Pining for the Fjords

Missing something?  Check out the start of this story:  Days 1 and 2 , Day 3 , Day 4 On Monday, 10/26, Robert kindly dropped us off at the Alexandria Amtrak station on his way to work, and we spent some time looking at the structure of the old building and admiring its details. Gorgeous wood beams on the ceiling A close-up of the light fixture Our train was running a bit late, but eventually, it pulled in and we hopped on. All aboard! The trip took around four hours, and we stopped in all of the major cities along the route, including Baltimore, Trenton, Philly, and Newark.  On the way through Baltimore we grabbed a few shots, no doubt inspired by our recent viewing of The Wire . I see Stringer Bell! About 45 minutes later than expected, we finally arrived in the outskirts of New York. We can see the city! We disembarked at Penn Station and hopped on the A subway, heading north along the western border of Central...

Missing something?  Check out the start of this story:  Days 1 and 2 , Day 3 Race day (Sunday, 10/25) started out even earlier than the others, as we hopped in a cab at 5am to head to the nearest Metro station to Toni and Robert’s house, King Street.  The Metro opened its doors at 5am that day, so we figured we’d skip the very first rush and hop on around 5:15 or so. Ready to spectate! Our plan worked pretty well, and we hopped into a nearly empty car to claim a seat. Public transit selfie! The Metro dumped us out at the Pentagon station, and we strolled the short walk through the security checkpoint to the start line village.  Apparently, as the day went on, several problems made the security lines rather long – so long, in fact, that many runners missed the actual start completely.  According to reports, a Metro train hit a deer and the delays on the line caused tons of runners to be dumped at Pentagon station all at the same time....