We are in washington dc for the annual Model NATO competition. We first drove through an ice storm, had to stop and fix wiper blades and buy wiper fluid. But we made it and took a cab to a Moroccan restaurant - it was great, Steve was invited to dance with a belly dancer (see the video in above post). The food was great. The next day we visited the Czech embassy (Embassy of the Czech) and met Ivona Hola, the Political Officer for Europe and Eurasia. The embassy is located next to Rock Creek Park, and she met with us for almost 2 hrs, and gave us each a bag of goodies. We then met with all participants at Howard University - I enjoyed being on a campus where most of the students were of color. The honor guard presented the flag before the meeting began, and I was really proud of these 4 young men and women - they were very solemn and the presentation was very impressive - lets not forget good old fashioned patriotism: we do live in a remarkable country, (despite Iraq and Dick Cheney, the US is still a great place to live). When we returned to the Washington Plaza hotel, i tried to park the van in the garage and got it stuck to the roof - i gave the parking attendant $20 and told him the van was stuck, maybe he'd have to let some air out of the tires, and he said dont worry about (must happen all the time). Today (friday) was competition all day, great interaction. Last night I had a drink at the Willard Hotel, a James bond martini, and tonight I dined in georgetown at an Ethiopian restaurant with some other faculty and the desk chief at State for Cyprus. Tomorrow is more competition - we wont get home until sunday. i love city - very intense. But I could do without the $50 dinners....
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