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Some nice scenery there despite the mucky windows!
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Almost all passengers had alighted from the train by this time https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...823ede55ee.jpg The auto coaches were being disassembled in groups of five and moved to a different area for the cars to be offloaded https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...c132875a0e.jpg Check-in area at Lorton (this was too early to check in of course) https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...37bf045585.jpg This was the exit for us to use when picking up our vehicles https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...bb25ea99bf.jpg Self-explanatory https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...2b9322600c.jpg They had similar signs set up at boarding https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...7d84af54a0.jpg The two locomotives that pulled our train here https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...c0bc090a66.jpg Far away, you can see the engine in charge of shunting the auto coaches around https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...e730b58d8c.jpg Another angle ... https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...4a4842913c.jpg ... and yet another https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...7f7614bae2.jpg Driving into DC from Lorton https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...c89ae255f6.jpg Son's accommodation was not yet ready for occupancy so we decided to park the car at a suburb and take the metro into town. A couple of photos of the metro statopm... https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...619ce49c7a.jpg ... and one more https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...c373898954.jpg Escalators out of the metro station https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...470fb9198b.jpg One of the buildings in DC - unsure if this was the Supreme Court ... https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...709ea3ccd3.jpg ... or if this one was!! https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...9e7505bb1d.jpg Self explanatory again https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...42869ddc9a.jpg Spent some time at the Smithsonian stamp museum where I cheked out this unique archive of all the countries/kingdoms that have issued stamps even if for a few days only. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...456d417664.jpg I focused on the places I have visited such as Croatia ... https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...a826402522.jpg Montenegro ... https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...f7a40f27fc.jpg Serbia (yet to visit but a good buddy is from there) ... https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...fa89e0b359.jpg Austria ... https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...5d995263bb.jpg France (I liked this unique stamp) ... https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...c218acdca0.jpg ... Germany (which has many sub-exhibits, including but not limited to: East Germany, West Germany, etc) https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...0fb687c1a1.jpg Some unique statues ... https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...5a7e5efedd.jpg ... near the Supreme Court building I believe https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...cfebed64ca.jpg From different angles https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...de2ddb17da.jpg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...7e3ac05313.jpg Biking through DC neighborhoods with a buddy who lives there https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...2bd537d584.jpg On the way to the airport to catch my flight home https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...880d11953a.jpg Last leg of my DC trip is about to start |
Your top photo is the Supreme Court and the 2nd one is Union Station. Its a fantastic venue inside - got to look up when you are in there!
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I've been inside Union Station, of course (though not on this trip). But from outside, all these ginormous DC buildings ... #facepalm
I had taken photos of a few buildings as I walked around. I thought this was one of the other ones. |
DC is a fantastic place to visit and even though I've been many times, I still take photos of the same buildings! LOL
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Here are the final few photos from this trip. I managed to snag a window seat on the Southwest flight to Atlanta. But before I boarded, I had to endure some anxious moments as Southwest announced a 25 minute delay.
Given that I had a 50 minute connection at Atlanta, I was worried that I might miss my flight to Orlando. I need not have worried. The flight to Atlanta left only about ten minutes late and managed to make up time - I was easily able to make my connection. The flight to Orlando was quite empty. It was literally the most sparsely filled plane I have ever been on. The flight attendants ensured that everyone was well spread out. I believe there was just me and another passenger occupying the last five rows of the aircraft! https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...a8843c165f.jpg As a result of the short delay in taking off, I had given up all hopes of a good sunset photo. But I had still strategically picked a right side window seat... https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...ee5c39442a.jpg I was pleasantly surprised to see the sun rise from the west, as it were lol!! https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...9544ee2dd7.jpg The ground faded below us https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...003970081c.jpg As our plane climbed, the sun got higher as well https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...974a94f1ca.jpg Second sunset of the day for me :-) https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...a7d1031e03.jpg But the scenery outside the plane stayed pretty static all the way https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...16d8de652b.jpg ... through up to ... https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...5b60a082f5.jpg ... Atlanta .... https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...31ee02f433.jpg ... on the landing approach! Now that I have completed this travelog, I can refocus on completing the Europe trip report .... which will be followed by the current trip report/. Teaser: This post is being written from Park City, UT :-) |
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