"Philadelphia, Washington DC and empty roads" Nickridley's photos around Washington DC

A TripAdvisorâ„¢ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Washington DC, United States by TravelPod blogger Nickridley titled "Philadelphia, Washington DC and empty roads!" Nickridley's travel blog entry: "Well, I've finally found a bit of time to relax after a fairly intense but thoroughly enjoyable few days. We've done a lot of travelling over the last few days but visited some great places. On Friday, I picked up the hire car and after Cornelia had finished her course at lunchtime, we drove north to Woodbury Commons to get some bargains. I'm not a great shopper, but know that you can't come to New York without getting new clothes at rock bottom prices. So, 2 hours there and I'd bought pretty much an entire new wardrobe for roughly $3.50. We then travelled back to New York and went to a Romanian restaurant for dinner. A late night Friday meant we were running late on Saturday but, nevertheless, we got up and hit the road as quickly as possible. After changing the car at Avis because I was begrudging the fact that they hadn't given me a Chevvy, I got my Chevvy and we headed south on I95, leaving the interstate a couple of times to enjoy some smaller villages on the way to Philadelphia. We drove through some fairly seedy parts of Philadelphia before hitting the historic part of town. I was really surprised to learn that Philadelphia is the 5th most populated city in the whole of the USA. It used to be the economic and political centre of the USA during the American Revolution ...