Friday, July 3, 2009

June 20: Vienna, Virginia

Upon waking, we decided we needed a complete breakfast -- we were tired of dry cereal and peanut butter and jelly. So we headed over to the Waffle House across the street, where we figured we could be immersed in the culture of the area.

The breakfast was delicious and the experience was well worth it, but before we knew it we had to head off. The drive took us through Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia, which were very pretty but almost as hot as the Midwest had been. We managed to finish the book we had been reading, though.

We even decided to embrace the country music that seemed to be on every radio station. We had avoided it our whole trip, though it seemed to be the most popular genre in every area of the country but the northeast. However, we finally realized that if so many people liked it so much, there must be some reason to listen to it. Besides, Louisa had become slightly obsessed with (embarrassingly enough) Taylor Swift's "Love Story" over the course of the trip.

We weren't entirely disappointed by the country music genre. While we probably won't start listening to it daily, we did enjoy the stories the singers told. We could definitely relate -- with the notable exception of what may have been our favorite new song, "There is No Arizona." We were quite sure that there is an Arizona, and that we had been there just days before. Other than the blatant lie that song told, we felt the other songs were very real.

We finally arrived at Louisa's aunt's house (this time on her dad's side), where we had some delicious avocado and tomato sandwiches. Louisa's aunt and uncle showed us a route back up north that would help us avoid the horrors of the 1-95 corridor through Philadelphia and New York. After some more conversation, we all headed to bed. Before we fell asleep, however, we enjoyed some Spanish-language television, which is another of our new favorite genres.

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