ICDAR 2013 - Washington D.C.

August 22-28

When we found out that ICDAR 2013 (International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition) was going to be in Washington D.C., I wanted to try and go out there with DH.  My parents kindly volunteered to watch the kids for us and then it was just a matter of trying to figure out when I could go and how the family could manage with both of us gone.  Unfortunately the timing was a little crazy with the kids except for MJ being in school - and Luke and M&M just barely starting.  We finally decided to have DH go out by himself for the conference and then I would join him on the last day of the conference and then we would stay for a few days afterwards.  So DH flew out to D.C. on August 22 and then I joined him on the 28th.  While the conference was going on, DH was mostly busy during the days and tried to go out at night to do a little sightseeing.  Unfortunately most things are closed by that time, but he got some beautiful pictures:

The Capitol at night

World War II Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Washington Monument - which was under construction to repair damage from an earthquake a few years ago

Lincoln Memorial

National Cathedral

Inside the National Cathedral

Outside the National Cathedral again

DH knows that I love flowers so he took some shots of flowers outside the cathedral for me.

The lobby of the hotel where the conference was held (and where DH stayed)

Sculpture garden

The Smithsonian Castle

The Jefferson Memorial

DH was trying to capture the scale of the columns in the Jefferson Memorial

FDR Memorial

Martin Luther King Jr Memorial

World War 2 Memorial again

One of the conference rooms at the hotel.

Not sure what building this stained glass window is from - I will have to ask DH.