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Trip to DC and planning for DragonCon
3 years ago
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Ok so last month I went to DC and had quite a good time. Went to most of the Smithsonian museums,the Arlington cemetery, the capital, saw the white house, walked a ton to the point of exhaustion everyday and spent more money than I ever have in a single day.
So while we were there the first day was walking through a chunk of the Arlington cemetery and got to see quite a few beautiful sights from the various hills there. Saw also the tomb of the unknown soldier and learned that apparently people can leave reviews on google for it. Was surprised to see that some people were complaining about the lack of entertainment and food. As its a tomb for soldiers what do you want? Oh also there was a lot of cherry trees blooming all around the city so it was neat to see one store was selling little starter trees in tiny buckets but I wasn't sure they would survive the Texas weather so I didn't get one though I really did want to.
The museums were very interesting and had lots to see and do but the amount of stuff on display unless you skim or just glance at things you could easily spend a day or two in some of them. Out of the ones we went to the only one that we left after entering was the museum of american history as it was mostly just about stores that opened in the US and some minor things like that. It had more of the feel that I was seeing product placements everywhere due to it all such as a McDonalds sign that was the first one to open in Japan.
As for money I once spent $128 on a meal for the 3 of us that blew my mind as it was decent food but the price was about what I would expect after paying for about 6+ peoples meals in my town. There's a few other things that happened while we were there but overall it was a great trip for me.
Now I'm planning my next solo trip though. I'm aiming to get to Atlanta Georgia to check out DragonCon as I've heard its pretty nice and it's got multiple things to do and topics and pretty big. So it should be the biggest convention I've been to as most are local ones that you can walk across in about 10 minutes or so. I've already been cleared for the days off in September now I just gotta bank up the money to cover the flights and hotel.
So while we were there the first day was walking through a chunk of the Arlington cemetery and got to see quite a few beautiful sights from the various hills there. Saw also the tomb of the unknown soldier and learned that apparently people can leave reviews on google for it. Was surprised to see that some people were complaining about the lack of entertainment and food. As its a tomb for soldiers what do you want? Oh also there was a lot of cherry trees blooming all around the city so it was neat to see one store was selling little starter trees in tiny buckets but I wasn't sure they would survive the Texas weather so I didn't get one though I really did want to.
The museums were very interesting and had lots to see and do but the amount of stuff on display unless you skim or just glance at things you could easily spend a day or two in some of them. Out of the ones we went to the only one that we left after entering was the museum of american history as it was mostly just about stores that opened in the US and some minor things like that. It had more of the feel that I was seeing product placements everywhere due to it all such as a McDonalds sign that was the first one to open in Japan.
As for money I once spent $128 on a meal for the 3 of us that blew my mind as it was decent food but the price was about what I would expect after paying for about 6+ peoples meals in my town. There's a few other things that happened while we were there but overall it was a great trip for me.
Now I'm planning my next solo trip though. I'm aiming to get to Atlanta Georgia to check out DragonCon as I've heard its pretty nice and it's got multiple things to do and topics and pretty big. So it should be the biggest convention I've been to as most are local ones that you can walk across in about 10 minutes or so. I've already been cleared for the days off in September now I just gotta bank up the money to cover the flights and hotel.
