It was a nice sunny afternoon, and me and my roomie decided to step out of the house and go roam around. A search in internet, 'tourist spots around Washington DC', brought up Georgetown in the first few results, and we decided Georgetown it is.

Took couple of print outs of the map, camera, two coke cans and we were out of the house. We took the metro rail and got down at the nearest station, and decided to walk. The map helped a lot and we could visit most of the places around (both of us are terribly bad at directions, so this itself was quite an achievement).

My first impression about Georgetown was, it was very different from other places in Washington DC area, amazingly different. It was like a small British colony, right beside the capital of America. Founded during mid eighteenth century, and named after both the founder's first names, this was initially a British colony. More than 250 years, and it still has that arcane, cozy and rather sleepy feeling; among the residential buildings, small parks and by lanes. Even the tourists must see and shoppers paradise M Street and Wisconsin Avenue sporting all these high-end shops, restaurants have that small town look and feel. You can just walk on the street, and the puny shop entrances with wooden or glass doors, the picturesque rusty lamp-posts having creepers with tiny red and violet flowers articulately planted (yes planted!) on them, would leave you dazzled.

Georgetown is of historical importance as well, featuring homes of some of the high and mighty Americans; John F Kennedy and Graham Bell to name a few. The famous Chesapeake & Ohio canal which was used for internal transportation, connecting to the main port in Georgetown set in Potomac river. There are many small parks which were built in memory of some or other historical moment. The never to be missed Old stone house, which is as old as the town itself, this is an unassuming building, built and dwelled by commoners, stands in the midst of the flashy shopping street, celebrating the lives of people who built this town and the entire nation for that matter.

If you live near Washington DC, or visiting Georgetown is a place not to miss out. Take a stroll by the Potomac river or go for boating across it, take a walk on M Street even if you have no plans of shopping, and the remaining of Chesapeake & Ohio canal and the Old stone house. This visit is going to be quite a memorable one. Just do not forget your camera.