So, we're on a sneaky mission - Jamie thinks we'll be flying into Iceland on Tuesday, one day after he arrives, but we've booked an early ticket and leave tomorrow. SURPRISE JAMIE!! So, we're off to a Motel near Baltimore airport for convenience sake. The AirBNB we stayed in whilst in DC was ideally situated and really clean, before we leave we stop at the Star and Shamrock bar for a couple of bagels - last night was awesome but we're ravenous. It's pretty tast...

We're so happy to wake up to the awesome news that the Supreme Court has passed the law on gay marriage across US. We get dressed having watched Obamas speech (we love him) and head to the court steps - the atmosphere is electric!! On one side you have the happy LGBT community with signs saying "I'm not gay, I'm ecstatic", rainbow flags galore and tv crews all in one corner getting caked in makeup. On the other side we have some very angry Christian folk still w...

It's a shopping day today we need to get some souvenirs and a new suitcase having wrecked Jamie's (sorry!) so we head into town by bus, easy enough, getting off near a TJ Max - yep same as TK Max! We snap up a few bargains and price luggage - so expensive!! So, head off to another store called Marshalls - Jacqs family would be in heaven here $20 Tommy Hilfiger sandals and a Guess weekend bag (massive) for only $40. Matt gets shorts and we stop at china town to se...

Today we're off out with our housemates, funny enough the Cook family have river boat tickets too and plan to drive there and so offer to take us with them. They're a lovely bunch form Florida and as we board the boat Bella secures us great seats by the riverside. The tour is quite good we get to see the Watergate (yes the actual Watergate that the scandal is named after), the Kennedy Centre and the Monument from the river looks fab! We're all talking about t...

We pack up and head to 30th street station Jacq booked front seats on the top deck it's only a 4 hour journey this time and we're at DCs beautiful Union station by 4pm. We make tracks on Uber to our Airbnb meeting Robbie and his wife who own the place and another family who are staying - Britton, Beth and their daughter Bella. Nice bunch from Florida on a break themselves - they are really friendly and big into their history. We head out for a bite to eat to a...