Well first up was a trip to the hospital for an updated x-ray on my injured arm. After 6 hours in various waiting rooms feeling like i was in the worst episode of Scrubs ever, i was informed by the medical genius' on staff that my arm was broken(Check the x-ray). No shit Sherlock, i think i remember telling you that when i walked in here a quarter of a day ago. Apparently i am healing well, slowly but well. The doctor was baffled that i am not in agonizing pain and screaming for painkillers and a full cast. I told him i was too busy for a cast and anyway" chicks dig scars". I was told that i would heal quicker if i had it a full cast but i will heal anyway. I would rather have full movement in the meantime, so now i'm sporting this rather nifty cast/brace routine. 
The glasses come as standard, its the law!!
So on my 2 mile walk back from the hospital to the "Hotel" (Taxis dont exist in this area obviously) i managed to see a Pharmacy, an irish bar, a Dennys and a 24 hours Diner. Everything else was either corporate or residential.
I did see this sign too outside Fairfax court house about a guy called John Mosby who was a ranger in the American Civil war in the 1860s, This plaque commemerates the night he led his into the heavily guarded Court House and without a shot captured the Union leader as well as his captains and infantry. While im sure this was quite an achievement, i did have to snigger like a schoolboy at his method. "To weaken the armies invading Virginia by harrassing their rear"
I guess sexual harassment isnt a new thing at all eh!!
Oh and apparently there is a Hooters Bar & Grill near the hotel too. What a bustling metropolis eh!!
Still, at least the pool is good!!
So after a night spent watching My Name Is Earl online, it was off to Washington DC today for a bit of a touristy session. It was bizarre walking around as it just felt i was walking around the exterior sets of 24 or a John Grisham movie.
I did like theyre taste in post boxes though.
Anyway i took in such sites as...The Lincoln Memorial
The Washington Monument
Congress
The White House
This was as close as you could get as Bush was the on lawn doing press, check out the 2 sharp shooters on the roof.
I did find it strange that all around congress and the White House there was air vents such as these which went into the ground and apparently went nowhere.
Makes you wonder about the infrastructure that exists under all the lush parkland around the presidential home and how many war rooms and people who make some the most life changing decisions are directly under your feet while your snapping away with your camera.
I also went to have a look at the Vietnam Wall, which is a memorial to those who died in the Vietnam War.
You are met at the gate by this statue depicting the different people fighting side by side.
The memorial itself isnt much to look at, it is a long wall of polished black marble. Its only when you walk up close to it that see its full effect.
Everyone of those names is someone who was sent to war for theyre country and didnt come home. At the moment there is almost 70,000 names on the wall and im sure that is only the tip of the iceberg of what really happened.
In a strange way, i actually like the fact that all the former presidents get huge pompous overblown memorials while the real hero's get a very simple one.
Speaking of simple, check out a road sign i saw outside the main entrance of the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia on the way back to the hotel.
Yeah, i laughed too!!
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