Today we are heading to Washington DC. We're going to have a nice little talk with the nice man who helped me get into this country in 2001, Mr. Vice himself. But seriously though, it's not easy to get into the white castle (and we're really not going to meet him because the guards would probably take us down before we get within 500 ft of him). But it shall be fun.
Stay tuned!
Update: 11:00pm
After 14+ hours, I finally made it back home. We started with the usual tour of DC from the National Mall and concluded the tour after a visit at the "white castle". There isn't anything that's worth blogging besides the somewhat awesome ride from the Hop-On and Hop-Off Tourmobile. Since the weather was nice, not too sunny (we all know how Asians hate to be under the blazing sun), we sat on the top level. Here are some pictures (very limited number because I was lazy).
Some crazy looking thing outside of the "concrete donut" I believe.
The Smithsonian Castle
We all know what this is...
For Gina & Brian!!
I was disappointed that no one was home to serve me some afternoon tea! But I managed to get my hand inside the fence. I guess I will have to wait to personally thank Mr. Biden for his lovely letter to the embassy that eventually gave me the green light to come to this country!!
White House
Some awesome glow in the dark rocks at the Natural History Museum :)
I was being a terrible tour guide today.. I normally love showing people around and showing off my knowledge (jk), but for some reason, I just wasn't feeling it today. Though I did translate a lot of things while we were on the double-decker bus, I was definitely slacking on the guiding duties.
Of course, the trip wouldn't be complete without a stop at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. So for dinner, I took everyone to Bo Brooke's for some crab grubbing and oyster slurping. The food was amazing as usual and we had a super fun server. It was definitely an unique American experience for our friends.
I love visiting new places and going sightseeing. Though, I've been in this country for almost 10 years, and visited DC half a dozen times, there was still a lot of places I hadn't seen before. And taking the grand tour on the tourmobile was refreshing and eye-opening. DC is one of my favorite places to visit, and I wish I could live there sometime in the future. I don't know if my dad ever visited the city, but I feel like if he had, he would've liked it too. We share the same passion for traveling. In fact, I think I got the enthusiasm from him after traveling for 2 months in Africa when I was about 10 years old. I hope one day I will have the opportunity to travel around the world and see all the places he missed.
Good night world!! See you next time :)
