A travel day again as we took the bus to Philadelphia. Did a short walk around the local area where there is a Rodin Museum. Having already been to the one in Paris, we didn’t go inside but just wandered to garden area. There was another “The Thinker”. I think there must be dozens of…

Started the day with a bus ride for 40mins to the Baltimore & Annapolis ParkRun. Mamfa was one of only two foreigners running. Then it was time for the next sporting event, College Football with Navy playing Temple University at the Navy Stadium. During the warmup, it was amazing the size of the team. There…

It was a 1hr bus to Annapolis which is the home of the US Naval Academy. Our AirBnB host is a tour guide at the Academy and gave us a personal tour. It was a very interesting tour. There are around 4,500 students and they all eat at the same time in the mess hall,…

It was a great start to the day with Mamfa and I up at 5:30am watching Geelong flog Port Adelaide in the AFL Qualifying final. It was then another day of exploring the other Smithsonian Museums. Started with the National Gallery of Art. It had collections of Picasso, Matisse, Monet, Jackson Pollock etc which were…

Today was a long bike ride around DC using the bike share bikes (heavy 3-speed bikes in variable condition). It’s a good thing DC is fairly flat and has a very good network of bike paths. The bike share system is also great with over 170 docking stations. It was only $8 for the day…