filed under history festivals and events north america united states transportationtrain stations are not frequently thought of as a hub of transportation and commerce in a lot of cities theyre worn down dilapidated built in what has become the bad part of town and in many cases abandoned. thanks to the past couple of decades though and a remarkable publicprivate partnership of a number of organi...
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an intelligent restaurant menu a room that cleans itself and automatically adjusts the lighting and music and everything else based on your biorythm a dna based global and unique identification system which takes care of everything from keys to your credit and travel preferences. no scifi film this. these things are part of a list of 8 future hotel trends that will ostensibly define the hotel gues...
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while we were still in dc we saw many beautiful old buildings and statuesaengraved and adorned with words and phrases. the words may be poetry wisdom or noble notions but all are sentiments meant to stand the test of time. one that really stood out was the engraving on the southwest corner of the grand oldapost office building next to union station. the inscription was written by dr. charles w. el...
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normally im antiorganized tours when im traveling. i prefer to do things on my own. but i let mom talk me into doing a sightseeing tour with old town trolley tours on our first full day in washington d.c. the cost is 35 a person and it allows passengers hoponandoff privileges for an entire day. the originating point or stop 1 is union station which is just three blocks from our hotel. there ar...
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im taking janssens lead and copying the my town feature from real simple where residents of a city talk about what to see do and eat in their hometown. janet is collecting the answers and creating a page of personalized city recommendations. you should play along my dc age 30. occupation defense contractor. ive lived here for five years. i live here because i wanted to study international securit...
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var hos syrran i usa far en manad sen en hel vecka bara jag utan ungar min kara syster hade semester sa vi kunde spendera massor av tid tillsammans. underbart hennes tva dattrar ar vuxna och bor pa ca tre timmars bilresa at motsatt hall fran new jersey dar min syster bor. en dag akte vi ner till washington dc dar ena dottern bor och har ar nagra bilder darifran. vita huset capitol hill och de stor...
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one of my favorite spots in washington dc has always been the library of congress.a however i had not visited in several years. luckily i was recently invited to a press conference hosted by dr. james billington the librarian of congress where the new library of congress experience was being debuted. the librarys new visitor experience located in the stunning thomas jefferson building take visitor...
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today we went downtown and walked from union station past the ellipse to the willard hotel. we saw all the holiday decorations in downtown dc. we recommend you start at the union station metro station for this walk. we begin our visit at union stations norwegian holiday sponsored by the embassy of norway. 105 we play christmas time of year by the tequila mockingbirds. it comes t...
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today we visit washingtons 100 year old beaux arts train station union station. not surprisingly we recommend that you take metro to the union station station for this tour. union station is a transportation hub. some of the transport that is available here includes amtrak the virginia railway express vre the marc commuter rail service metrorail and metrobus tourmobile old town trolley dc du...
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