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Some photos from the Empire State Building – not a bad view!

I went to Madame Tussauds in Washington which displayed all of the Presidents. Here are some …

I went to another car show with an amazing selection. Here are some …

This was my ride to the carshow  –  a1933 Packard

Another Packard – this time a 1932.

1926 Rolls Royce

1931 Cadillac

1924 Sayers and Scovill

And a modern one to finish – a 2011 Ferrari Italia 458

I was very fortunate to get a tour inside this address. Unfortunately, photos inside were not allowed.

The Jefferson Memorial

President Kennedy’s grave at Arlington Cemetery

Feel like some of these myself at times . . .

Some photos from the Air and Space Museum.

The Blackbird Stealth Bomber

The Space Shuttle Enterprise.

I’m in Florida at the moment for a conference. This is the view from my hotel room, and I had anticipated going for a swim in the afternoon. Unfortunately, about an hour after this there was a tornado warning with an amazing thunder and lightening storm. That’ll teach me for being smug about an afternoon swim.

We were very fortunate to have our Grandmaster from Australia visit. It always amazes me to watch someone gifted in taking people from where they are to a skill level beyond what they think they could achieve in only a few hours – pure leadership.

 

Here are some pics from Havana. Cuba is certainly a surreal place!

Old cars!

A Havana Square.

The Capital Building.

The Capital Building at night not lit up as there is not sufficient electricity to light it up!

These photos are the clean streets, yet just off them, well, not terribly pleasant.

This is an overview of Trinidad.

This is a typical street (although this one isn’t cobbled). And yes, more horses and carts than cars!

This is the image on the quarter coin (see below)  – a famous Trinidad scene.