First day in Washington

The sixth of October 2012

This morning, or it was almost dawn, when we left our lovely hostel at 41 Street in New York, to take the bus to La Guardia, the airport, where we were going to fly to Washington DC from. And ohh my, we had a lot of time to kill, more than two hours, before we could board our flight. So we were definitely not in a hurry, as imagined, when we couldn’t leave our hostel because of some problems with a deposit. Finally we could board our plain, it was so small, we couldn’t even see through the windows. The noise on board was so loud, we didn’t even know if our ears had crashed. We had at great look over Manhattan, and the landing was absolutely perfect, no stomachs were floating around in the plain, and we landed so soft that Helena didn’t even notice that we did. The view over Dulles and the surroundings were amazing in a really different way than New York; it was a little like home; green parks, white and smaller house then in The Big Apple, big fields, and a lot of trees.
After landing we had some trouble finding our luggage, we had to take a train from gate to gate, it was all very confusing. In the end, though, we actually found it, and we could move on. Thank God our teachers had booked a couple of minibuses, to take us directly to the Hotel near The White House.
It is so nice at Harrington hotel, there is so much room for us, a better view, and two bathrooms for only the four of us, instead of being five for one small one with only one mirror. In fact we have five mirrors now, and we all think that is enough.
Stine and Olivia have now moved in together with to lovely girls, Anne and Camilla, who of course are thrilled to live with us until Wednesday morning. And Isse has moved in with Helena, Anna-Bell and Malou right across the hall.

Now to the exciting part; we simply went for a walk at the Mall. We saw The Washington Monument, a very enormous colossus, and actually the biggest one in the world, and, too, the tallest construction in Washington. The Reflecting Pool that was empty for water and is going to be refilled over the next three days; Lincoln Memorial with a really large wide statue of Lincoln himself. At last we saw The White House, which of course is white and has a lot of security observing the curious tourist outside the massive fence securing the President from the outside world.

The last thing we are going to write about is our breakfast, for at least the next couple of days, or for as long as it lasts. We have bought some nice white milk, cornflakes, and something to have it in and to eat it with.