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($16, 40 minutes). Or consider the
B30 bus
, which runs to Greenbelt Metro ($6.30, 40
minutes)
and central DC (L'Enfant Plaza, 48 minutes); it departs every 30 to 40 minutes. The
combo bus/Metro fare is about $8.
and cheap.
shuttle that connects downtown DC with Dulles ($29), National ($14) and BWI ($37).
Church Metro ($10).
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
to/from Georgetown. One-way fare costs $1.
change handy ($1.80).
country will get you to most sights, hotels and business districts, and the Maryland and
Virginia suburbs. Trains start running at 5am Monday through Friday (from 7am on
weekends); the last service is around midnight Sunday through Thursday and 3am on
Fridays and Saturdays. Machines inside stations sell computerized fare cards; fares cost
from $1.60 (children under five ride free). Unlimited travel passes are also available (one
day/seven days from $14/57.50).
TAXI
For a cab, try
Capitol Cab
(
202-636-1600)
,
Diamond
(
202-387-6200)
or
Yellow Cab
(
202-544-1212)
.
MARYLAND
Maryland is often described as 'America in Miniature,' and for good reason. This small
state possesses all of the best bits of the country, from the Appalachian Mountains in the
west to sandy white beaches in the east. A blend of Northern streetwise and Southern
down-home gives this most osmotic of border states an appealing identity crisis. Its main
city, Baltimore, is a sharp, demanding port town; the Eastern Shore jumbles art-and-
