Washington Picspam

[purplecat]

At the start of March I spent 2 Days in Washington at a slightly odd workshop on Incorporating Ethics into Artificial Intelligence. I knew, from following gregmce on Strava, that there was a nice looking run around the National Mall and so most of the photos below are from that - often early in the morning because Jet-Lag.






I was slightly bemused by the random Triceratops skull until I realised I was outside the Smithsonian.




Corporate Communications is very keen that academics should submit "A Postcard From..." blog posts from academic trips which include photographs of themselves in front of famous landmarks. I got some random other early morning tourists to take this therefore (all my attempts at selfies being abysmal). I've not actually written a blog post though, at the moment I sort of feel it's time and effort and Corporate Comms already get their money's worth out of me.




Korean War Veterans Memorial




This was not in the National Mall, but spotted in Chinatown as I walked to the station to catch a train to Philadelphia and firin

Comments

[ffutures]

The Mall is where Captain America meets Sam Wilson (Falcon) in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, isn't it?

[purplecat]

You know, I believe it is. Just shows one is inclined to believe locations used in movies are composites of real places, as opposed to actual real places.

[sally_maria]

Yes, I was just thinking that - that I knew there was supposed to be a running track there, because it was where Steve Rogers kept lapping Sam Wilson. :-)

[purplecat]

I think it's fair to say (having run around it) that there isn't a running track per se, just a lot of paths that are pleasant to run on with interesting and grandiose views while you're doing it.

A certain amount of road crossing was required - easy enough at sunrise, but probably rather busier later in the day.

[sally_maria]

I must admit I was using the term fairly loosely - even in the film it looked like paths, though I don't remember the roads featuring, except for the one Natasha drove up on, looking for a fossil.

[purplecat]

I think there is the Captain America laps Sam joke and the even though he can run real fast Captain America has to wait for the walk sign in order to cross the road joke - the laps Sam joke was probably the better one!