More from Arlington...

Jeremy and I have had a monstrous daily commute into Arlington (just outside D.C.) for our washingtonpost.com internship.

We drive about 45 minutes (depending on traffic) from Haymarket to the Vienna/Fairfax Metro stop, where we search for parking.

(Here's an uncharacteristically clear view of U.S. 66 from the Metro walkover:)

We take the Metro from Vienna/Fairfax to Court House, which, as you can see, is seven stops. Normally, that would only take about 15 minutes, but they've been doing work on the tracks all week, so it's taken closer to 25.

(Here's me waiting patiently at the Metro stop:)

And finally, it arrives:

Finally, we are in downtown Arlington, where we work on the top floor of this building:

While we wait for the afternoon Metro traffic to die down, we sometimes hang out here and have a beer. It is about 20 steps from our office.

From the balcony at the office, we have a decent view of some D.C. staples. In the distance here (on the right hand side), you can see the Jefferson Memorial. To the right of that is the Potomac River.

At the center of this picture, in the distance, you can see the Capitol building and the Washington Monument.

And to the extreme left of those, you have the National Cathedral.

Other than working, we have been hanging out with my very gracious Virginia family, along with the pups. Here's me and Nacho:

And Jeremy with Oscar:


Our projects wrap up today, so we will be homeward bound soon!