#30: DC trip – And…what were there?
Posted: April 11, 2009
Filed under: People, Scenery
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As been heard from my mom, she had a research on the internet: there are over 2000 cherry trees around the Tidan Pool, until this year, they are already 97 years old. 3 more years, they are going to celebrate their 100th birthday.
The weather was really great. It has been a long time since I had been out that much in the sun with bare naked hands ( I mean, no gloves), and sure, with a light shirt on instead of long, heavy, ugly coats.
The cherry trees were not that pretty because of the over blooming and it had been raining several days before, but still, nice people and weather had made it up.
I was going with my parents and several other “old” people in the Mission. Going with old people ain’t fun except they would pay ice cream or candy for you. But then I had to wait for them to go to the restroom once in a while or stopped to take boring souvenir photos, (oops, mom is going to hear it!!!). And you must know my mom, every place she visits; she will try her best to see everything she could. So while we had very limited time, she walked like wind, no, thunder actually. Thanks to the warm weather, I was energetic enough to carry my 10 pounds camera and ran after her like a cute – lovely – puppy, hehehe. But really I had to take photos just like doing some robbery. My father took a role as a “liaison officer”, connecting me with my mother. Well, she went ahead, he was in the middle, I was in the back, I had always been slower because I had to stop to take photos along the way. His job was following her and put his eyes on me so that to make sure we would not be disconnected. Haha, poor papa, what a nice job to do in a trip!
And I have always dreamt of going somewhere with someone I love, with plenty of time and lot of beautiful things to see and to capture. I would take photos of him and he would take photos of me. What a nice dream, huhuhu!!!
I met a “mysterious” boy in this trip. Well, won’t tell you about him, just keep for myself!
This is 1/25 cropped version of the original one!
Can you see the bee?
Right, still have some minutes for flowers on the ground right? Honestly, my mom was behind the flower and she thought I was taking a photo of her, but...don't worry, I did take a photo of her!!!
This is a must - take photo. Otherwise, why did you come to DC in the cherry blossom for? Cherry trees are everywhere and the Capitol House...is always there!
Taken by my father. I had no one to take photos for me this time except my father, but since my camera is so heavy and quite hard to control, even I had every spec. set up, but it was hard for him to control the focal point (his eyes are...old now), so most of the time I had been out of focus in the photos. These are few left. My father used to be a great photographer, but now my old man is...really old, huhu!!!
Here with mommy!! As seeing this photo, a long time friend of mine said I had not been changed much for the last 10 years. I took that as a compliment. I am still 18.
Me "xynh tuoi", taken by the "mysterious" boy!
Again, taken by the mysterious boy@@
I ran to take a photo with it. I had never seen such an expensive car in my life, really "nhà quê", hehe. My father said: "Hurry up, let me take you a picture before the car runs away", haha
I was not the only one who tried to be a part of this million dollars baby, hehe!
This was taken at the Mount Vernon, while I was waiting to get on car, there arrived a million dollars Hummer Limousine. Sure the car was for rent for a wedding. The bride came out from the car, she walked really fast that I just got only one shot of her!
I came to visit the house of the US's first President!!!
And learnt that he was so handsome, ooh hooh. But I bet the American made him up this cool, he must be uglier!
The horse looks so real
The White House, it was hard to take a photo of it, just bunches of people crawling at the fence, trying to take a photo of a boring house, I was one of them. I do agree with Paris Hilton when she said if she is elected as the President of the United States, she would paint this house to pink!
And here is my favourite! Guess what it is? It is the water from the Potomac river, with cherry flowers flowing, sunshine reflection and a mini circle rainbow. I took it in slow shutter speed, in order to bring out the sparkling water and create the "rainbow"!
Haha, look at his face, haha
Ah ah, not nice!! Get down!
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