Miami style salsa? After a quick trip to the tourist information at the rest stop to pick up a map and some information we set off again. As we drove further into Florida we found that palm trees started to creep their way into the hedgerows at the side of the road. The further south we went the more palm trees until eventually that's all there is. After several more hours driving we arrived in Miami at about 7pm and headed straight for Hollywood (not that on...

Savanah. Today was another driving day with little to report. After 6 hours driving we arrived in a town called Savannah which is in Georgia. This town was recommended to us by the tourist info officer we talked to in Washington and, true to his word it was a very pretty town with a lovely waterfront by a variety of old and new building as well as a tall ship. We spent a little time driving around looking at the area and even managed to find a post box so we ...

Luray Caverns We woke up and found that the rest stop we were at was among some beautiful scenery and were pleased to find that this continued as we drove along. The countryside in Virginia is rolling hills, large lakes and lots of trees and hedges, I didn't realise how much I'd missed the smell of 'green' until now and was happy that apart from the road, we were away from concrete finally! At just after midday we stopped at a MacDonalds and I was able to catc...

The National Zoo We didn't bother with the metro today and used the parking at the zoo, not realising this would cost us $20 for the day. But at least the zoo was free, Washington National Zoo is part of the Smithsonian institute and is thought to be the 2nd best zoo in the USA. (second to San Diego Zoo apparently) and it is quite amazing, we easily spent the whole day looking at all the animals on show and still didn't see everything. The highlights included:...

Library of Congress. We got up and headed to the metro stop at about 10.30am. Since it took about an hour to get to Downtown we arrived at about midday and headed to the Capitol which is where congress meets. This building also houses the senate and the Supreme court. After passing through security and being forced to throw away our body spray and raisins?? we then embarked on a free tour of the building. The 45 mins tour started with a short introductory vide...