back in dc

d was travelling through the south (virginia, south carolina, georgia) for a week. by greyhound bus. well, it seems if you are not totally broke, you wouldn't do that. anyways. air conditions. they are crazy. i know this is well known. but still. i was going 16 hours by bus. freezing.

savannah is soooo beautiful. i loved it.
charleston is pretty, too. some pretty amazing mansions there.

they are not over the civil war yet. their heroic talking about war is worrying anyways.
i stayed in a hostel in charelston to save money. jordan, a californian guy working in spain, shared a room with me. he was snorring like hell. i ended up sleeping on the kitchen floor.
which wasn't too bad actually.

i feel a little bit bad, cause i was so prejudiced before i came here. but of course, you meet nice people everywhere. shame on me.

typical trees in the south

savannah mansions

im capitol von richmond, genauer im house of representatives (bundesstaat: virginia). so stimmen die abgeordneten ab. yea or nay.

recht viele sehenswürdigkeiten gibt es in richmond nicht. das ist der romantische kanal. das foto verharmlost die erbärmliche situation etwas.

weiße reier gibt es ganz viele. hier am fluss in savannah.

savannah

savannah

bin im alten sueden angekommen. sehr schoen ist's hier. fotos gibt's erst am wochenende. laptop nicht mit.

greyhound bus fahren ist ein bisschen unheimlich.

war vorgestern in richmond. im dortigen capitol. von thomas jefferson entworfen. ganz huebsch. sonst ist richmond haesslich. sehr kreativ: ein roemischer tempel wurde nachgebaut.

morgen: charleston, south carolina. auch im sueden.

ich wohne in einer sehr schoenen alten pension. bin der einzige gast. hatte meinen ersten, halbwegs erholsamen schlaf, seit ich hier bin. wenn man geld hat, sollte man in diesen bed and breakfasts absteigen. die sind wirklich sehenswert, weil prachtvoll.

heute mehr sightseeing und spazierengehen. aber alleine ist es halt schon ein bissl fad.

zwischen 25 und 30 hat's hier. grossteils bewoelkt und etwas schwuel. das laesst sich schon ertragen.

bin zerstochen. das leasst sich nicht so gut ertragen.

sehr nett: man kann die menschen immer und ueberall um hilfe oder nach dem weg fragen. und sie werden sehr, sehr freundlich antworten. das mag ich.

cheerio

d in squirrl land II

in georgetown

d lives here

the brothers live here

the squirrl is here

i also have seen deer today. the national gallery of art is quite impressive. and it's free of admission. a very nice clifford still. nice van goghs and lot's of dutch and italian old paintings. it's a good and quiet place. saves you from the city.
i found a supermarket. it's called giant. and i have found an atm that accepts maestro. i won't starve.

daniella in squirrl land

d has arrived to the land of the free.
the land of the free squirlls. i am living in a shared house. i share it with 5 other people.
the house is situated on the campus of the university of maryland. i am surrounded by squirrles and students and fraternity houses.
the squirrles scurry around for food, the students do lots of jogging around the block.

the students look like on telly.

washington - at least georgetwonw, the part i have seen, is a nice town. lots of green. lots of cute houses with lovely front yards. d likes that.

i had a FANTASTIC muesli for breakfast. a birkner muesli.

i guess this shared house thing will be something like an erasmus thing.

an astonishing fact: huge cars ... huge space still pretty small staircases and rooms and bathrooms. like in the uk. there is enough space here, why having a 3 m2 bathroom?

i have been strolling around georgetown today. checking out the shopping area. not so bad. h&m. body shop. zara. felt like home. i was even told (haven't seen it by myself yet) there is aldi.

still feeling the jet lag, I woke up at 5 this morning. maybe i will take some pictures today.

very american: there is the uni campus round here. there is also the uni campus shoppin center.
many shops. many restaurants and bars. but you cannot buy food. there's only a seven eleven, where you can buy all sort's of stuff but nothing to cook with.

so one task for today: find the supermarket.

good morning europe.