are we home yet?

This week, I put more miles on my car than I do in an average month. It all started on Wednesday, when I drove to DC with my cousin and her husband. There, I tried to play the role of a tour guide - even if my knowledge of American history is spotty at best. One thing for sure, DC has its share of museums/places to see. There was no way we could see everything, but we certainly made sure to make all the prerequisite stops, even dropping by the Pentagon. Three Russians, pulling into the parking lot of the main military facility in the country and taking pictures, not suspicious at all... But, that was just the beginning. On the way back to JFK, we made about a million stops - including one in Philadelphia, where we found the steps that Rocky ran on, and even a monument dedicated to him. Then, we were off to New York, where the city greeted us with the usual congestion and something that I've heard about but haven't seen up until now: rats. Naaasty. More on that later, but it was def. nice to see oh so many of my friends that chose to relocate to that craphole...