My American Dream

I've been to Washington, DC for a week and now I'm back. I also went to Pennsylvania during the trip, learned how people live in towns, not just in the capital.
Well, It was like living a whole different life for me. Huge experience, a lot of new people, an immense amount of knowledge (of life, of science, of history, yet again of my ignorance etc.)
It was a tourist trip mostly, so here is the list of places, where I've been:

• Smithsonians (Postal Museum, American History, American-Indian, Air & Space, the Castle, Freer and Sackler Galleries, African Art)
  
• Marian Koshland Science Museum (nice people, 2$ fare, two free dvd movies on science)
• National Gallery (Van Gogh has to be seen in real life)
• Holocaust Museum
  
• Daughters of American Revolution Museum
• Library of Congress
• Supreme Court
• Barnes&Noble
• CVS Pharmacy etc. for shopping

I walked around the city a lot, saw different monuments and buildings. Stuff like that.
I didn't like the metro. It was different from all the metros I've seen, gloomier and darker.

I went to the suburbs of Washington to meet the family of Russian immigrants. And the next day left for Pennsylvania, to meet the family of my dad's boss. It was interesting and funny to know the story of a person, whom I've met a week ago. Scott's mother told me a lot of things about him. I stayed at the house of Scott's brother Jeff. Both Scott and his father have a strange sense of humour, kind of black humour.
And I also went to the church twice - for chiken and for service. There was a room for toy trains. Could I imagine that? Nope.
I can write more and more, but I am still under the impression and I try to put everything in their places in my mind. I guess this is so far the best experience I've ever had - knowing the different civilization (according to civilization theory).
Well, I know the difference now: here the aim is to live, in America - to live better.