WASHINGTON DC - OVERNIGHT IN NEW JERSEY

Day 212

New Jersey

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Thinking of you Sylvia at the loss of your friend
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Here we are in New Jersey! And once again the tour company hasexcelled withthe choice of hotel! We have a beautiful room...great books int he lobby...coffee machine and fridge in the room...

And this weird internet connection in the room!

Instead of using ireless we can use the TV to connect, no mouse though..and it"s really difficult to use. Sort of a webtv setup.

Anyway we're here and we had a good day, apart from all the bus travel that can be very tiresome! II read a Wilbur Smith book (Rage) the last time we did a lot of travel (train a that stage) and this time I'm read Anne Frank's definitive version of her diary.

She was a brilliant writer. IPity she never saw her work published as she dreamed.

I'd love to read her critical version. While we were at herhouse in Holland I also bought the book that has the last 7 months of her life which is tomorrow's book! (Lots of travel to Niagar Falls!)

Today we began the day early, 6am breakfast, and headed for Arlington Nationa Cemetery to see JFK and Jackie BKO Kennedy (Bouvier Onassis) graves. Their simple headstons are flanked by a headstone of a 2 day old baby of theirs who died in 1963 (same year he was shot) and a little daughter from just after they were married.

The inscription reads, "...with history teh final judge o our deeds..." (quoted from his inaugural address)

Interesting hat Jackie is buried there with JFK and i can only assume tha's because she was patriotic and always considered herself American and didn't want to be buried in Greece with her husband Aristotle Onassis.

Her so, who died in the plane crash wasn't there either..

His brother was also buried there and has a simple wooden cross on a green lawn.

We spent all morning hee! Thn headed off to The National American Indian Musuem where we saw the wonderful dresses the women, and men for that matter, wore!

Gosh Americans so their museum well too! Such finish to everything.

The hilarious aussie women on the tour did a heap of texting today to see who was winning the rugby and i jokenly aked who won the footy..

The AFL? They asked...and said it would be funny to ask their kids who won even though they are not supporters, so they text'd their family..and we found out Geelong won. Everyone cheered, "Go the Cats! Even tho no one, incl us, knew who they were!

Apparently their kids thought they were goin mad to be texting asking that..and thought they must have having a terrible holiday!

Ended the day with everyone grizzling so much about the mexican/american driver and the swedish/american tour guide! We were thankful to hear we will we have a change fo driver and guide for the Niagara component! No one tipped these two!

Off to bed now...this silly webtv is horrible..and this had take so long to do!

See you in....well, next time we get internet!

xoxoxoxo

PS My tooth is so lose i'm praying for it to fall out! The last dentist , in Amsterdam, said he couldn't cement it in until it falls out! Hmmm