Comments on: Back from over there http://meish.org/2008/05/05/back-from-over-there/ a blog by Meg Pickard Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:48:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Pligget http://meish.org/2008/05/05/back-from-over-there/#comment-39569 Pligget Fri, 30 May 2008 10:19:14 +0000 http://meish.org/?p=2537#comment-39569 Well, let's draw a discreet veil over what Bob tried to say. A few things struck me about DC: The Smithsonian museums are great. I was last there just before the Native American museum opened, so I can't comment on what it's like, but it's righted a huge wrong for me. When I first visited DC in about 1990 I was surprised not to find anything about the Native Americans in the Museum of American History, and then shocked to find them next door in the Natural History Museum - along with all the other animals... The Vietnam war memorial is very moving. It'll be interesting to see how they acknowledge their military dead in the Iraq/Afghanistan conflicts. The Zoo is brilliant, mainly because entry is free! What a place to be able to take small children on a daily basis. The Department of Motor Vehicles is fab. I had my hire-car towed from outside the Air and Space Museum and a $100 ticket slapped on it, but had a legal hearing THE NEXT DAY and was let off because I had photographic evidence that the no-parking sign had been bleached into illegibility by the sun. They have four proper seasons. Well, let’s draw a discreet veil over what Bob tried to say.

A few things struck me about DC:

The Smithsonian museums are great. I was last there just before the Native American museum opened, so I can’t comment on what it’s like, but it’s righted a huge wrong for me. When I first visited DC in about 1990 I was surprised not to find anything about the Native Americans in the Museum of American History, and then shocked to find them next door in the Natural History Museum - along with all the other animals…

The Vietnam war memorial is very moving. It’ll be interesting to see how they acknowledge their military dead in the Iraq/Afghanistan conflicts.

The Zoo is brilliant, mainly because entry is free! What a place to be able to take small children on a daily basis.

The Department of Motor Vehicles is fab. I had my hire-car towed from outside the Air and Space Museum and a $100 ticket slapped on it, but had a legal hearing THE NEXT DAY and was let off because I had photographic evidence that the no-parking sign had been bleached into illegibility by the sun.

They have four proper seasons.

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