The day started for Mamfa with a run around the Capital Building and along the National Mall. It was then a walk back past the Capital to visit the Smithsonian museums and galleries on the south side of the National Mall. First up was the impressive new building housing the Museum of the American Indian.…

Mostly another travel day again with an 8hr train ride to Washington DC. First however there was a trip to Florence’s number one attraction on TripAdvisor – the mall. We also saw some great security design nearby. We finally arrived in DC and made our way to the AirBnB (whose owner did a school exchange…

Today we took the half hour shuttle bus out to Darlington Raceway for the Darlington 500 NASCAR race. It was the final race of the season and was a sellout 47,000 spectators. We had a look around some of the old NASCARs and sponsor displays. The track is egg-shaped rather than oval because the neighbour…

It was an all day train ride from New York at 6am to Florence, South Carolina arriving at 7pm. Just a day of reading and watching movies and TV shows. The best tip is don’t watch Trigger Warning on Netflix – an absolutely garbage movie whose writers should never get to work again. At least…

A more local day today exploring Central Park and surrounds. We also found Balto and a very tired squirrel. It was then time for some culture with a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (“The Met”). It is a huge place with very extensive collections – some really interesting and some not (like most…