The minuses was the order of the day with -1 degrees C being our high for the day. It started as a beautiful sunny day with a wind that was cutting to say the least. We have succumbed to breakfast at the hotel out of sheer convenience. After breakfast we headed off to DuPont Circle Metro heading for the Smithsonian Institute and, in particular, The Museum of Air and Space. This has been recommended by just about every personal whom we have spoken. I am not mu...

Today was much cooler with a biting wind. We set off in search of breakfast that was not going to cost $21 a head plus tax plus tip ( ie. Hilton breakfast) . We did not have much success as around us there is not much in the way of breakfast places. We did have breakfast and although cheaper not much. They were fantastic though. Kate and Adrian had the two eggs breakfast but wanted sausages as well as bacon so the guy ditched the bread and swapped in a meat and h...

A late finish last night as we watched the ball drop from the safety of our rooms in Washington and an early start as we caught the "On Board" Do it All in Washington tour at 9.30 New Years Day morning. Today was mild with a maximum of 16 expected. The tour was great and it took us to all the iconic spots in Washington. Photo opportunity at White House, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson memorial, Washington monument, Capitol Hill, WW11 memorial, Vietnam War m...

Sadly we have no wifi at the Washington Hilton so I am blogging on notes on the iPad until we get to wifi! We got up this morning , had our showers and finished the last little bit of packing , checked out and hailed a cab to head to Penn Station. The taxi took us down 7th Ave to 33rd and passed Times Square where people had their chairs , blankets etc already set up in readiness for tonight's NYE. They are expecting 1 000 000 people to be in the precinct tonight...