80 Days in America

New York is huge and impressive, Boston is nice and cosy. Washington DC is none of them. From what I’ve seen so far it’s really not as nice as New York and Boston.

This morning I started the day in a coffee place to upload new pictures and do some work for one of my Dutch clients. When that was ready I went to the National Museum of American History and the National Museum of Natural History. But that was quite a disappointment. Although there was a lot to see, it was nothing compared to the American Museum of National History in New York. Besides that, the American museum was really full of patriotism and the Natural museum was completely build upon the subject of Evolution, both not my thing 😉 So I crossed both museums very quickly. Fortunately both museums were free to visit.

In the afternoon I walked around between the historical/political buildings, The Capitol and the White House. Both nice to see in real life, although you couldn’t get to close to the White House of course. I walked further through the city, but it was just less fun than walking to the previous places I’ve been. Feels like this city has less personality. I know I shouldn’t judge a city on just one day visiting, but this is the first impression I got from DC. When I came back home in the afternoon, my friends who live here also agreed with me that Washington DC is actually not that impressive. So I can highly recommend you to visit New York and Boston, but from what I’ve seen so far you can skip Washington DC if you ask me.

In the evening there was a nice diner waiting. In the morning Rick already asked me if I liked ‘boerenkool met worst‘, the most typical Dutch food there is. Ofcourse I liked that, so in the evening we were eating Dutch food 🙂 Although the city is not that special, I really enjoy spending time with my friends here.