And I'm home. And have been for about 12 hours.
Thanks for all the suggestions and ideas. I did my best to get to them, but time pressures and a few competing suggestions from traveling companions made it tough. Still, I'm glad I went.
My only real disappointment is not having more time - or budget to get out into nearby Virginia or Maryland. A few extra days would've made a real difference. Not spending a half-day walking around the National Mall would've made another real difference. It left everyone tired. But when we popped out of the Smithsonian, we saw the Washington monument and Lincoln Memorial 'Just There', and didn't realise how far all of them actually were apart until it was too late. Public transport in DC is excellent.... we basically used the Metro to get almost everywhere, for about $35 for the whole week.
The museums however, were amazing. The American museum especially demanded far more time than we really had to give it. There were so many little things to catch hidden in corners, or in other cases.
Like:![[Image: WCUwxiB.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/WCUwxiB.jpg)
I'll try and grab some more photographs, but they're on my phone which is refusing to charge at the moment.
Everything went remarkably smoothly. The TSA didn't blink - except for finding a euro coin I'd lost in my jeans on the way home. The flights were on time, and reasonably comfortable (the Jetblue flight down from NY was really nice, especially with the evening lights coming on below). The food on the transatlantic leg was even fun. And we arrived so early, the customs agents in Dublin just didn't give a fuck and waved everyone through.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
Thanks for all the suggestions and ideas. I did my best to get to them, but time pressures and a few competing suggestions from traveling companions made it tough. Still, I'm glad I went.
My only real disappointment is not having more time - or budget to get out into nearby Virginia or Maryland. A few extra days would've made a real difference. Not spending a half-day walking around the National Mall would've made another real difference. It left everyone tired. But when we popped out of the Smithsonian, we saw the Washington monument and Lincoln Memorial 'Just There', and didn't realise how far all of them actually were apart until it was too late. Public transport in DC is excellent.... we basically used the Metro to get almost everywhere, for about $35 for the whole week.
The museums however, were amazing. The American museum especially demanded far more time than we really had to give it. There were so many little things to catch hidden in corners, or in other cases.
Like:
I'll try and grab some more photographs, but they're on my phone which is refusing to charge at the moment.
Everything went remarkably smoothly. The TSA didn't blink - except for finding a euro coin I'd lost in my jeans on the way home. The flights were on time, and reasonably comfortable (the Jetblue flight down from NY was really nice, especially with the evening lights coming on below). The food on the transatlantic leg was even fun. And we arrived so early, the customs agents in Dublin just didn't give a fuck and waved everyone through.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?