We have been driving along the east coast of North America, starting at Miami, passing
by Daytona Beach, visiting Fort Matanzas, Saint Augustine, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston,
and Wilmington, North Carolina.
We continue driving towards New York.
Three hours and over 180 miles after we leave Wilmington, North Carolina we enter the state
of Virginia, and naturally we stop for the photo op.
We are driving almost non-stop all the way to Washington, DC.
And we are about halfway there.
We pass by Richmond, Virginia ... and Fredericksburg.
And no matter where you are, traffic will always slow down by the site of an accident.
The weather deteriorates gradually.
When we arrive we would have driven for over 6 hours along 370 miles nearly non-stop.
As night falls, we arrive at our nation's Capital.
Washington, DC.
"Continue on I-395 North..."
Our hotel is the Capitol Skyline, very well located.
Actually, you can kind of see the Capitol building from our window.
We do a little bit of sightseeing under the cold rain.
The Washington Monument, the Capitol Building.
With this nasty weather I actually give up on the video camera and just take a few pictures.
There's me and my nine-year-old car, which has brought us, safely, all the way here.
This is the Jefferson Memorial with its famous view of the Washington Monument and the White
House.
We've had enough of this rain.
Let's enjoy Christmas Eve Dinner at this place in Georgetown called Farmers Fishers Bakers.
After a full day of driving and the horrendous weather we've endured it is a nice break.
In the morning we take the Baltimore-Washington parkway.
It is a beautiful drive in the early morning mist.
It is a shame we couldn't see much of DC this time, but don't worry.
Eventually we have to drive back south, so we'll revisit.
We arrive at Baltimore.
The M&T Bank Football Stadium... and the Oriole Park.
As we reach the Hilton we turn right onto Camden Street towards the Convention Center.
We drive east on Pratt Street and continue roaming the deserted streets.
It is Christmas morning after all, so I assume everybody is opening presents.
Making this trip is present enough for me.
We continue driving along the Inner Harbor, and venture into Canton Park, but there's
really, not a whole lot to see here so we say: "enough wandering".
Let's head east on O'Donnell Street towards I-95 north.
We cross the Susquehanna River, the longest one on the east coast.
And pretty soon we arrive to the state of Delaware, and the city of Wilmington, largest
city in the state.
Off to Philly we go and guess what another state line crossed.
Welcome to Pennsylvania.
As we get of on 15th street one of the fist things we see is the City Hall to the left.
We continue south on 15th street into the district of South Philly, the birthplace of
the Philly Cheesesteak and not exactly the most touristy part of the city so we turn
back north on 16th.
This mural called "Children of Philadelphia" is one of the many Murals Against Crime.
These murals are all around the city and they have become a symbol of Philadelphia.
South Street is the invisible border between South Philly and Center City.
We're just driving around aimlessly.
It is not our intention to see Philadelphia today, everything seems to be closed on Christmas
Day, so we just want to take a quick look around and continue on.
And after a few miles we are in New Jersey.
Sorry, no pull out to take a picture.
We have it on good authority that the best place for brunch on Christmas Day is Harold's
New York Deli.
Don't let the name deceive you, they are located in Edison, New Jersey, and they are famous
for the gigantic portions.
We definitely ordered too much food.
A shake, soup, chilly fries, a meat loaf sandwich, a hotdog.
What were we thinking?
We are getting outta here.
Start spreading the news.
I'm arriving today.
This is it; we are approaching our final destination!
Coming up next, we spend Christmas in New York, and then some more.
Also, check out parts 1, 2, and 3 of this trip.
Meanwhile enjoy the Lincoln Tunnel as we cross underneath the Hudson River.
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