Monday, March 22, 2010
SPRING HAS ARRIVED!! Yaayy..Think it has been almost 6 months since I last wore my singlet out without putting on tons of jacket, gloves, cap, etc...So we decided to go sightseeing at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC. It is a huge tourist attraction which we had somehow always missed out in our previous DC trips, largely becuz it was so way off the downtown. But apparently, any visitor who tour DC must visit this cemetery! It was very famous as it is a huge burial ground for the American soldiers, the oldest can be dated to even those who died in world war 1! And this cemetery is still in use for any soldier who desires to be buried there, and their wives as well. Most famous gravesite belongs to John F Kennedy and his family where there's a special memorial that was dedicated to them...
The cemetery is really huge..think we walked for three hours to cover all major attractions. The amphitheater is grand and nice, used to be a stage for motivational speaker fighting for freedom and honour their soldiers etc etc...
We spent the afternoon in Georgetown. It was ssooooo crowded, and we can hardly find a parking lot. In the end, Cha paid 16 bucks for 1 hour and less than 5 minutes at a private parking garage...damn..we overshot by 5 min so must pay the hourly rate. Anyway this town was like Spore's Orchard Road, but was mainly unsheltered. Got herds of people, cuz weather really good on Sat.. many shops lined the street but quite hard to walk on the pavement without knocking into anyone else...
Dinner was at Penang Restaurant in downtown. Ambience was very westernized and fusion style. Food quite good, although the food they served were mainly asian fusion food with Spore, Thai and Malaysia flavors mixed together. A bit overpriced for their satays and roti prata. 2 chicken and 2 beef sticks cost 6USD!!! SIAO! Roti Prata also...one very thin slice cost 5 bucks...wah lao..think I can open a store here and make lots of $$$...
Hehe...lucky we got food coupon lor! we paid $10 bucks only for $35 worth of coupon...we topped up a bit cuz the bill exceeded liao..so all in all quite worth lo...but dun think we will ever go and eat at its original price leh...
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