Dave and I spent most of the day at Mount Vernon today and we had a wonderful time. We’ve visited it many times, but never for the George Washington’s Birthday celebration. So glad we did! Cake, music, military drills, George, and Martha.
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Dave and I finally made a trip to Chantilly to visit the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles International Airport. The center is an extension of the original National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall, which we really need to re-visit. Together, the two sites showcase the world’s largest collection of aviation and space artifacts.
The design showcases the museum’s artifacts. It is configured like an airport terminal housing: the main hangar, the space hangar, the restoration hangar and artifact storage. The exhibition space is 10 stories high and is as long as three football fields. An active runway allows planes to fly in and taxi directly to the museum.
The morning on Valentine’s Day held a surprise for me. I walked into the leaving room and had a bunch of balloons raining down on me. Just like during a New Year’s Eve Celebration. It was so nice and sweet of my husband! He knows how much I enjoy balloons like that. 🙂
Sometimes, there is a benefit of driving to work early because of the chance of catching a beautiful sunrise, like we did this morning.
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For the first time the Chinese Lantern Festival lights up Roer’s Zoofari in Vienna, VA celebrating a 2,000-year-old Chinese tradition with giant lanterns, martial arts shows and plenty of hands-on cultural activities. When I saw an email from living social advertising this event, Dave and I decided not to miss this opportunity. A beautiful 69°F evening in January made the experience even more enjoyable.
The New Year’s Eve 2016 has arrived! This year Dave and I decided to spend the New Year’s Eve in Baltimore.
For our second day in Tauranga we purchased a 7 hours excursion to Rotorua, a town set on its namesake lake on New Zealand’s North Island, is renowned for its geothermal activity and Maori culture. The tour included Rotorua geysers, mud pools, Maori village, and plenty of scenic sights.
The most popular site was Te Puia – Rotoruas premiere cultural and geothermal destination and home to world-famous Pohutu Geyser, which is in the picture above. Also, we were excited to see a Maori performance, kiwi birds, a kiwi fruit orchard and much more.
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Our cruise ship was docked in Tauranga for 2 days. The first day we spent at Waimarino adventure park, from where we had scheduled an evening Glow Worm kayak tour.
Our tour bus from Akaroa brought us to the Christchurch Canterbury Museum, where we were supposed to relocate to the minivan for the Christchurch sightseeing tour. The Museum is world-renowned for its natural and human history collections.
The most French town in New Zealand, Akaroa impressed us with its historic buildings, magnificent harbor and passion for fine food.
Akaroa, a charming town on the Banks Peninsula, that retains some of its French heritage from 1840, when the French settled it before the British. Although the British took possession, the French chose to stay. It’s situated at the mouth of a harbor, but all around it steep hills rise up from sea level.