Day 26 - Washington DC to Atlantic City

Up early ,as usual, and we had breakfast at the hotel. We really don´t mind but i think we were the only white people staying in that hotel. Just an observation.

We started our day at the museum of Crime and Punishment which actually was kinda fun. A summary; history of crime, statistics, artifacts from (among others) Al Capone ++. A little bit strange but fun. Next stop was the American Gallery of Art which is a huuuuge gallery which contains art from every corner of the world from the early 1800s until late 1900s. The building itself was a work of art and an experience to be in. We also went to the Museum of Science which is now heavily focused on climate change causes and effects. A few interesting videos and interactive things to play with. Cool. (trivia: the Science museum is run by a guy names Johan Johansen which is norwegian).

Dinner.

After food we went separate ways; Lars and Erik went to the Museum of Natural History and i went to check out a district called Dupont Cirlce which was a cool little community with people playing chess in the park and combined coffee shops and bookstores. You get the picture.

We later meet up at the Natural History Museum. Which Lars can say more about since i just "ran" thru it in 5 minutes and watched a video about sea currents(which were very interesting). I´m now giving Lars the MacBook. Thank you and good night.

//Martin

01:30...Yep, Martini has filled out the day pretty good. The Museum of Natural History was incredible. Amazing exhibitions of everything from fossils to African history to minerals and insects. We could easily have used two days in there. By the way; at The National Museum of Art we only found time to investigate the west building. The east building was just as big and holds art from modern times. It is obvious that we did not have enough time in DC, but we had to get going to be in New York by monday. So we head out towards NY to find a place to sleep a few hours outside "the big apple". Our choice fell upon Atlantic City. The weekend traffic out of Atlantic City was extreme. We already knew it was a gambling town, but downtown was not good. Homeless people and garbage were very present in the streets. We decided to stay at Crown Inn, a classic American style hotel. If you were part of a Hollywood movie, this is the place you would hide out from the cops. On our way into the motel we even had the pleasure of meeting a drugged up, drunk rapper (he was actually pretty cool). Atlantic City rocks! BRING IT ON!!

//Lars