North. We made good time today covering 470miles in 7.5hours.

Jul 19, 2006 - Washington DC

Greetings from 35,000 feet above the Atlantic! Would you believe I am on yet another flight back to Europe? This time, though, I'm on a plane with wireless high speed internet access. You can read more about this flight, including my destination, below. Meanwhile, last week we left off from Amsterdam (here's the link to the archives). This week takes us back home to the United States, with stops in NY, Dallas, L.A., then back to NY before jumping on this flight! I hit all three of New York's major airports within 10 days! If you're into...