Tuesday 18th October
Today Iain and I took the bus from outside the hotel to Penn station and then the Marc train to Washington DC. This was a slow train and stopped at several places en route but it was interesting to see a bit of the surrounding countryside. It was hot and sunny and we walked down from Union Station to the Library of Congress, which is a very imposing building opposite the Shakespeare Folger Library. We met Lizzy outside and she took us to a very nice French cafe for some lunch before returning to work. We decided to take the Circulator bus around DC so as to get a feel of the place. We had to walk a fair way and had difficulty finding the stop so we were quite hot and sticky by the time we caught one, and glad to sit down! We alighted at the Lincoln Memorial and spent a little time looking around it as it was quite interesting, before hopping back on the Circulator up to Union station. We had an hour before we were due to meet Lizzy there but our feet were tired so we sat down and had a beer while we waited.
We took the light rail (tram) to BWI (Baltimore airport) where Ryan picked us up on his way home and we then went and had dinner at an excellent bar-be-cue restaurant called The Blue Pit.
Today was warm amd sunny and we explored Baltimore with Lizzy, who had taken a day off work. We walked down to the Inner Harbour and went to the American Visionary Art Museum which was quite fascinating.
We looked around one wing and then decided to walk over Federal Hill to a little cafe for lunch, before returning and looking around the other building.
Afterwards we took a bag around to the Hotel Monaco where we are staying for the next two nights and, after an excellent dinner that Lizzy and Ryan prepared, we retired to the Monaco.
Wednesday 19th October
Today Iain and I took the bus from outside the hotel to Penn station and then the Marc train to Washington DC. This was a slow train and stopped at several places en route but it was interesting to see a bit of the surrounding countryside. It was hot and sunny and we walked down from Union Station to the Library of Congress, which is a very imposing building opposite the Shakespeare Folger Library. We met Lizzy outside and she took us to a very nice French cafe for some lunch before returning to work. We decided to take the Circulator bus around DC so as to get a feel of the place. We had to walk a fair way and had difficulty finding the stop so we were quite hot and sticky by the time we caught one, and glad to sit down! We alighted at the Lincoln Memorial and spent a little time looking around it as it was quite interesting, before hopping back on the Circulator up to Union station. We had an hour before we were due to meet Lizzy there but our feet were tired so we sat down and had a beer while we waited.
We took the light rail (tram) to BWI (Baltimore airport) where Ryan picked us up on his way home and we then went and had dinner at an excellent bar-be-cue restaurant called The Blue Pit.
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