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Ebi shows us around his old digs and the college. The Gravelies point offers stunning views of the under bellies of the landing planes (to DCA).
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Smithsonian Natural History then offers equally stunning view of the
Hope Diamond. It is impossible to see all the galleries at one go...brief glimpses of the Minerals + Gems, Dinosaurs & mammalian galleries..is all we can do..and a promise to myself to come again.
The dinnerat Pakistani "kabob" joint (Alexandria, Va) offers a delectable fare:
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Nihari, halim tandoor roti..Indian and Pakistanis. a sprinkling with their white or black spouses...we surely cant miss home over here
The last part of the day is post sunset visits to various Memorials: The second world war, Lincoln Memorial, Korean War, Vietnam .
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We surely look forwards to a well deserved sleep when we reach back after midnight.
Sun 18th May :We get up late. The remaining memorials are next on our agenda: Roosevelt, Jefferson
The drive takes us past the fashionable boutiques of George Town...
It is raining (jharmar as Eby puts it).. but chills us to the bone and we walk to the Holocaust Museum...it is surely worth the walk in the rain..The story of David the small child trapped in the Ghetto and then in the concentration camp is truly moving..The lunch is at the Museum cafe.
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How can we miss the photo opp at the White House? and finally Starbucks...
So we bid good bye to the city.
Monday 19th May is for rest and recuperation and laundry!!!
On Tuesday 20th May:
Ebi drops me early morning to catch the 815 commuter train from Germantown to Union Statiion Washington..
I walk past the Capitol..it is drizzling.. but am horrified when I find there is no SD card in teh camera...what a disaster
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