ladygwennie

Call the embassy, I would think the people working there would know if anyone does.[/QUOTE]

Calling the embassy now costs and arm and a leg LOL. But mmmmmm fish and chips *drools* i could be tempted to call the line for fish and chips LOL

TN-Dave

Calling the embassy now costs and arm and a leg LOL. But mmmmmm fish and chips *drools* i could be tempted to call the line for fish and chips LOL[/QUOTE]

LEt us know if you find one... put their address, phone number ,website, and whether they deliver (to TN !!!) on here !

ladygwennie

LOL, If i ever find a very decent and authentic chippy in the states, i will publisize it like crazy lol. *prays for a decent chippy* (preferably in indy LOL).

Leslie

My sister (lives there) says the Holocaust Museum is a must see.

ladygwennie

I was thinking about that one too!

Im going to have to make myself an itinerary of things to do on each day and figure out whats close to each other and what train stop and line to go to etc lol. But i really am appreciating all the advice, its making me even more excited LOL

FlyergirlUK

The zoo's free - the parking there isn't! You just have to hope that the animals wanna come out on display though but I guess that's the same with every zoo.

mdyoung

There is a Metrorail stop about three blocks away from the zoo. Must be the longest escalator in the world that brings you up to street level.

NC Penguin

I take it you've not been to Wheaton on the Red line...


NC Penguin

NC Penguin

For food suggestions, I would recommend reading and/or posting on Chowhound's DC & Baltimore area board.

The DC area has a great number of ethnicities living there and this is reflected by the highly diverse restaurant scene so it'd be a shame not to dine out at Vietnamese, Korean, Nicaraguan, Ethiopean, Korean restaurants, for example.

Don't forget there's a Chinatown in DC and there's Metro stops nearby.



NC Penguin

ladygwennie

Actually u brought me to another food group i wanted to ask about and that is chinese food, indy does not have any real decent chinese food, so maybe if i could find a highly recommended yet reasonably priced one in washington would be good to try. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

mdyoung

No the zoo is as far as I have gone on the Red Line. I live in Baltimore County, MD, so normally I come in from New Carrolton or Beltsville. If going to Wheaton I would drive. In fact I'm taking my stereo amp to the Crown service center on Veirs Mill Rd right off Georgia Ave. Saturday.

NC Penguin

I've only been to DC's Chinatown a couple of times but I recommend Full Kee in Chinatown, whose food is cheap (generally speaking) and delicious.

Here's details about the place-
http://www.washingtonian.com/dining/...fullkeedc.html

It's very close to the junction of H ST. NW and 5th St. NW.

As with genuine Chinese restaurants, the decor is somewhat dodgy looking, but the diners are on the whole Asian, a good sign, and there's a line.

If you're not that familiar with DC, I also highly recommend one of those little foldout maps. I think they're made by Map Group Inc. Handy size and has places of interest and Metro stops identified.


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mdyoung

The best maps are the ADC book maps you can buy at 7-11, but those are bit large to be hauling around town if walking. If you are taking about the type I'm thinking about, those good because they are laminated and small enough to stick in a pocket or purse.

This place will have either:

ADC Map & Travel Center
1636 I (Eye) Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 800/544-2659

mandpete

Me, hubby, son and daughter all loved our trip to Washington DC. We spent 4 extremely busy days there (Thanksgiving 2004) and didn't manage to see everything we wanted to. I think we'll be taking another trip there this Spring.

I recommend an Old Town Trolley Bus Tour, we got free tickets when we stayed at the Hyatt. It's a hop on, hop off service and it takes you to most of the touristy and not so touristy places, we used it to get to Georgetown. The drivers also give a running commentary about interesting places on the route, some of which was quite amusing.

Dually

For fish & chips - no "true" chippies but here are some places I can really recommend in terms of getting some "decent" fish & chips out of some pubs here

The Royal Mile Pub -owned by a Scots family - this is about 12 miles from the city centre, so you'd need to take a taxi if you were *truly* interested in having a great Scots time. It's in a suburb of DC called Wheaton on the Maryland side (if it's not in the city centre, then it's on the VA or MD "side")

http://www.royalmilepub.com/hours.htm

If you want to stick with the city center, there's an Irish pub called the Dubliner on Massachusetts Avenue down the road literally from Union Station (the big train station) near the Capitol Building too - believe it or not as commercialized as this place comes across, it has good food

http://www.dublinerdc.com/

And I haven't tried this place, it just opened up in 2003, and I have no idea who owns it, but a place called The Flying Scotsman on Constitution Avenue

http://www.flyingscotsman-dc.com/food.htm

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Also if you do decide to visit the Embassy, they'll tell you that they're near the Naval Observatory (the what?!) haha

Here are public transit directions (trust me, you'll never find them on the website) and you'll never get them out of the folks at the Embassy -or at least I didn't

Public Transit: The Naval Observatory is accessible via MetroBus from Metro's Red line Friendship Heights, Tenleytown-AU, Dupont Circle, and Farragut North stations and the Farragut West station which is on the Orange and Blue lines. The N2, N4, and N6 MetroBus connects at these stations and travel past the Naval Observatory along Massachusetts Avenue.