Grands now in Washington DC
We have ARRIVED on the blog and in Washington. We had a good flight over - left Brisbane over one hour late and also spent some time on the tarmac in Sydney - because of strong winds in Sydney resulting in the use of only one run-way. We found our shuttle in LA with little difficulty and our hotel at Anaheim, to which the shuttle took us. The hotel room was not ready so we checked our the entrance to Disneyland. On return the room was still not ready and we both fell asleep in the motel lobby.
Our day at Disneyland was a great adventure - finding where everything was, even with a map! We road the fire engine, steam train, the monorail, the Mickey tram and had a jungle cruise which was gorgeous - lots of animated fake animales, elephants, snakes, fish, crocodiles etc all so realistic and moving. We also took the Peter Pan boat flight over London at night - it was beautiful souring through the stars - all simulated of course. The Grand Parade twice a day had lots of Disney characters dancing and playing. They also had a fantasmic show over the water on the lake in colour, followed by fireworks - both of which were magic.
The flight to Washington has been good - lots of queues at the airport and lots of security. We had to remove shoes, belts, coats, etc. On the Brisbane to Sydney flight I souvenired 2 packets of sugar and put them in the pages of the book I was reading. At Sydney airport we were called aside and an "interrogator" went through our bags!! On discovering the sugar he asked, "What is in these packets marked sugar?" To which I replied "sugar"...he then said "Why are you hiding it in a book?" I then began to explain to him about my 97 year-old mother in the nursing home and he fairly quickly said, "Move on!"
Peter, Judy and the 3 kids were at the airport to meet us and all look well, have a great house and we are learning the oddities of taps, etc in USA. Poor Amanda did not have a good flight - was held up for hours at LA then on arriving here at Washington, the luggage did not get to the carousal for an hour and a half after the flight. However, this morning in a crisp -1 day with clear skies and warm sun, tulips in the gardens, and all having had a good night's sleep, some preparation is on for driving lessons in which I have chosen not to be involved. Much love, Mum
posted by mumandad at 8:08 AM
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Washington is sporting beautiful weather. Lots of tulips, cherry blossoms and trees bursting into green with the spring weather. We had a most enjoyable day today - went to the White House. Did see a man whipper-snipping but it looked too plu,p for George W. We checked out the monuments, the Washington monument and found out only this evening that it is possible to ride to the top of it. We visited the 2004 newsly-opened World War II memorial and pool of reflection leading up to the Lincolm memorial. The Yanks have missed a golden opportunity though - there were no food or coffee chains on site. We tried to find retail shops to check out the merchandise but had no luck, so we are not deterred. We are going tomorrow to the Smithsonian museum and hope to find some shops. Judy left today on her journey to Canberra...Nathan is out playing baseball. He looked like Babe Ruth in his gear. Otherwise we are doing well. Great to hear your comments, Desley and Mark and Stu and Jane. Much love, Mum
Is that really little Lizzie there?? With long, straight, dark hair????!!!
I haven't seen a close-up photo of her for so long she is still a blonde, curly-haired poppet in my brain!
Wow!
This is Pete and Judy's friend, Louise, by the way (currently Adelaide, ex-Canberra, ex-Hobart, if you remember me).
Great to see you're all having a good time in Washington looking after the troops and keeping George W in line!
Keep up the good work.
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