Sightseeing Deluxe

It is now 21.05 (btw, the time on this blog is set to DC time, so where it says below that I have written something at 21, it means 21h here and 03h at home), it is still very warm outside and I am sitting in our terrace. Even though it is facing the courtyard it is very noisy - crickets, traffic, sirens, airplanes flying low, the odd helicopter... but I guess it's all part of the charm of a capital.

Today I have been sightseeing; we live ridiculously close to the main monuments so everything is accessible by foot. Due to the extreme heat and a very very bad choice of shoes I had to move slowly, so by the time I got to my last stop, the Lincoln Memorial, it was already dusk. I sat down on the stairs and stayed there for a good half an hour, just looking around and realising that I am in the USA (which is hard to miss - American flags are everywhere) and that I'm actually going to live here for five months.

The White House, as you know


Squirrel in the city centre

"I give you one extra!" said the Asian saleswoman. I have no idea why, but I love free things.

Washington Monument

Reflecting Pool

Lincoln Memorial - just down the street from where we live