Congratulations Ohio State

for winning the Rose Bowl.

Also to the Cleveland Browns for two wins in a row. "Maybe next year" may just mean something (fingers crossed).

I'm sitting in an Irish bar on 7th ave, not far from central park enjoying a beer after a day of driving and walking. New York is so great, it surpasses my car, my apartment and all forms of alcohol- and I have only been here 5 hours.

Washington DC was an amazing place (for those who are listening, it is really called District of Columbia). Everywhere you turned there was something of historical significance or something interesting to look at. Unfortunately I was too taken by it and I walked for 7 hours - I have one photo for every 5 minutes. I was stuffed when I got home.

I walked the 10 kilometres in which was an amazing experience as I saw the sights come to me. I got to walk through Arlington cemetery (cemetery for the armed services and prominent public servants like JFK) and ended up at the start of the mall, being the Lincoln memorial. This, plus 7 hours of walking, plus the walk home (a sensible man would have caught public transport but I did not understand it so I walked. Big mistake, huge mistake). Don't get me wrong, the 7 hours was well spent. I saw the:
- Lincoln memorial
- Pool of reflection
- WW2 (Hitler, Hitler, Hitler) WW2 memorial
- Capitol hill
- The Whitehouse
- the natural history museum
- and if that is not enough, much more.

This left me maimed for my second day in Washington. The next day I did not leave the hotel until 11.30am. I visited the spy museum, got my obligatory t-shirt, aimlessly walked around and went home.

I am going to be honest and let you know I was asleep before the new year came but I was Furukked. I had nothing left.

That left me relatively fresh for the drive to NY. The next morning, while I was planning the NY drive and sight seeing I caught Chey and Cass on MSN which was great. It was so good to chat with mates.

The drive to NY was easy, with exception to leaving the turnpike which resulted in a missed turn and mucho profanity. It was easily resolved and soon I was safely at Doubletree NY metropolitan. The rest is history (to be honest it isn't but it sounded good).

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