Train station at Washington DC
As mentioned in my previous post”New York City & Washington D.C“, I took my INTA conference easy. My wife and I spent most of our time sightseeing and eating.
We also joined a bicycle tour which was organised through one of the INTA LinkedIn groups. Strangely, the group I joined had only 1 lady from the LinkedIn group. Anyway, the three hours tour was great. We got to see many national monuments.
I’m not very good on a bike. I was a bit worried that I will get knocked down by some car. But the roads are pretty wide and clear and not many cars around. There are many bike lanes too. It’s quite safe.
There was even a half an hour boat ride on Potomac river. Once the boat ride was done, we rode back to our meeting point.
There was one night where my wife and I had dinner with my associate from China, Gloria and Indian associate, Nitin.
Nitin then brought me to this place called Bier Baron, a pub with 500 over beers to choose!
I also got to meet Ee Young, a former colleague of mine, for breakfast. He works in the legal department of a Taiwanese IT company and he gets to travel around the world. How awesome.
I allocated one whole day to visit some of the museums. Perhaps the most interesting museum is the Abraham Lincoln museum. It is located in the Ford Theatre, where he was shot. Some lady gave us free tickets because she had extras. We didn’t need to line up to enter!
The gun that shot Abe
You can also visit the hotel which he died after being shot.
Reconstruction of the hotel where Abe died.
The bed where Abe died
Pile of books about Abe! But it’s fake.
In this museum, you, I got to learn about American history in particular the time era where Abe was still around.
We also did visit the Smithsonian museum but no pictures here as my camera ran out of battery. -_-
We rode a bike from Capital Bikeshare back to our place. Capital Bikeshare is a service where people can rent a bike from one of the many bike stations around Washington DC. The station is unmanned hence you need a credit card to unlock the bike.
Once you’re done, find the nearest Capital Bikeshare bike station to return the bike.
Overall, the trip to Washington DC is rather uneventful. It’s a quiet and safe city. We didn’t worry when we were walking around the city in the middle of the night.