US President-elect Barack Obama arrived in Washington from Chicago on Sunday, his home town, some two weeks before his inauguration on January 20.
The future First Lady Michelle Obama and her two daughters 10-year-old-Malia, and 7-year-old Sasha, arrived in the US capital a day earlier on Saturday. Malia and Sasha would start going to their new school from Monday.
The Obama family would stay in Hay-Adams hotel, till a few days before the inauguration, when they will move to Blair House, where presidents-elect normally stay before their swearing in. This is because White House informed them that Blair House was booked and not available immediately for them to stay.
Earlier when Obama left Chicago, his home town, it was a bit emotional moment for him. "I gotta say I choked up a
little bit leaving my house today," the President-elect told reporters aboard a military aircraft, which transported him
to the US capital.
Obama choked up after glancing through an album, which was dropped off by a friend of his daughter Malia. "They had been friends since pre-school and I just looked through the pages and the house was empty and it was a little tough," he was quoted as saying to The Chicago Tribune. "It got me," he said.
Talking to reporters abroad the plane, Obama said he was looking forward to his stay in Washington.
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