How to get there

We flew Southwest Airlines to Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) airport, which is in Baltimore, not Washington, D.C.    It's very convenient to Baltimore.

Charlaine had done her homework, and had a discount coupon for a shuttle service to D.C., but when we landed (late, due to weather) we could not find that shuttle company.    The one shuttle company that we could find was reporting a wait of way over an hour for a ride (it was raining, but I still thought that was ridiculous).    It was late; we were hungry (although they do give you a sandwich on Southwest now, just like the other airlines); so I told Justin to get a cab, even though it was $50.    Immediately, for some mysterious reason, all the cabs suddenly disappeared, too.    Fortunately for all involved, a gypsy hailed us, and we had a nice ride into town in a Town Car.    I don't like having to using "scab labor", but somebody needs to review the awarding of franchises at that airport.    You sure can tell you're not in Texas.

Unless you have a couple of free frequent flyer tickets on Southwest (like we did), I'd suggest flying in to National.    If you don't have too much luggage, you can take the convenient subway (described elsewhere on this site) into D.C.

And don't even think about taking the train from BWI into D.C.!