DC day one

the winter break was short. but it could have been shorter. and judging by the number of photos that i took, a longer break would wreck chaos on my camera, hard drive and my schedule, because i profess to be anal, and i do edit ALL my pictures to make them the way i like them to be. so there. and so now we begin on a very long series of blog entries. get ready for a blog-trip to DC, boston and NYC. i promise you'll love it.

the journey begins...
the ride was long. there was no other way though. we intended to visit 3 cities during the break, and flying around would have been a sure way to burn a crater in our wallets. thankfully the train had reclining seats with leg and foot rests.

it was a relief to finally reach DC. here's union station in its busy glory. some scenes from x-men 2 were shot here, i think.

another union station shot.

free the cuban 5!

i've to go cuba some day. to see the casinos, check out the beach (girls), and smoke some cigars.

our hotel room turned out much better than expected. the microwave started the instant chow mein habit.

chinatown was nearby, so the choice of cuisine for dinner was obvious.
wok n roll baby yeah!

the streets of DC at night have a few shady/weird/homeless people lurking at each corner. i, for one, was kept on my toes.

that evening, we watched the good shephard; it was billed as "one of the best spy films ever made", but it was downright boring. still, it was interesting to watch a film in a city where it was made.