Three hours in Philly the first time was probably not enough so I decided to
check it out for a second time. Fairmont Park is massive and as the Hostel was
located at the north end and the city at the south end it took a bit of walking
to get into the city. The temperature seemed to be somewhere in the
region of 'Bloody Hot' with humidity dripping from every object. Climbed
up the rocky stairs, saw a museum of Rodin sculpture and visited the Temple University.
Nice city but not a hell of a lot other then the Independence stuff along with a few other
things to do.
Washington
was another story. Again I had stop off here with the other guys on the
way up but I felt I needed to come back here for a few more days to see
everything I wanted. In the end I spent 5 days here and I was
awesome. Spent over a day in the Air and Space museum, could have spent
another. It will be hard to top this museum as the best I’ve seen
yet. Other good museums were the Museum
of Natural History, Holocaust Museum,
- very somber but well worth the visit - and the National gallery of Art East
wing.
While I was there the Smithsoniom Institute had a folk festival from Northern Ireland, Northern Virginia roots, and
the Mekong region. After seeing the
things on the Mekong I’m really excited now to
get down to that region in a few months.
By the way, this time of the year is not a good time to travel as everyone else
in the country seems to be doing the same. I don't mind kids but when you
get a number of them, stick them in a museum that they couldn't care less about
and drag them around all day, they turn into annoying little shits. Not
all of them, but just enough to give you the shits.
Anyway, had a blast in Chicago
for July the 4th. Met some random guys at a concert I was at and spent
the day with them and there friends. Fireworks were a bit lame, but the
fact that the whole day, people kept on reminding me why the USA is the best
country in the world made up for it.
Hope everyone's not getting too depressed by the weather back home.
It's currently a pleasant 24 deg but will hit mid thirties sometime today.
GO CATS! Get on board those who go for lesser teams like,
Essendon. Tell Steve that his team put up a good fight but just not good
enough.
