Washington, DC

It's my first time in Washington, D.C. First impressions:

I'm pleased to experience a transit system that is as easy to use as the ones in other capitals i've visited. :)

Things are a little shabbier than i expected. Somehow i had this expectation (from photographs and postcards, i guess) that the place looked immaculately maintained, like Disneyland. Instead, it's a normal city, just like London or Paris: people live here, sometimes the grass is worn, sometimes shrubbery dies. I guess, while initially disappointed, i'm glad it is Real and not extravagantly maintained. Grass should die in the summer during drought.

The White House is smaller than i thought.

The Washington Monument is crick-in-your-neck tall!

I enjoyed watching people of all sorts ride bicycles for pleasure and for commuting, and people playing frisbee and soccer in the parks along Constitution Avenue.

And i forgot my camera! My mega-pixel SLR camera! Arg!

I'll just have to come back. ;-)