Tuesday & Wednesday
Yesterday our friend, Allen Jolicoeur, took us on a tour of the family home at Tudor Farms. Eighteen years ago it cost $12,000,000 to build. We think the interior decorator spent at least another $12,000,000 to decorate it. We were not allowed to take photos because the family wants to remain as private as possible. The extremely large house is full of very expensive collections of guns, duck decoys, and art. The house is almost beyond description. We have toured Mark Twain’s home and the Rockefeller home in Woodstock, VT and neither is as impressive as the Tudor’s home here in Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A photo of the horse barn I wrote about yesterday is attached.
Today, Wednesday, we drove near Washington, DC and then took the Metro into the city. First, we went to the Holocaust Museum where Connie was able to learn more about the extermination of her Jewish great-aunt and uncle’s from Lodz, Poland. Then we saw the World War II Memorial, Viet Nam War Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, and the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Everything was impressive, especially the Korean War and Viet Nam memorials. There's a photo of Julia Child's kitchen attached also.
About 1:30 in the afternoon we were standing near the Washington Monument when we noticed that a motorcycle policeman had blocked off one of the side streets and just a block away a police car was blocking off another street. There was also a helicopter circling around the area. We asked what was happening, and one young lady said that sometimes the President drives by. After about 15 minutes, more motorcycle police came by, followed by three big black SUV’s. It was President Obama’s motorcade! How did he know we were in town!
Tomorrow we’re going sailing on Chesapeake Bay with the Jolicoeurs on their 32’ sailboat.
Yesterday our friend, Allen Jolicoeur, took us on a tour of the family home at Tudor Farms. Eighteen years ago it cost $12,000,000 to build. We think the interior decorator spent at least another $12,000,000 to decorate it. We were not allowed to take photos because the family wants to remain as private as possible. The extremely large house is full of very expensive collections of guns, duck decoys, and art. The house is almost beyond description. We have toured Mark Twain’s home and the Rockefeller home in Woodstock, VT and neither is as impressive as the Tudor’s home here in Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A photo of the horse barn I wrote about yesterday is attached.
Today, Wednesday, we drove near Washington, DC and then took the Metro into the city. First, we went to the Holocaust Museum where Connie was able to learn more about the extermination of her Jewish great-aunt and uncle’s from Lodz, Poland. Then we saw the World War II Memorial, Viet Nam War Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, and the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Everything was impressive, especially the Korean War and Viet Nam memorials. There's a photo of Julia Child's kitchen attached also.
About 1:30 in the afternoon we were standing near the Washington Monument when we noticed that a motorcycle policeman had blocked off one of the side streets and just a block away a police car was blocking off another street. There was also a helicopter circling around the area. We asked what was happening, and one young lady said that sometimes the President drives by. After about 15 minutes, more motorcycle police came by, followed by three big black SUV’s. It was President Obama’s motorcade! How did he know we were in town!
Tomorrow we’re going sailing on Chesapeake Bay with the Jolicoeurs on their 32’ sailboat.
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