Home again, home again, jiggety jig.  I got in late Friday night, and it already feels like I never went away.  Good thing I took lots of pictures!!!   The trip was awesome - lots of sights, and the conference was a great time too.  Lots of networking, and sharing of knowledge.  I started to upload photos, and realized I had way too many for one blog entry - I need to break them up a bit.

We flew in to Baltimore on Saturday - it was a day of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" for sure!  We took the train from the airport (here we are - waiting for it now.)  It was kind of eerie - waiting for the train in the dark.  We were the only ones being picked up at that stop.

We took the train (Amtrak) to the Metro Central Station, and then took the Metro to our hotel.  The hotel was located right on the Metro, so we only had to walk up the steps (and there were LOTS of steps!) and turn into the building.  Lovely, considering we were all hauling suitcases!  Getting the hang of the Metro was a bit daunting but by the time we left, we felt like pros!!!

Sunday, we started out early (early for us!  The 3 hour time difference made it hard to get started in the morning!)  We took a trolley ride around DC to get a feel for the area - and to decide what we wanted to go see and do.  Sunday was actually the anniversary of Lincoln's death - I didn't realize that!  The line to see Ford Theater was around the block before 10:00 (when they opened).

Here we are on the trolley!

Some of the buildings and architecture we saw from the trolley.