camera in car....

Everyone has said most of all my thought about the Ethiopian place, but left out the beauty of the place. Yeah, I know it's all about the food, but everyone has already covered that. It was a spacious place, I couldn't ever imagine it all the way full. The tables were as tall as the seats of the chars and were like a giant wok-shaped bowl with a tablecloth on top. Beautiful colors, intricate designs, "meh" food. Again, pictures coming some other day. Next time we don't order another dish, we just snack. I'm pleased to say that we really are eating up those granola bars and car snacks, just as I said.

I was the only fevernaut that hadn't actually been to our nation's capital previously. I can't say I was that impressed. I did like the WW2 memorial, but the rest just sort of looked like the pictures. I'm not a history buff, but I do feel that I have achieved something by actually coming here and seeing a lot of it all. My feet hurt very much by the end of the night, but then again, I'm in new converse.

Uber-thankfully, we got a cab back home and gave up on Ben and Jerry's. I am the ice cream snob of the group, and I have probably eaten or been around icecream much much more than any of the other fevernauts, so I didn't really care. Thank you MB for the cab home.

Sadly, I left both the SD camera card, and my iPod safely nestled inside Odysseus. But that may be a good thing-- they're not something I have to pay close attention to in the morning. I got some really nice pictures though, and when I can, they shall be posted.
I'm beginning to think that the best idea with the pictures is to upload them to facebook, seeing as it would be mighty obnoxious to put them directly here.

Another update is the additional occupants of the hostel room. 4 are the fevernauts. 3 are young british marines that are out of base for a 5 day holliday. 1 is still unknown (he's actually in the room right now. x.x) Seems like a chill dude. Quiet and reserved.

Pictures coming tomorrow. Quite happily, I am going to try to go to sleep now. Last blog of the night, Yo.

(Aww.. fuzzles.. I think I wrote too much..)
~diana

Sore Feet

There were big plans for this blog post. Diana and I have been scheming all evening to deliver to all of our readers (assuming you're out there) an amazing photo-and-story combo that would truly knock your socks off (assuming you're wearing socks). Sadly, in the late hours of the evening (10pm) the camera memory card has been left behind in the safety of Odysseus' locked interior. Thus I bring you a very abridged story*, with photographs tomorrow.

After leaving the hostel, we walked across the street to the Ethiopian restaurant. As it was around 4:30, we decided this probably counted as dinner and not lunch, and therefore ate accordingly. We got a big meal to share, with lots of different dipping things which we scooped up with interestingly spongy bread. We all got greasy fingers, and when we'd finished, both Ricky and Diana were still hungry. Ricky decided to order some raw beef dish that apparently sounded very good. When the waitress brought it to the table, she had no place to put it, as the dinner dish took up the entire tabletop. Unsure how to proceed, she took the bowl and a spoon, and glopped the entire thing on top of the dish that still had some sponge bread left. It was significantly less appetizing after that.

When we left dinner, the real odyssey began: getting to the National Mall and Monuments area. We've decided to see the monuments today and hit up a bunch of museums tomorrow. We visited Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam War Memorial (and the Vietnam War Women's Memorial), the World War II Memorial, and the Korean War Memorial, plus a memorial that I believe was for the residents of Washington DC who were killed in the first World War. We took lots of pictures, which you will hopefully see tomorrow.

We made a valiant effort to find a Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream on the way back to the hostel, but eventually had to concede to our sore feet and take a taxi back home. Here we are bloggin' and chillin', and getting ready for tomorrow, which promises to be another full day!

*it's very abridged if you know me and know how I tell stories

dc and final scores

hi

first thing we did after my last post was eat ethiopian food, and i can't recommend it. i think they gave us really crappy food because we were white, and clearly had no idea what we were doing. i will admit, that it tasted amazing, but the only utensil we were given was the horrible spongy batter cake, that tasted and textured so poorly.

so, after a brief attempt to find a wachovia (win) and a dramatically longer attempt to navigate the dc metrobus system (fail), we hit the monuments. in order:

wwii
vietnam
lincoln
korea
washington

there are hella pictures but i'll let diana explain why they won't be uploaded here, today.

we searched in vain for a ben and jerry's but to no avail.

the single additional occupant that i mentioned earlier has now become four additional occupants, none of which have made contact

two of them have union jack blankets. (and have made contact as i type (they seem cool)).

here are the final scores for high way shenanigans.

license plate game:
diana (18)- pennsylvania, new york, rhode island, florida, ohio, alabama, massachusetts, iowa, deleware, ontario, vermont, california, wyoming, illinois, south carolina, wisconsin, washington dc, diplomat

jake (11)- connecticut, maryland, virginia, montana, maine, idaho, west virginia, quebec, texas, oklahoma, kansas, government, -1 for false guess

mb (2)- oregon, north carolina, georgia, -1 for false guess

ricky (0)-

yellow car game:

jake 16
diana 12
ricky 2
mb 0

slug bug:

mb- 6
jake- 4
diana- 2
ricky- 0

ricky is upset that we're imposing a no night life policy. oh well. probably new orleans will be his time to shine. but we just got started, and those of us who didn't sleep in the car are exhausted, so we need him to behave.

jake

Hallelujah, it's Raining Danes

Hey y'all

We've left NJ and arrived at our glorious capital. The rive through Baltimore was nice, there were a lot of cool buildings and the harbor was pretty....oh and a midget with one finger. We would of gotten out and explored but apparently we would of been instajacked. After getting to DC we found the hostel which is apparently populated solely by supernaturally attractive Danes who showed us our rooms but nothing else. More to follow tonight, with love and regards

Ricky

Audacity of Huge

So. We are off. Actually like we're not in Jersey anymore. (Thank God)

We drove for a bit, and haven't tried to kill eachother yet. Awesome games of Yellow Car and Liscence Plates. Happy Happy Joy Joy.

We took a detour to avoid a bridge/toll and ended up in Baltimore. Very pretty city. We cleverly avoided a resteraunt/bar named "Make Some BAD DECISIONS." Bet you all are proud of us, eh?

So, we stayed in the car as we drove through Baltimore, to avoid... whatever.... On the way we saw bigbig boats, buildings, baltamore's best pit beef, and a midget.

So now we're in DC. Safely in the hostel. Shirtless danish dudes welcomed us. We will soon be off to Ethiopian food, and then to wander around. I shall continue taking pictures. We'll probably cook our own dinner. Tentative plan is Parma Rosa. Yummy.

washington dc

hey doods

just wanted to let you know that we've all arived at the hostel and that, following the danish tradition, are shirtless.

it's been a fun trip so far.

we attempted to not pay for a toll on a bridge 'round baltimore, and ended up driving thorugh it. at first, we thought it was really nice, but then we realized that it just wasn't nj. more to follow on all this, later, when we're done touring dc.

later

jake

oh and

PS:

no sighting yet of the other member of our room. if he/she is boss enough, then we may have to make him/her an honourary fevernaut.