Well, the three previous posts have all started with 'well' so i will change it this time..
Washington was great but hard work. There were so many sights to see and museums to visit. The Americans really know how to do museums, they are massive, free and have lots of fun things to do in them to keep you interested. We visited the normal sights such as the White House, the Lincoln memorial and the Reflecting Pool, as well as visiting the Holocaust and the air and space museums. These took us almost a day each they were that big. Bloody freezing though as they seem to love their air conditioning over here. Jo was wearing her jacket for most of the day even though it was about 26 degrees outside.
The hostel in which we were staying was again strange but this is what we had come to expect from the accommodation in America! Steve, who seemed to be the owner, put us in his staff accommodation with four others. He had previously been using this as a replacement for his main hostel after a fire. The room in which we were staying was massive. It previously had 7 bunk beds in, but now only one queen size bed for us. We felt lost in this room and wondered whether we had been secretly entered into a T.V fly on the wall programme. The house was rather dirty but nice and for the 30 pounds a night we couldn't complain!
We left Washington on the 21st and set off on the 19 hour train journey to Chicago. Oh, what fun!!
Washington was great but hard work. There were so many sights to see and museums to visit. The Americans really know how to do museums, they are massive, free and have lots of fun things to do in them to keep you interested. We visited the normal sights such as the White House, the Lincoln memorial and the Reflecting Pool, as well as visiting the Holocaust and the air and space museums. These took us almost a day each they were that big. Bloody freezing though as they seem to love their air conditioning over here. Jo was wearing her jacket for most of the day even though it was about 26 degrees outside.
The hostel in which we were staying was again strange but this is what we had come to expect from the accommodation in America! Steve, who seemed to be the owner, put us in his staff accommodation with four others. He had previously been using this as a replacement for his main hostel after a fire. The room in which we were staying was massive. It previously had 7 bunk beds in, but now only one queen size bed for us. We felt lost in this room and wondered whether we had been secretly entered into a T.V fly on the wall programme. The house was rather dirty but nice and for the 30 pounds a night we couldn't complain!
We left Washington on the 21st and set off on the 19 hour train journey to Chicago. Oh, what fun!!
