Nandos / China town
3 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
No, we didn't get a Nando's (although we weren't against it), but James wanted to get this photo. We then walked through the outskirts of China town
T-mobile
3 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Grabbing a sim card so chief navigator can use Google maps!
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
3 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
We walked through this Sculpture garden on our way to the natural history musuem. James loved the duck ramp.
Путешественникit's art. it's whatever you want it to be I guess. My interpretation is that it's just a pile of scrap metal waiting for collection 😂 I didn't actually read the plaque though.
National Museum of Natural History
3 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
A trip to the National museum of natural history. James got to meet a polar bear up close. Whilst sat watching one of the exhibits. A kid who was sat next to Laura just let rip the loudest fart...Читать далее
The Wharf
3 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
We went down to the wharf. As its labour day weekend, there was a jazz festival going on, so lots of people out enjoying the music and the sunshine.
We grabbed some enchiladas from "surf shack" andЧитать далее
A closer look at Capitol
3 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Even though we had seen it briefly in the dark and ran past it this morning. We didn't look at the reflecting pool or get up close to it. So we walked back to take a proper look at Capitol.
A rest stop outside the Washington Monum
3 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
🔥 ☀ 🔥 The heat! Oh the heat! It was getting unbearable in the heat. After the walk from Capitol towards the Lincoln memorial, we had to stop outside the Obelisk again... This time to use theЧитать далее
Lincoln memorial and reflecting pool
3 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The Lincoln memorial and reflecting pool.
The crowds here compared to our tourist run this morning are world's apart. I'm glad we got out for a run to see it in a much calmer (and cooler) setting.
Scooter time!
3 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
After walking 30k steps today in the heat and it being a 40 minute walk back to our hotel, we opt'd in to get a couple of scooters back.
Turns out the scooters cost over double what an uber would haveЧитать далее
Slurpees @ 7eleven
3 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
After we parked up our scooters, we headed into 7eleven to grab slurpees to help us beat the heat!
Bus to NYC - Union Station
4 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Out time in D.C. is over. We grabbed an Uber back to Union Station to get our next bus to NYC 🗽.
This time we aren't using "Peter Pan buses" but have opted for "BestBus". We even get a free bottleЧитать далее
Driver change
4 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Just over and hour and a half into our trip and the "best bus" has pulled into the servo for a driver change.
We accidentally forgot to get food or to eat before we set off this morning. So we wereЧитать далее
New York!
4 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Fresh off the bus and waiting for our uber to the hotel
Entering central Park
4 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
ПутешественникLaura didn't allow me to film here... so there may or may not have been
Top of the Rock
4 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We went up the Top of the Rock.
It was very busy. The queuing to get back down especially!
But it was cool to see the New York skyline at night, including the really dark patch where times square is.
ПутешественникLoved Top of the Rock - did you do Empire? Xx oops just saw that you did lol xx
Times Square at night
4 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We walked through Times Square on our way back to the hotel
Empire state building
5 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We could probably see the ship bring our truck in from up here. Shame it's not due in until tonight/early hours of tomorrow.
Great views. Horrendous amounts of tourists. Who would have thought thatЧитать далее
Eataly
5 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Pasta
China town
5 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Strolled through China Town
James loves Chick-fil-A
5 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
I love Chick-fil-A, so had to grab a little snack as lunch before our next memorial.
World trade center PATH station
5 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
A Westfields that is also a metro station?
One World Trade Center // Freedom Tower
5 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
The 9/11 Memorial Museum.
We got in at 3pm and got kicked out at closing at 5pm. This was one of the best museums we've been to so far. It's a shame that we had to be kicked out at closing as we hadЧитать далее
ПутешественникSuch a moving monument - people seemed to reflect in silence when we were there - hard to look up at the sky and imagine that awful day 😢
Umberto’s Clam House 🇮🇹
5 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Dinner at Umberto's in Little Italy.
We decided we'd eat in Little Italy as it was between the 9/11 Memorial and our show later.
Whilst walking down the street we were approached by some guy tellingЧитать далее
Comedy show @ The Stand
5 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We want to the stand to see a comedy show.
A lime up of various comedian's, some great, a couple not so good. But we both had a good laugh.
I only got picked on a few times.
Once a comparison with theЧитать далее
London coffee?
6 сентября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
We do love a Pret. But in America they really don't know how to make a flat white. It's the size of my head! Pretty sure they just make a latte.