Nerdtastic.
Today Gina and I roamed around DC. We saw the National Cathedral, which was amazing. Last night we watched the episode of the West Wing with Mrs Landingham's funeral, so we were all psyched.
The National Cathedral was amazing. It's enormous, and the stained glass and marble were phenomenal. After exhausting ourselves with religiosity, we walked towards the Metro to go to the Capitol. After commenting that DC seemed like the only city that liked me, because the weather was gorgeous (all the other places I've gone have been damp and cold and rainy) I proceeded to stub my toe on the footpath. Not just a little bit, either. Like, we had to go into the chemist (which was conveniently across the road) and get bandaids and tissues. Then we sat in a bus shelter while I cleaned and dressed my toe... it was ever so classy.
After finally making it to the Capitol, we went on some tours of the Library of Congress and the actual Capitol, as well as walking past the Supreme Court. All the buildings here are absolutely enormous - it's ridiculous.
Tonight we had dinner with Rox at a fantastic thai place called "Thai Place." I was full to the point of bursting, but it was worth it. OH AND yesterday Gina and I went shopping in Georgetown (and I got a really cute pair of jeans) and when we went to get lunch, the manager gave it to us FOR FREE. Just because I was from Australia. It was kind of amazing.
Okay, I think that's all.
Lx
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Hi Lil
ReplyDeleteHere's a Walt Whitman,this time on democracy, for you:
For You, O Democracy
Come, I will make the continent indissoluble,
I will make the most splendid race the sun ever shone upon,
I will make divine magnetic lands,
With the love of comrades,
With the life-long love of comrades.
I will plant companionship thick as trees along all the rivers
of America, and along the shores of the great lakes, and all over the prairies,
I will make inseparable cities with their arms about each other's necks,
By the love of comrades,
By the manly love of comrades.
For you these from me, O Democracy, to serve you ma femme!
For you, for you I am trilling these songs.
I Love You
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