It's been a strange few months....my things arrived, the weather got humid as hell and then all sorts of horrible incidents happened back in England. I've found myself feeling a little out of sorts. Not so much missing home - but I think missing the vibrancy that a big, big city gives me. Miami is great when it's sunny and you want to be by the beach / pool - but in truth after a few months I think I've seen most of the cultural side.......I need more than Miami to stimulate me. Not even my yoga classes were doing it for me.....
So after weighing up Chicago vs Washington - I booked a last minute trip to Washington DC. And I am glad I did.....even the 6am flight didn't put me off. A 15 minute ride from the airport my base was The Liaison hotel in Capitol Hill. I dumped my bags and headed straight out to the capitol building. What a city! 25,000 steps later I wearily arrived back at my hotel in the evening. I'd ended up joining a brilliant tour of the Capitol building, explored the library of congress. Lunched in the American Indian museum on the mall, wandered through the sculpture garden. I found a Pret A Manger, COS anthropologie and j crew. I found myself outside the White House and 5 mins later feared trump was about to make an appearance as police cleared us out of the area.
Fortunately trump didn't appear - that man doesn't deserve to live in a city as great as this.....
In the evening I did something else to help cure any homesickness - ordered a take away curry - my first since leaving home. The problems an onion bhaji and a few museums can solve....
