We learned quickly that cabbies in Arlington rarely know where they were going — or at least the ones that we met. The first question we consistently got upon entering a cab and giving the address was: “Can you tell me how to get there?” On two separate occasions the cabbie got lost.<\/p>\n
Because of this we started taking the metro everywhere. The system is fairly simple to understand if you know how a metro system works. There are five lines — each with a colour. We stayed primarily on the orange and blue lines. One thing I really liked was on most platforms you could see a screen that told you how many minutes until the next train; it took away the mystery of when the next train would appear.<\/p>\n
Our meeting was in downtown Arlington — close to the Potomac River. The wind from Wednesday continued well into Thursday and at lunch we took refuge in a small pub down the street from the offices where we were meeting. It was a nice break from talking technical talk and database specs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"