ALOHA EVERYONE!!!
THIS IS MY FIRST TRIP EVER TO THE EAST COAST AND THIDS TRIP HAS AN UNUSUSAL TWIST AS TO HOW I EVEN BOOKED THIS TRIP.
A MONTH BEFORE THIS TRIP, I MET A GAL ONLINE FROM "VAMPIRE FREAKS" (ANOTHER SOCIAL WEBSITE), AND WE KINDA HIT IT OFF WELL ON FILMS IN GENERAL AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE UPCOMING FILM, "PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEANS, THE 5TH FILM". SHE JOKINGLY SAID THAT SHE NEEDS A MOVIE DATE TO GO SEE IT, AND I'D HAPPILY SAID I'D TAKE HER IF SHE'D SHOWED ME AROUND BALTIMORE.
THIS IS KNOWN AS "THE FELLS POINT DISTRICT"
ALOT OF HISTORY HERE AS FAR AS THE FIRST IMMIGRANTS DOCKING FROM THE EASTERN EUROPE.
MY AWESOME VF FRIEND SARAH WHO TOOK ME ON AN AMAZING 3 HOUR WALKING TOUR!!!
GREAT IRISH COMMUNITY, WE HIT SOME IRISH CAR BOMBS AND GUINESS BEERS.
AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL EVENING WALK AND AS SOON AS WE PARTED WAYS IN OUR CABS, THE RAIN CAME DOWN SUPER HARD... EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT THAT NIGHT!!!
THANK YOU SARAH FOR THE AMAZING NIGHT!!! I'LL BE BACK SOON!!!
WOKE UP EARLY THE NEXT MORNING AND HEADED TO THE TRAIN STATION TO WASHINGTON D.C.
AFTER A 45 MINUTE RIDE, I'M IN WASHINGTON D.C.
I GOT TO MEET UP WITH ANOTHER VF FRIEND, EMILY WHO ALSO SHOWED ME HOW TO GET TO THE ARLIGNTON CEMETARY, WE HAD A QUICK BREAKFAST AND OFF SHE WENT TO WORK AND I HEADED TO OVER TO ARLINGTON CEMETARY!!!
AS SOON AS I ENTERED THE ARLIGNTON NATIONAL CEMETARY, I COULD FEEL THE GOOSEBUMPS THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE BODY AND I KNEW I WAS ON SACRED GROUNDS. HERE LIES MORE THAN 400,000 SOLDIERS THAT HAS FOUGHT FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED WAS RIGHT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO LIVE OUR FREE LIVES IN THIS COUNTRY. MAN I WAS SO MOVED AS I WALKED MY FROM THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE "TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER", I PASSED THROUGH ROWS AND ROWS OF GRAVES AND I COULDN'T HOLD BACK MY TEARS, IT WAS EMOTIONAL AND YET HONORABLE TO BE ABLE TO PAY MY RESPECTS.
ALL I CAN SAY IS YOU HAVE TO GO AND SEE THIS IN PERSON WITH YOUR VERY OWN EYES AND EARS TO TRULY EXPERIENCE THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. I COULDN'T HOLD BACK MY TEARS AS I SEE THE COMMITMENT INVOLVED AND THE DESIRE TO REPRESENT AND PROTECT AND RESPECT NTO BE SELECTED AS A GUARD.
WELL IT IS TIME FOR ME TO SAY ALOHA TO ARLINGTON CEMETARY AS I HEAD OVER TO THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL!!!
I DECIDED TO WALK ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND CROSS THE POTOMAC RIVER AND EVENTUALLY MEET UP AT THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL.
ONCE AGAIN, ANOTHER EPIC MOMENT FOR ME AND I WALKED ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE. TOO BAD PRESIDENT TRUMP WASN'T THERE, I WOULD'VE LOVE TO CHAT UP WITH HIM AND GET HIM TO SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG... LOL!!!
AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT WAS TIME TO HEAD BACK TO THE TRAIN STATION AND BACK TO BALTIMORE.
THE BEST PART OF MY ENTIRE TRIP WAS DEFINITLEY THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER, I'LL BE BACK SOON!!!
AWWWRITE!!!
WAIPA
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