Day 4 in Washington DC

Continuing on from yesterday, we stayed the night in Nick's dorm (they totally live up to the cliche of messy boys!) and then hung around until Nick had finished classes on Friday and then headed out for lunch. We went to Five Guys which is a burger place and, true to Nick and his roommates' word, they were the best burgers we have had the whole trip.

Nick's student accommodation he shares with 3 other guys (it's a pretty good set up)

We dropped the guys back at the house and the three of us continued on our tour of Maryland, heading to the University of Maryland which was really nice and then Nick drove us back to D.C. where we hung out for a bit and then said our goodbyes.

University of Maryland

Our plan had been to grab some dinner and have an early night but while eating dinner in the hostel, we met four guys from Melbourne and ended up talking and playing Xbox until about 2am.

Day 3 in Washington DC

On Thursday morning we visited the White House. It was kind of a let-down. I was expecting it to be...bigger.

The White House

Anyway, when Christie's sister Lisa was in Germany on exchange, she met Nick who lives in Baltimore, so we organised to catch a train there and spend a night in Baltimore. Nick and Tina, who also went to Germany on exchange, picked us up at Baltimore's Penn station and gave us the grand tour of one of the most dangerous cities in America. We saw everything, from the mansions to the ghetto houses directly across the road from said mansions. There are quite a few universities in the area and we drove through Nick and Tina's, Loyola.

The view over some of Baltimore from Capitol Hill

We had dinner at Shuckers on the water and then visited Nick's parents and pets. We then dropped Tina back at her dorm and headed to Murphy's which is the bar Nick works at and we had the whole place to ourselves for a while which was cool as I got control over the juke -box and we played beer pong (which I totally sucked at!). Funnily enough, my very first ball made it into a cup but for the rest of the night I did not make one! Murphy's didn't start getting busy until 11:30 (PM on a Thursday?!) and we stayed until close (2am).

The view from Shuckers

Tina and myself at Shuckers

Pete and Nick
(Pete is Nick's cousin and also the bartender at Murphy's)

Nick kicking butt at beer pong