Washington DC.....travel?

• Ironman92

  

  Staying in Rockville Maryland. Will be there Sunday and Monday. Sight seeing Sunday and most of Monday, going to Nationals/Orioles game that evening.
  
  Is the metro my recommended way of travel? Tips/Advice appreciated. Thanks
• like_that

  

  Ironman92;1632941 wrote:Staying in Rockville Maryland. Will be there Sunday and Monday. Sight seeing Sunday and most of Monday, going to Nationals/Orioles game that evening.
  
  Is the metro my recommended way of travel? Tips/Advice appreciated. Thanks

  Are they playing in DC or Baltimore? Metro is the best way to the game at nats stadium.
• raiderbuck

  Definitely Metro.
  
  Unless you like traffic. Lots...and lots of traffic.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  Definitely metro if possible. Cabs are expensive and driving/parking in DC is a nightmare.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Welcome to my neck of the woods. I live in Rockville now.
  Depending on where you are, either the Rockville, Twinbrook, or White Stations will be your best bet to head into the city toward Glenmont.
  They are on the Red Line, and will take you into DC, where you can transfer to the Green Line at Galley Place/ Chinatown. That will take you down to the stadium.
  
  Trip should take you about an hour or so depending on if there are any delays.
  You can take the Red Line most of the way into the city to sight see.
  
  I wouldn't recommend traveling by car much in DC just due to traffic and awful parking.
  
  
  Oh, and for the metro, please, please, please remember on the escalator: Walk on the left side, stand on the right.
  You will get the evil eye if you stand on the left side and get in people's way while they are trying to head to work.
• like_that

  

  ptown_trojans_1;1632980 wrote:Welcome to my neck of the woods. I live in Rockville now.
  Depending on where you are, either the Rockville, Twinbrook, or White Stations will be your best bet to head into the city toward Glenmont.
  They are on the Red Line, and will take you into DC, where you can transfer to the Green Line at Galley Place/ Chinatown. That will take you down to the stadium.
  
  Trip should take you about an hour or so depending on if there are any delays.
  You can take the Red Line most of the way into the city to sight see.
  
  I wouldn't recommend traveling by car much in DC just due to traffic and awful parking.
  
  
  Oh, and for the metro, please, please, please remember on the escalator: Walk on the left side, stand on the right.
  You will get the evil eye if you stand on the left side and get in people's way while they are trying to head to work.

  I second this and I don't live in Rockville.
• Ironman92

  

  Thanks guys. Game in Nationals Park. Ptown's 3rd paragraph was what we were looking at. Thanks for the escalator advice.
• Sonofanump

  Just returned from a DC vacation. Metro is awesome there. I'd recommend buying a hard plastic metro card if you take more than one trip via metro.
• Ironman92

  

  We are only going to be there tomorrow afternoon to late Mon evening. I guess we'll be using the metro each day.....my wife and daughter planned this stuff and until beach time I'm just along for the ride except for the 2 MLB games.
  
  Where's good parking for National's Park? We typically park where it's an easy trip out . Not afraid of a walk as you sit most of the 3 hour game.
• A PAC

  

  Eat some food when you're there. Hope this helps.
• Ironman92

  

  A PAC;1633172 wrote:Eat some food when you're there. Hope this helps.

  Thanks man!
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  Ironman92;1633170 wrote:We are only going to be there tomorrow afternoon to late Mon evening. I guess we'll be using the metro each day.....my wife and daughter planned this stuff and until beach time I'm just along for the ride except for the 2 MLB games.
  
  Where's good parking for National's Park? We typically park where it's an easy trip out . Not afraid of a walk as you sit most of the 3 hour game.

  lots of parking lots with in a mile of the stadium for about $20.
• Ironman92

  

  Nevermind....duh, won't need to park lol
• Ironman92

  

  Damn that was a lot of walking lol. Everything pretty cool once we figured out what the hell we were doing.
• like_that

  

  Ironman92;1633385 wrote:Damn that was a lot of walking lol. Everything pretty cool once we figured out what the hell we were doing.

  Find a nice restaurant on 14th street in Logan Circle. It will beat the hell out of Applebees, I promise.
• Ironman92

  

  like_that;1633390 wrote:Find a nice restaurant on 14th street in Logan Circle. It will beat the hell out of Applebees, I promise.

  Too late today to help me....we were so tired and hungry anything would've been great and it was.
  
  Are there any restaurants in the Arlington Cemetery area or near a metro station nearest that area? We're heading that way in the later morning but are wanting to time it out to hit a decent place to eat and then take metro to Nationals Park for a 7:05 game....wanting to arrive at Nationals Park early (6:15ish)
  
  Supposed to be pretty hot tomorrow...I'd prefer not being worn out and stinky but don't figure on having time to metro back to Rockville and then back to Nats Park.
  
  We had a good time today.
  
  FYI.....not an Applebee's fan.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Just go to Pizza Paradiso: http://www.eatyourpizza.com/#sthash.H8Amcxx2.dpbs
  
  There's one in in Old Town Alexandria, which isn't too far from the cemetery if you have a car, or go to the Georgetown/P street one if by public transit. Best pizza ever, great beer list. What could be better?
• Ironman92

  

  J.J. Hardy batting practice HR ball
  
  Great game seats
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  Did you get Ben's Chili bowl? Best place to eat at Nat's Stadium, imo. Nothing like a couple half smoke chili dogs.
• sleeper

  

  I apologize for missing this thread. I hope you had a good time in DC and that you stood on the right and walked on the left on escalators.
• Automatik

  

  sleeper;1633812 wrote:I apologize for missing this thread. I hope you had a good time in DC and that you stood on the right and walked on the left on escalators.

  lol, do people fuck that up in DC? They do here, ALWAYS.
• sleeper

  

  Automatik;1633816 wrote:lol, do people fuck that up in DC? They do here, ALWAYS.

  It happens ALL THE TIME here and its terribly annoying especially for me since I never stand on the metro.
• Automatik

  

  People in London got it down. Why? Because they have fucking signs. We need posted signs at all escalators.
• Laley23

  

  My least favorite person is the one at the airport standing on the right of the moving sidewalk and thinking they are in the right...WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR CARRY-ON IN EVERYONES WAY ON THE LEFT!!!
• Zoltan

  Laley23;1633837 wrote:My least favorite person is the one at the airport standing on the right of the moving sidewalk and thinking they are in the right...WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR CARRY-ON IN EVERYONES WAY ON THE LEFT!!!

  OMG I know!! I once had to say excuse me before they quickly moved it.