Day 15: Pittsburgh, PA - Annapolis, MD


Saturday 9/16
From Somerset we drive down SR 711 towards Falling Water – the only publicly accessible Frank Lloyd Write home that is preserved in it’s original design and interior décor. The home is in the middle of a forest about 2 hours from Pittsburgh. It was built in 1936 for the Kaufmanns, a department store owner from Pittsburgh. Falling Water is s Mecca for all fans of Frank Lloyd Write and contemporary architecture. The well architected home with guest house and servant tract was built in the 30’s for about 30,000 Dollars. Rather than building it facing the present waterfall it was actually built over it.
Back on 711 we are heading towards Washington DC and Annapolis where we decided to stay for a few days. We plan to make trips to the capitol and explore the area from here. The weather is getting a bid better but heavy rain showers in Washington. We arrive Washington at around 7PM. The highway is like a race track. Average speed seemed to be around 80mph – cars, trucks, police everybody in a harmonic high speed. We arrive Annapolis around 8PM and the weather is all of a sudden just great. Annapolis is a must when you are in the neighborhood. What a lovely and lively city. The historic buildings present themselves like a very old town in Europe. People are on the street till well after 11PM and we have a late dinner at around 9. Unlike California where most places shot down at 9 – here it feels it starts at 9. We had a great “soft shell crab” one of the specialties around here. It is crab catching when the shell is naturally put down and a new shell is going to built but not there yet.

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