Weekend in DC
May. 22nd, 2006 11:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eumeliaIt all begun on a fine Saturday morning where I woke up at 06:15 in the morning in order to get the 07:21 train to the Center of Philadelphia at 07:51 on order not to miss the 09:00 bus to Washington DC.
Yeah, I missed 07:21 train, however it was not a loss since, I got to the bus station at 08:51 and bought the ticket to the last seat on the 09:00 bus.
I gave a prayer full of thanks to the Lady (luck) and relaxed into my seat for the two and a half hour drive to DC.
Unlike last time where I was with Mummy and Shvo and we took a different Chinese owned bus and we arrived in a totally unfamiliar spot, this bus company stops in a much more central area and it was much easier to orientate myself.
By 12:00 I was pretty sure about where I was in this grid city and began walking to the Smithsonian Institute. I walked through various sculpture gardens with modern statues and either stupid tourists and wouldn't appreciate art if it came up to them in the middle of the night and told them it was a Picasso or the culture freaks who said at every statue - "Hey, that's a Picasso, blah, blah, blah" or "Look a Henri Moore, yada, yada, yada" - As though you couldn't read all the info on the planks that were glued next to them.
After the Gardens I went to the Air and Space Museum, I wasn't impressed. I don't know there was a clear lack of awe as I walked through the exhibitions, I'm hoping going again with Robbie will improve it for me, because while I don't need him to explain things to me anymore, he's a lot more enthusiastic about aeronautics than me.
As usual the Space section was much more interesting and I couldn't get enough of it, the Planetarium show made me miss the one in Tel-Aviv, plus Laurence Fishbourne was the narrator making it all so very cool.
Next I went to the natural history museum, which was a mistake - I've come to realize one Natural History museum is just like the rest and I really can't help but compare them all to the one in London.
It was already five o'clock by then and I headed towards the Subway Station in order to get to Susan's house.
Saturday night and Sunday to come a little later.
Ta.
Yeah, I missed 07:21 train, however it was not a loss since, I got to the bus station at 08:51 and bought the ticket to the last seat on the 09:00 bus.
I gave a prayer full of thanks to the Lady (luck) and relaxed into my seat for the two and a half hour drive to DC.
Unlike last time where I was with Mummy and Shvo and we took a different Chinese owned bus and we arrived in a totally unfamiliar spot, this bus company stops in a much more central area and it was much easier to orientate myself.
By 12:00 I was pretty sure about where I was in this grid city and began walking to the Smithsonian Institute. I walked through various sculpture gardens with modern statues and either stupid tourists and wouldn't appreciate art if it came up to them in the middle of the night and told them it was a Picasso or the culture freaks who said at every statue - "Hey, that's a Picasso, blah, blah, blah" or "Look a Henri Moore, yada, yada, yada" - As though you couldn't read all the info on the planks that were glued next to them.
After the Gardens I went to the Air and Space Museum, I wasn't impressed. I don't know there was a clear lack of awe as I walked through the exhibitions, I'm hoping going again with Robbie will improve it for me, because while I don't need him to explain things to me anymore, he's a lot more enthusiastic about aeronautics than me.
As usual the Space section was much more interesting and I couldn't get enough of it, the Planetarium show made me miss the one in Tel-Aviv, plus Laurence Fishbourne was the narrator making it all so very cool.
Next I went to the natural history museum, which was a mistake - I've come to realize one Natural History museum is just like the rest and I really can't help but compare them all to the one in London.
It was already five o'clock by then and I headed towards the Subway Station in order to get to Susan's house.
Saturday night and Sunday to come a little later.
Ta.
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Date: 2006-05-22 09:13 pm (UTC)Don't do all the fun stuff without me!
You can bet we're going to the Air/Space Museum. I guarantee you'll enjoy it more with me gushing next to you.
You'll either enjoy the exhibits more, or you'll enjoy watching me gush :)
I was actually told that the best Nat. His. museum in America is the NYC one and to skip the DC one. Have you been to the NYC one?
See you soon...