Streets in DC

Solution for post from 21 April

Do you know now what it is?

London 2009

Work progresses on the Olympic site

Hitting the road

A few days ago we went on a trip to Virginia and North Carolina. It was Memorial Day weekend, the oil price relatively low and the weather good. That's possibly why many people decided to hit the road. I'm always amazed about all the Chelsea Trucks (here: SUVs). Almost everyone seems to own one. We felt rather small in our tiny, more fuel efficient car (still not good for the environment). After having fought our way through two hours of traffic jams, the state trooper stops me in Virginia. Speeding ticket (I'm glad I don't have to go to court). 12 mph too fast in a 70 mph zone. I think I have German driving blood in my veins. Strip malls in every town. No Starbucks. I thought they were on every corner in every town (that's at least how it appears in DC) but apparently not, at least not in the South. I have to buy coffee from 7-eleven. Not the tastiest. Apart from that it also seems hardly impossible to find any other food than fast food. But hey, we are on the road. We see beautiful landscape scenes while passing by but we can't stop as we have quite a few places to visit during our trip.

Spring time

In the end

After 9 long weeks of waiting, waiting, waiting I finally get my boxes and prints delivered after the company changed the delivery date twice within a weeks time. It just happened by chance that I was walking down the road today when I saw the truck with "International Moves" written on it and men unloading what looked like my goods. Everything arrived in good condition except for 3 prints that have damaged corners. I am now working on being reimbursed for the damage.

Embassies

The NW of Washington DC is full of embassies. When we pass by an embassy we sometimes play the 'ensign game' and guess which country an embassy represents. Most embassies look very polished, some don't. They may look for a new location.