Walking Around Historic Alexandria, Virginia

 Friends, Dave and Kathy, are introducing us to Alexandria, Virginia.

The King Street Trolley
is free.

Buildings have ornate

trim along the upper

floors.

The Alexandria Courthouse

Bike around town on a

Capital BikeShare.

City Hall looks forlorn

without the spray from

its fountains

 The Visitors Center is

in the Ramsay House.

A Cigar Store Indian 

greets Scottish Merchant

Tobacconist customers.

Students from the local

high school asked us to

answer a question...

What does 'tune up' mean?

Our answers were wrong, and quite funny. Dave recorded our responses....

O'Connell's Restaurant

is beautifully decorated

for the holidays.

Jamey Turner provides

lilting, sometimes ghostly

music on the Water Harp.

I thought he was playing
water glasses.

Jamey told us that composers
Debussy, Handel & Strauss
wrote pieces for the
Water Harp.

A seagull guards the

nearby tour boat.

And watches over the harbor at the end of King Street.

This apartment complex
is an homage to English
architecture.

We stop for lunch at Bilbo

Baggins Restaurant.

Our brief walk in "Old Town" Alexandria was over all too soon.  Thanks Dave and Kathy for introducing us to this beautiful, history-filled city.