May 26, 2006
We woke up at 630am in the morning and checked out the hotel at 830am. We then headed down to the bus station to catch the 900am bus to Washington DC. The 2 1/2 hours ride to DC was a bumpy one. Mandy and I had to sit at the last row as the bus was full. Some people were hogging seats with their bags. How inconsiderate!
We arrived in Washington DC at 1130am. We managed to find a hotel using the travel coupons book that we had. At 1200pm, we checked into Hotel Harrington. We had a rather spacious room. Two connected rooms actually, with 2 single beds on each.
After everyone was well rested, we headed to Chinatown for food. Chinatown in DC wasn't that great compared to those in New York and Philadelphia. There weren't as many stores and restaurants around. Hence, we had to settle for some Chinese food that we didn't really enjoy much. As we were walking around town after lunch, it rained. We took a shelter in Starbucks and had a long chat over coffee while waiting for the skies to clear.
We left Starbucks at 600pm. On our way back to the hotel, we stopped at Hard Rock Cafe and some other souvenir shops. Right next to one of the souvenir shops was a townhouse with a sign on it's balcony that says, "The House Where Lincoln Died." We didn't manage to visit the house because it was after admission hours. We took a picture and headed back to the hotel.
Later in the evening, we took a walk around town to see Washington DC at night. People say that the view of the monuments by the moonlight was spectacular. They were right. The White House and Washington monument were beautifully illuminated in the dark.
At around 1030pm, we walked back to the hotel. Half of us stopped by at the restaurant downstairs for food while the other half went back to our room. Back in the hotel, I found the air conditioning leaking. We called the maintenance guy be he said he couldn't do anything. We requested for a room change but the hotel was fully booked due to the Memorial Day weekend. We had no choice. We took a waste basket and set it right under the leakage. And so, the dripping serenaded us to bed.
We arrived in Washington DC at 1130am. We managed to find a hotel using the travel coupons book that we had. At 1200pm, we checked into Hotel Harrington. We had a rather spacious room. Two connected rooms actually, with 2 single beds on each.
After everyone was well rested, we headed to Chinatown for food. Chinatown in DC wasn't that great compared to those in New York and Philadelphia. There weren't as many stores and restaurants around. Hence, we had to settle for some Chinese food that we didn't really enjoy much. As we were walking around town after lunch, it rained. We took a shelter in Starbucks and had a long chat over coffee while waiting for the skies to clear.
We left Starbucks at 600pm. On our way back to the hotel, we stopped at Hard Rock Cafe and some other souvenir shops. Right next to one of the souvenir shops was a townhouse with a sign on it's balcony that says, "The House Where Lincoln Died." We didn't manage to visit the house because it was after admission hours. We took a picture and headed back to the hotel.
Later in the evening, we took a walk around town to see Washington DC at night. People say that the view of the monuments by the moonlight was spectacular. They were right. The White House and Washington monument were beautifully illuminated in the dark.
At around 1030pm, we walked back to the hotel. Half of us stopped by at the restaurant downstairs for food while the other half went back to our room. Back in the hotel, I found the air conditioning leaking. We called the maintenance guy be he said he couldn't do anything. We requested for a room change but the hotel was fully booked due to the Memorial Day weekend. We had no choice. We took a waste basket and set it right under the leakage. And so, the dripping serenaded us to bed.
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