This is very nicely done. Lots of character. It's funny because I detest camera shakes in my footage when I shoot, but watching yours, after the fact I thought about the fact you have little shakes, and it gave it a very organic feel.
Also, what color profile and settings did you use in camera? Did you color grade this? I really like the look.
It has a nice travelogue feel. Definitely totally different tone between the first part and the second part. I don't mind some subtle camera shake, but I've found I'm decidedly against it on CMOS cameras. It is a really bad artifact in my opinion, however subtle to most viewers.
Thanks for making the download available, I always love to see the original compression and not Vimeo's or YouTube's. Which hack were you using?
I would consider another music theme than "La Vie en Rose" by Edith Piaf, its a very french and your video is about a trip to Washington....
[h=1][/h]Cheers.