geodrake
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Even though we have been here for six weeks now we had not yet gone into Washington D.C. My sister will be visiting us in a couple of weeks so we are waiting to do it with her.
Today we decided to go on a recon mission and scope it out so that when sis arrives we will know where to go, and how to do it. So we drove to the Franconia ? Springfield Metro station to leave the car and ride the subway in, avoiding the heavy traffic of the City. Buying subway tickets out of the machine was quite an ordeal including what kind of ticket to purchase, how many dollars to put on it, and just how to pay for it. It wasn?t just us.... by the time we finally got the tickets there were two other first timer couples standing with us, equally confused. Fortunately one of the attendants came out from her secure booth and assisted us.
It doesn?t end there. Next it was a matter of figuring out which Metro to get on, although Franconia is the end of the line and there is only one train to choose from and it is going in only one direction. Next it was a matter of figuring out where to get off and which way to go once we did get off.
I think we sun burned the roof of our mouths as stood looking up at the Washington Monument with our mouths wide open.
All in all it worked out great and I think we are ready to make the trip back up and begin seeing the sites. It may be a big city but there were lots of friendly locals willing and able to help us out.
Today we decided to go on a recon mission and scope it out so that when sis arrives we will know where to go, and how to do it. So we drove to the Franconia ? Springfield Metro station to leave the car and ride the subway in, avoiding the heavy traffic of the City. Buying subway tickets out of the machine was quite an ordeal including what kind of ticket to purchase, how many dollars to put on it, and just how to pay for it. It wasn?t just us.... by the time we finally got the tickets there were two other first timer couples standing with us, equally confused. Fortunately one of the attendants came out from her secure booth and assisted us.
It doesn?t end there. Next it was a matter of figuring out which Metro to get on, although Franconia is the end of the line and there is only one train to choose from and it is going in only one direction. Next it was a matter of figuring out where to get off and which way to go once we did get off.
I think we sun burned the roof of our mouths as stood looking up at the Washington Monument with our mouths wide open.
All in all it worked out great and I think we are ready to make the trip back up and begin seeing the sites. It may be a big city but there were lots of friendly locals willing and able to help us out.
