Second Attempt

An early start this morning, heading to the metro at 6.30am to travel to Washington National Airport (known as Ronald Reagan Airport).  It is built alongside the Potomac and close to the Centre of DC.  It is strange to look out of the airport window across the runway and have a clear view of the Capitol and Library  of Congress buildings.

 

Once in the air the views over Washington are spectacular..

Firstly the Tidal Basin and Jefferson Memorial and in the background the National Mall, here seen more clearly..with the  WWII Memorial and Washington Monument in the foreground and all the Smithsonian museums stretching either side of the National Mall up to the Capitol building.

Our journey to Buffalo this morning was via Newark - the only route available to us.  More views as we flew into the airport at Newark, New Jersey, one of the three New York airports.

Then shortly afterwards out again on the same plane.  This time a view over Newark with New York's Manhattan skyline in the background..

We finally reached the hotel in Buffalo some seven hours after setting off!

This evening, a brief stroll in the downtown area near the hotel.  This is City Hall.

Close by, the Liberty Building with a statue of Lady Liberty on the roof.

Finally a view through the door of the now apparently abandoned foyer of what was once (from around one hundred years ago until the 1950's) one of the largest and grandest hotels in Buffalo.