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Washington deserves a guided tour

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And because Washington deserves a guided tour instead of a dangerous midwinter barge Crossing of the Delaware.

We’d like to take him on a hop-on, hop-off bus around the city which bears his name.

Which, of course, we can do because we have the right connections.

Having bumped into George on the National Mall.

And then having been tour guided around the capital of the US by no less a figure than DC mayor Muriel Bower.

Hot in the City

Good luck on topping that but you’ve got more than a fighting chance this USA 250 year on board with City Experiences.

The 24-hour hop-on hop-off ticket gives visitors the chance to take in the capital at your leisure.

All the Smithsonians, the Capitol, your must-do selfie in front of the White House, and the monuments, memorials, and parks.

While, DC being the great cycling city that it is City Experiences are giving us a complimentary one-hour bike rental. And all starting from £44pp.

Now to borrow from Aleta Adams a minute.

We really should get there how we can for America 250 and when we do hop on the range of modes of transport and entertainment CE are offering.

New York, New York

Now one of the best ways to take in New York is on the Hudson and East Rivers.

And CE will take you on a signature dinner and dance cruise.

Where you can take in views of the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge, and One World Trade Centre.

The two-and-a-half-hour cruise features a chef-prepared buffet, live DJ entertainment, a fully stocked bar, and open-air rooftop decks. Prices start from £63pp.

Out on the Great Lakes

Chicago-go-go: Taking in the Second City

If that whets your appetite, and you are in some of these other great American cities, be our guests and go cruising.

On Lake Michigan, with a chef-prepared buffet on a two-and-a-half-hour cruise taking in panoramic views.

Of the orginal American Skyscraper City, or the Second City Chicago, including the Willis Tower and Adler Planetarium. Prices start from £47pp.

Frisco dancing

Or wine, dine and cruise for two and a half hours in Frisco.

In San Francisco Bay in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge, and Alcatraz Island. Prices start from £99pp.

San Diego chargers

While if you want to enjoy too those who live in the seas, then City Experiences put on a San Diego Whale & Dolphin Watching Adventure.

Where your three-and-a-half to four-hour adventure will give you the chance to spot Grey, Blue, Minke, and Fin Whales, along with dolphins, sea lions, and marine birds.

Expert narrators from the San Diego Natural History Museum provide live commentary. Prices start from £50pp.

And again we say Washington deserves a guided tour and so do you, and particularly this America 250 year.

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Holidos and Don’ts – tipping

14th May 202514th May 2025 funtime65

And in readiness for the Oo Es of Eh and prompted by an Italian guide on such matters we bring you Holidos and Don’ts – tipping.

A tip first of all is a contract To Insure Promptness and our American friends certainly provide that.

We have all seen cab drivers hurl luggage down at a measly tip or God forbid none at all.

While even of you have just got out of the Uber in the dodgiest and wrong part of Washington DC you are expected to open your wallet.

Tipping 100%

But what percentage of your bill should you give your service provider?

Well from experience a fifth of your tariff will elicit a warm wide smile and priority the next time you seek custom.

And so as not to look foreign, or worse, mean work it out beforehand so you’re not scrabbling around for notes.

Boston a gut

The rule of thumb too is that every service provider is entitled to your extra gratuity.

Even if you are that gormless inexperienced 21-year-old waiter getting your order wrong.

At the Black Rose Irish bar in Boston.

Now every American service provider knows the drill.

And that it is tips that make the job viable.

Everybody you would think, apart that is Faceache.

The Tragic Bus (Boy)

One of our waitress bosses at the sadly departed Guadalaharry’s Mexican restaurant by Quincy Market, Boston.

When we worked as Bus Boys, the lowest rung of the hospitality sector.

The convention for clearing the tables while the waiters schmoozed was widely accepted to be 10 per cent of their overall tips.

Which of course, said Faceache, and no I can’t remember her real name, ignored.

What was free, as well as Nachos which I have hence gone off for life, were the daily putdowns.

And getting called ‘Biafra’ on account of my then svelte figure.

All of which would have been helped with a healthy cut of her tips which I had helped win.

Customer is always right

Share it out: Everybody should get their cut

Those post-university experiences and my cousins running bars and diners in New York has led me to value the American tipping culture.

And it does work too as we witnessed first hand when our table were given free drinks on the eve of Cousin Eddie’s wedding.

Because of our extended wait.

Our American friends and family, of course, expect similar courtesy when they visit foreign shores.

A Brit of a lesson

But alas, at least here on our shores it can be erratic at best.

Which is when my formidable Auntie Kathleen, daughter of Donegal turned Queen of Queens hospitality would come in.

Reminding staff on these shores of the Holidos and Don’ts – tipping.

And what she would require for herself and her party if they did not meet her standards.

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Standing up for Budapest

17th April 202517th April 2025 funtime65

Maybe they couldn’t solve their Rubik’s Cube or got fined by Vlad the Validator but I’m standing up for Budapest against the naysayers.

Those reviewers who marked the Hungarian capital and its famous baths down in a luggage company survey.

Why the experts on the Radical Storage luggage storage firm should pick on the magnificent Magyar city on the Danube you’d have to ask them.

Perhaps they too had been fined £60 when someone forgot to validate their ticket before boarding the train and were collared by the huffy Hungarian guard.

Or were kept waiting by your other half in the steamier of the two outdoor pools at the Szechenyi Baths.

Neither challenges should, of course, detract from your enjoyment of what is truly a unique experience.

A lot of bull about Istanbul

The 95,352 rambunctious reviewers seem to have it in for the Hungarian capital as a whole.

And placing the Baths at fifth most overpriced attraction, and at £12 or £14 on weekends for a multi-thalasso treat they’re tough to please.

Now we can’t count here for Alton Towers in Staffordshire in England, considered the worst for price and value or Snowland in Brazil, fourth on the list.

But we’re digging our heels in here too for Topkapi Palace (£15) in Istanbul and the Dubrovnik City Walls, the same price although it does shoot up to £30 in high season.

The madness continues when it comes to the world’s most disappointing list.

Water mistake about Trevi Fountain

With inexplicably the Trevi Fountain fifth biggest letdown, shared by a former colleague who described it as just a fountain. Mamma Mia!

The best pint in Dublin, alongside we’re contractually obliged to big up cousins’ The Workshop bistro, is at the Guinness Storehouse.

But some curmudgeons put it down in seventh for most disappointing attraction.

And those wet fishes place our Hungarian baths at No.10 alongside the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC which is actually out of this world.

Hit and list

And just to spell that out in hard facts for you here…

Most Overpriced Tourist Attractions
Rank	Attraction	Country	Negative Mentions about Costs and Value
1	Alton Towers Resort	United Kingdom	18.0%
2	Topkapı Palace	Turkey	14.7%
3	Dubrovnik City Walls	Croatia	14.4%
4	Snowland	Brazil	13.0%
5	Széchenyi Baths and Pool	Hungary	11.2%

The World’s Top 10 Most Disappointing Tourist Attractions
Rank	Attraction	Location	Country	Percentage of Reviews with Negative Mentions
1st	Alton Towers Resort	Staffordshire	United Kingdom	49.4%
2nd	Széchenyi Baths and Pool	Budapest	Hungary	37.2%
3rd	Siam Park	Tenerife	Spain	31.2%
4th	Time Out Market Lisboa	Lisbon	Portugal	28.4%
5th	Fontana di Trevi	Rome	Italy	24.6%
6th	Horseshoe Casino	Las Vegas	United States	24.0%
=7th	Guinness Storehouse	Dublin	Ireland	23.2%
=7th	Gardaland Park	Lake Garda	Italy	23.2%
=10th	Topkapı Palace	Istanbul	Turkey	23.0%
=10th	National Air and Space Museum	Washington D.C.	United States	23.0%

Turk that

Digging deeper, we don’t know if it’s an Orban or an Erdogan thing but the raspish reviewers vent their spleens at Istanbul and Budapest again and Bangkok in the following scroll of dishonour.

The Cities with the Most Disappointing Tourist Attractions

1. Istanbul (16%)

Considering the cities with three or more tourist attractions in the study, the data finds that when taking an average of all local attractions, Istanbul’s offering is the most likely to disappoint with a 16% negative mention rate. The most disappointing Istanbul attraction in the study is the aforementioned Topkapı Palace.

2. Bangkok (15.9%)

But not far behind is Bangkok with a score of 15.9%. The Grand Palace’s poor score of 12.6% (the joint 7th worst in the study) dragged the Thai capital down. Visitors might want to prioritise visiting Wat Arun instead – the Temple of Dawn – which has a much more favourable score of 9.4%.

3. Budapest (13.9%)

Budapest comes third (13.9% overall), with Széchenyi Baths and Pool (the most disappointing attraction) dampening the vibe. In fact, four attractions here came in under the study average of 10.9%: Fisherman’s Bastion (10.2%), Hungarian Parliament Building (8.6%), Shoes on the Danube Bank (7.8%) and St. Stephen’s Basilica (5.8%).

You can see the full list of the cities with the most disappointing tourist attractions on the main study page.

We’ll tease you here with the world’s least disappointing as reviewed in this survey by saying Leith, Scotland’s Royal Yacht Britannia is on it.

But today is for standing up for Budapest and our other maligned favourite places.

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Pocohontas twice blessed in The Rotunda

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And on the anniversary of her wedding to tobacco planter John Rolfe which forged the earliest American union, a celebration of Pocohontas twice blessed in the Rotunda.

For those whose eyes might have wandered when Donald Trump was inaugurated in the Capitol’s Holy of Holies.

They will, of course, reflect on the commission of George Washington, the Father of the Nation, resigning his commission.

And perhaps miss the Mother of the Nation, Pocohontas, who again it’s worth flagging up is twice blessed in the Rotunda.

In a relief sculpture ‘The Preservation of Captain Smith by Pocahontas’ by Antonio Capellano.

And the painting ‘Baptism of Pocahontas’ by John Gadsby Chapman.

Capitol’s time capsule

The Rotunda is the Capitol’s time capsule chronicling the history of the Union.

Which makes it idiosyncratic that Pocohontas’s story should be included here in Washington.

Although its symbolism and the Native Americans’ birthright to this land makes it as justified as any.

Whether The Donald will one day be immortalised in the Rotunda’s fixtures and fittings is for the future.

But he will undoubtedly return here to lie in state as have 12 presidents from Abraham Lincoln through John F Kennedy to Jimmy Carter.

The modern Pantheon

For Americanophiles, and you don’t have to have majored in American history, The Rotunda is a must on your list.

Particularly as you might have missed the 200th anniversary of its completion.

For the visit of that hero of the Revolution, the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit in 1924.

And if it feels familiar to modern-day visitors who have also been to Rome then you’d be right.

As the First Fathers, Classical fans that they were, modelled it on the Pantheon.

A brief tutorial

Casting your eye around the Rotunda and it is better to sign up with a tour guide brings back old hippy Ted Ranson’s morning lectures.

The paintings of the Declaration of Independence, the Surrender of General Burgoyne, Lord Cornwallis and the aforementioned George Washington.

It’s among the Rotunda’s commemoration of the American explorers’ story that Pocohontas gets a second airing.

Along with the Landing of Columbus, Discovery of the Mississippi and the Embarkation of the Pilgrims.

Although it’s worth remembering that she didn’t do any exploring herself.

The Mother of the Nation

Capitol idea: On the hill in Washington DC

A native of the land around the renamed Jamestown, Virginia.

While there in four wreathed panels above the paintings frame portrait busts of John Cabot, Christopher Columbus, Sir Walter Raleigh and Sieur de La Salle

You’ll see the second Pocohontas in the relief panels above the four entrances.

Among them Daniel Boone. the Landing of the Pilgrims and William Penn’s Treaty with the Indians.

A whole potted history then of America all around you in the Rotunda.

With one Native American rightly taking her place which we will remember especially.

America, Countries, Ireland

Trump letting the rivers run green on St Paddy’s Day

17th March 202517th March 2025 funtime65

It is, of course, the day when the Irish take over, with even Donald Trump letting the rivers run green on St Paddy’s Day.

Whisper it but The Donald has kept the tradition, started by Michelle Obama, alive of dyeing the fountain on the White House North Lawn an emerald hue.

But hey, the 45th and 47th President considers himself a great friend of the Irish.

Particularly the Irish-Americans who he namechecked in meeting Taoiseach Micheal Martin for voting him into the White House.

Of course, The Donald may believe green is also a good way of ‘draining the swamp’ in Washington.

It was too a very practical solution to a drain problem that inadvertently gave rise to the greening the water tradition.

Green and White House: Fountain is green

Now synonymous with St Paddy’s Day in America.

And which Chicagoan Michelle was only too glad to adapt to her new Washington surroundings when she and Barack lived in the White House.

The Limey City

Chicago for green: A staple of the calendar

Nor would The Donald want it to be mentioned that it was a Democrat who got the whole thing flowing.

When in 1961 Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley used a special green dye to clean up the river which had become a dumping ground.

Or more specifically Daley’s pal Stephen Bailey, also the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade chairman.

Whether Daley and Bailey had heard that Savannah, Georgia, had tried to counter their problem by greening up, Chicago has dined out on their dye job ever since.

And other emerald cities

Now where Chicago led others followed.

With San Antonio‘s businessmen dyeing the River City Walk, an unmatched oasis in a city.

And they keep their river green a whole three days rather than Chicago’s half a dozen hours, around the same length of time Tampa Bay, Florida colours their water.

Randomly Indianapolis and Charlotte, North Carolina both get into the greening around St Paddy’s.

And so while Indianapolis colours their canal green over their four days of partying.

Charlotte goes one step further with participants in their 5k run dousing themselves in green.

All of which points to it being green for go for the Irish in America.

Particularly with Donald Trump letting the rivers run green on St Paddy’s Day.

America, Countries, Food

An Address to a Trumpie gie US her haggis

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And on this Burns Day. An Address to a Trumpie gie US her haggis.

You might have missed it in the avalanche of executive orders and requests to the new US President.

But Scotland’s haggis-makers are lobbying this son of a Lewis lass.

Tae reverse a 50-year ban on Scottish sheep’s lungs since Richard Nixon inexplicably took against our national dish.

Best laid plans: Of mice and wee men and wimmen

And what’s mair we’re hopeful The Donald will listen.

The Donald, of course, has his footprints, or more his golf spikes, across Scotland.

With courses in Aberdeenshire and Burns’ back yard Ayrshire.

The Scottish diaspora

Now while the 47th President may be more partial to a burger we dare say Mary Ann MacLeod Trump introduced him to the haggis when he was younger… and Burns.

The Bard has, of course, been sustenance for the Scottish diaspora.

And he has given rise to Burns Suppers proliferating around the world.

And visitors to the excellent heritage village of Alloway in Ayrshire will find the extent.

In the Statue House at the Burns Monument Gardens, Alloway.

Where an engraved stone map of the world has miniature Burns statues showing where he is celebrated.

Burns the man for a’ that

Brithers be for a’ that: With ‘The Donald’ in NY

Including of course Donaldland as he’s about to rechristen the USA but the English-speaking world in general.

Burns is also a working man’s hero in Russia too… a man’s a man for a’ that chiming with the socialist ethos.

And that is the beauty of the poet, he is something of a Mr Potatohead.

Or Mr Tattiehead as that could be translated in Scotland.

And that is not to decry Burns as he has been ambushed by socialists, capitalists and colonialists alike.

Washington and whisky

The 48th President of America: In Washington DC

Now just like in Burns’ homeland the Bard is celebrated in our own wee kitchens, in pubs and in grand estates and country houses.

And by his ain folk and by politicians, businessmen, royalty and celebrities alike.

With the St Andrews Society of Washington, DC holding their annual Burns Supper.

Just down the road from the White House at 1615 H Street NW with tickets at ¢250.

Where the good members from the American capital would be only too glad.

To have the half-Scottish 47th President and DC‘s most famous resident make the toast.

To the Immortal Memory and the members to him.

So here’s An Address to a Trumpie gie US her haggis.

America, Countries, Deals

By train across America’s iconic Eastern Cities

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It’s taken us four decades and several transatlantic jaunts when we could easily have gone by train across America’s iconic Eastern Cities.

Public transport is much pilloried in the Land of the Car and that extends to travelling between states.

With travel providers assuming that visitors will automatically prefer a self-drive option.

Now, of course, that is not for all of us although I nervously was prepared to go that route in the Florida Keys when Covid struck.

I have, of course, been back to the States many times since and criss-crossed too through New England.

Sitting back in a buffet car, talking to fellow passengers and taking in the world outside your window is the way to go.

Try Freedom

And don’t Freedom Destinations know it as evidenced by their Eastern Cities By Rail package.

You will cover the Big Four, Boston, New York, Washington DC and Philadelphia on your FD tour.

And the beauty of the FD experience is that they will customise your trip with extra nights or destinations.

And the news from the Capitol: In Washington

You will fly into Logan Airport in Bean City, Boston and out of John Dulles which remember is in Virginia.

By train across America’s iconic Eastern CitiesAnd enjoy 11 nights hotel accommodation along the way south.

Pass marks

Now we’d always recommend a city travel pass to get around America’s cities.

And FD agree which is why they include a Boston All-Inclusive Pass and New York CityPass for their customers.

And Boston and Washington D.C. Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tours.

Now they’re not the Big Four for nothing and we’d advise too to walk the cities.

Of course, the Freedom Trail and Harbour in Boston, Greenwich Village and Central Park in NY.

And South Street and any street with a letter or state name intersecting it which is all of them in DC.

Train takes the train

The FD package retails at from £1590 or with flights from £2,190.

So that’ll allay your anxiety about jet lag, driving on the other side of the road and getting the vehicle back as you found it.

It’s better by train across America’s iconic Eastern Cities with Freedom Destinations.

America, Countries

A heady cocktail in America’s capital region

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There’s a heady cocktail in America’s capital region but we’re not talking, for now, about Trump 2.0.

Particularly with a bottle of the finest Northern Irish Galgorm gin looking for a mixer for our Christmas party.

And may we suggest the humble Washington DC gin rickey, the juice of the juniper, carbonated water and a squeezed lime?

The tipple which has been loosening the tongues of politicians on the Hill for nearly a century and a half.

Capitals idea

It’s how our friends in the Capital Region USA toast this time of year… who are we kidding all times of the year?

Just like Democratic lobbyist Joe Hickey of Missouri was wont to do back in the 1880s.

Now here’s a capital idea that our chum Cass has put together to extend the ‘special relationship’ between the US and Britain.

Man in the know: With George and Issy

With Capital Region working with St Ermin’s Hotel in London to curate a collection of their festive cocktails.

Bringing the region to life through the tastes, smells and sights of Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia.

Now helpfully CRU have opened up their drinks trolley to showcase these other faves.

Virginian territory

Virginia’s Moonshine Mixology: Because the most famous Virginian of them all, George Washington was the largest producer of whiskey in the Commonwealth.

Belle Isle Craft Spirits in Richmond, Virginia, uses its moonshine and mixes it with iced tea and house lemonade.

St Ermin’s Hotel recipe: 50ml apple and ginger juice, 50ml pomegranate juice, 50ml moonshine and a splash of lemon juice. Shake with ice and serve.

Cherry baby

DC’s Cherry Blossom Revolution: Antonio Matarazzo’s creation, Cherry Revolution celebrates Washington DC’s National Cherry Blossom Festival heritage.

By blending Don Ciccio & Figil Cerasum Aperitivo, an infusion of three different kinds of cherries and Sakura blossoms.

With vodka, orange and Galliano L’Autentico, and Anise and peppermint tasting liquor for a festive explosion.

St Ermin’s recipe: 50ml vodka, 80ml orange juice, 20ml cherry liquor, shot of herbal liquor, shake over ice, serve with cherry and garnish with blossom flower.

Cooler Mule ah

Maryland Mule: Traditionally served in a copper mug, this Maryland classic celebrates the state’s love affair with rye whiskey.

Pick award-winning Sagamore Spirits mixed with ginger beer, half a lime, and mint for garnish.

St Ermin’s recipe: 50ml rye whiskey, 100ml ginger beer, splash of fresh lime over ice, stir and serve.

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Ail to the chief on a draining night in Georgia

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Ail to the chief on a draining night in Georgia, as all eyes today are on what Joe Biden next in the race to be the next US President.

And whether he can go forward for the Democratic candidacy in Chicago in August.

The hysteria and confusion over President Biden’s frailties and what to do if he declines further suggests all this is new to America.

Which, of course it is not.

With before Slow Joe, Franklin Delano and Woodrow… and a sprinkle of others.

FD-argh and Wobbly Woodrow

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was, of course, crippled with polio.

But he stood for office four times despite it being torture for him to even stand.

All of which contributed to his early death even before the Second World War was settled.

And Harry S. Truman stepped up seamlessly.

Even more impressively Woodrow Wilson’s wife filled in behind the scenes for the POTUS when he had a stroke in 1919.

Rickety Ronnie

None of which is being mentioned in the public discourse.

After Dim and Dimmer, or Biden and Trump, went head to head.

Then there was Ronald Reagan ‘The Gipper’, who many speculated had already contracted Alzheimers while in office.

And who had the formidable Barbara pulling his strings and the able Veep George HW Bush.

When he was recuperating after being shot, and from his colon cancer.

At the heart of US history

Now for Americanophiles the chance to see politics live and in action is always a thrill.

And we were fortunate enough to be there during Barack Obama’s procession to the White House.

And flying overnight to Orlando and discovering that the Donald had won.

Now while Washington moves to the beat of politics.

Other great American cities get a tourist spike when the politicos roll into town.

Winds of change in Chicago

The Windy City of Chicago, so-called because of the hot air from the politicians, is well used to welcoming the Democrat delegates.

And should Joe pull out, or be pulled out, of the race then observers will doubtless reflect.

On a stormy Chicago convention in 1968.

When Hubert Humphrey and Eugene McCarthy duked it out.

All against the backdrop of the assassination of Robert Kennedy who was racing towards the nomination.

Back to the Kennedys

Second time around: Robert F Kennedy Jnr

As politicos all fixate on the advanced ages of Joe Biden and Donald J Trump.h

It has largely gone unnoticed that there is a Kennedy in the race for the White House again…

Bobby’s son, Robert F. Kennedy Jnr, who CNN wouldn’t allow in on the Atlanta debate.

And who had to hold his own Q&A in Los Angeles.

Kennedy is polling as high as 16 per cent but has not been quoted unusually as a possible replacement for Biden.

Of course, the takeaway from Atlanta was headlines (ours) Ail to the chief on a draining night in Georgia.

They won’t be the last.

America, Countries

Gettysburg… you know the address

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And yes, Gettysburg… you know the address. Though probably most don’t know where it is.

The site of Abraham Lincoln’s finest hour in Pennsylvania in fact only lasted two minutes.

But it resounds 160 years on today, November 19, and will do so for 1,600 to come.

In the most deprecating manner the Union’s Commander-in-Chief opined on this day in 1863: ‘The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here.’

And peers noted that the Union’s leader was worried that his tribute would be overshadowed by Edward Everett’s two-hour speech.

Let battle begin

The good news for us is that the National Park Service, as they do across America, ‘have come to dedicate a portion of that field’ for us to pay our respects.

Gettysburg, as General George E Meade and General Robert E. Lee knew only too well, was a pivotal crossroads (aren’t they all?)

On the border of Maryland and Pennsylvania which made the battle, between July 1-3, Lee’s last excursion into the North.

Now where Meade and Lee had maps and compasses, these days we have GPS.

And Gettysburg lies an hour and a half north of Washington DC, two hours and ten minutes west of Philadelphia and an hour and ten to Baltimore.

Now while you can, and should, visit the battlefield and it will take three to five hours.

A day in history

Today it is all about Lincoln’s address.

And we are encouraged to kick off our trip through history at the home of attorney David Wills.

Where Abe stayed and perfected his speech the night before.

An annual parade of Civil War living history groups is held with the Gettysburg Address anniversary.

While there will be a commemoration day illumination which will feature a luminary candle on each of the 3,512 Civil War soldiers’ graves.

Now if you can’t get to Gettysburg today the National Parks Service give us a virtual tour, complete with the full speech.

Gettysburg… you know the address. Now look up the postal address on your next trip to the east coast.

Calling culture vultures

Now the Cultural Experience will give you a full day at Gettysburg in their 14-day American Civil War: Eastern Theater Tour.

And throw in Manassas (we were there), Fredericksburg and Appomattox among the highlights.

You’ll get return flights from London and will stay in 3 and 4 star hotels. See site for prices and conditions.