First impressions of DC

District of Columbia, the capital of USA, my first time there - not impressed

DC as far as my opinion counts is a city of monuments and places of historical interest. Unlike Boston (my benchmark of a great city) everything was far away from each other. It takes ages to move from one place to another and mind you in the middle of the summer this is not a pleasant thing to do.

The Lincoln Memorial, Washington monument, White house, are few places that will be in a first timers check list, but apart from that to cut a long story short, nothing caught my eye (except maybe for the clean subways)

Attractions I supposedly missed - The 1001 museums, Cherry Blossom festival (once an year at the dawn of the Spring) and the rest of the political monuments

The main purpose of the visit was to meet our friends Aruni, Prasad and Malinda, and the relations that I had never met before; Gamini Bappi and his family. Aruni's landlord has two boats, five cars, a chocolate Labrador and a Toshiba Tough-book. Now that's happening. Also a special thanks extends to Malinda our generous and wonderful host, who took every measure to make our stay in DC comfortable. Girls he's single and available.