USA Trip Part 2

Leaving Houston I caught the plane to Washington DC via Charlotte.

I was lucky enough to stay in a lovely hotel just three blocks away from the White House - so it was a great location to visit the famous sites, including a number of the seventeen museums in Washington DC which are part of the Smithsonian Institute and are free to visit.

Which was just as well because the day after I arrived it rained fairly relentlessly. So museums were a great way to pass the time. I visited:
- The Museum of American History
- The Hirschhorn Museum of Art
- The Museum of American Indians
- The National Portrait Gallery

All pretty good stuff! Here's just a few photos of my time in DC...

USA Trip Part 1

Here's a selection of some images from the first part of my trip to the USA. It rained quite a lot at various stages across the fortnight....

Say what you need to say

I have been so busy since I got back from my holiday in the USA that I haven't really had time to sort through my photos to put a selection onto my blog. They will be here soon....

In the meantime, here's a song I kept hearing on American radio - I must have heard it about 5 times. Which is strange because it's a couple of years old. I guess they must really like John Mayer.

It's quite a nice song. It was used in the film 'The Bucket List'. Now I saw this film on the plane when I flew over to America LAST year!

A big GREEN Apple

I have been over the pond the the last couple of weeks visiting rellies in the Lone Star State of Texas, followed by a spell in DC and then the Big Apple - New York!

I had a great holiday and will fill you in with some stories and pictures when I get my feet and mind back into gear so to speak.

In the meantime, please can I suggest you consider signing up to this website:

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Also, here's a youtube video showing one perspective of some recent events that occurred when World Leaders met for the G8 conference in London last month. There are always two sides to every story, but this version is nontheless pretty compelling.