Georgetown General Tips
Tips and photos for Georgetown vacations and tourism, posted by real travelers and Georgetown locals.
Local Time 10:33 pm Saturday, September 6, 2008
Georgetown Map
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on December 26, 2005
ARCHITECTURE
I walked along main street called simply M Street there and back (over 0.5 mi one way). While Urszula was doing shopping (luckily mostly window shopping) in numerous cloth stores I enjoyed seeing perfectly preserved rows of colonial houses. Some of them are brick and not painted some are painted in bright colours. Don't skip backstreets (those going southwards) which may lead you to lovely set up restaurants and futher to some fancy residencies. But keep in mind that even if you are twice taller than average Japanese their fences are higher. If you are lucky you can see upper floors of their houses.
WATCHING PEOPLE
Well, surprisingly there were almost no visitors (I mean tourists) on business day around sunset but more and more locals doing shopping on the way back home. The funniest is to watch all those confused customers, especially guys and boys who desperately and fast, often unsuccesfully try to find some clothes to look better, thinner, younger or just amusing. Opss... I am one of them but I luckily wasn't forced to try anything in those numerous shops. Those always smiling shop assistants who use different tricks and ways to both sell something and help me, always confuse me.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS
Check Georgetown website. I'd choose first:
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Dumbarton House and Dumbarton Oaks.
SHOPPING AND EATING
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