It's exciting just being in our nation's capitol, then add to that seeing many old friends from work days past from Peace Corps, State Dept, USAID, USDA and Consultants, plus old grad school friends and others from countries we've lived in or visited...then add a wedding here, an overnight there, a waffle brunch here, a walk with Gravy there, a monument here, a BIG house there, drinks here, a bbq there, a midday meeting here, lunch there, a ball game here, a cemetery there,...just fun no matter which way you look at it! Thank you to all of you who hosted us, drove us places, dropped us off, picked us up, fed us, invited others over, cut our hair, laundered our clothes, took out staples, walked Gravy and have stuck with us after all these years! We look forward to meeting up next time...
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| Buddy, Howard and RB at Sheryl's wedding |
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| Diana, Illidio and Corine at the same |
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| lovely bridesmaids and flower girls |
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| the happy couple, Sheryl and Leonard |
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| RB, the brides mom, Juliette and Buddy |
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| Buddy, Howard and Corine |
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| Illidio and Diana |
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| Bob and Timmy |
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| the boys from way back--RB, Buddy, papa of the bride, Flog, Howard and Bob |
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| RB, Buddy, Flog, Howard, Aly and Bob |
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| Sarah, Buddy and Rebecca--the brides sisters |
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| Kayla, Tom, Edith and Laia |
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| cutie 2 |
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| cutie 1 |
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| Aly, Lynn and Mark--the girls were in Burundi together in the early 90s |
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| Gravy's friends, Viv, Anna and Bella |
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| parents of the above girls, Maria and Michael-friends of Aly's from Burundi from the mid 90s |
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old friends-Souad, Carl, Sara, Shirley, Tiffany, Alex, Sean, Evan, Hannah and Buddy
all from days gone by... |
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| WWII Memorial |
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| looking towards the Lincoln Memorial |
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| the base of the Washington Monument--under maintenance, but the flags are beautiful |
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| Smithsonian |
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| the Capitol |
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| back of the White House |
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| guardian angel? |
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| the Eisenhower building with our VPs offices (the wedding cake) |
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| front of our White House |
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| we contemplated riding these, but chose our own |
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| Eshalla, the daughter of our friend from Brattleboro, VT |
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| Bob, Phil, Buddy, Howard and Scott |
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| Connie, Nicole, Debbie and Corine |
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good friends at a wonderful bbq
Howard, Bob, Debbie, Corine, Connie, Buddy, Scott, Nicole, Phil |
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| morning rendezvous with John--old Peace Corps friend |
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| Pakistani lunch while out on a bike ride--delicious by the way |
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| Nat's stadium for a ball game |
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| scoreboard |
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| Phil and Debbie our hosts to the ball game with Buddy |
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| a few Presidents at the game (and a perfect shot of a beer vendor!) |
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the rain started in the bottom of the 4th--we left after 20 minutes,
the game resumed after 1+ hour...and the Nat's won 4-2, yeah! |
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| Debbie and Phil friends and hosts in Arlington |
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| Lincoln Memorial from across the Potomac |
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| JFK and Jackie's graves |
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| changing of the guard at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
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| keeping vigil |
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| Arlington Amphitheater |
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| Military funeral procession |
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| Lincoln Memorial |
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| Washington Monument |
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| Korean War Memorial |
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| MLK Memorial under maintenance |
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| Jefferson Memorial |
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| FDR Memorial--bread line |
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| FDR Memorial--fireside chat |
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| FDR with his favorite dog Fala |
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| Bryan and Aly--old pals from Burundi days |
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action at 6.30am in a quiet Arlington neighborhood where
we were staying |
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| Buddy, Suzanne and Aly--another host and an old pal from Burundi days |
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