Washington
12:00 AM
G'day from the Capital City of America
After arriving back in NYC from Paris, Mike and I hopped a train down to Washington DC which took about 3 hours. We arrived in the mid to late evening and quickly grab a bite to each up near Dupont Circle, which is an area near to our hotel.
Day 1 in Washington saw us hop the train out to Arlington Cemetery where we visited the burial site of JFK, the tomb of the Unknown Solider and a few other notable memorials. After Arlington, we headed to the Pentagon but got out to find that no photos were permitted at all and there was really nothing we could do there; so we hopped back on the metro and headed for the Mall. The Mall is a long strip of parkland through the middle of DC that has the Lincoln Memorial at one end, the Capitol Building at the other and the White House somewhere toward the middle, near the Washington Monument.
Most of this visit to the Mall was taken up by our visit to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, which we wandered around for about 3 and a bit hours. Considering this is a free museum, it was really good and really interesting. After the Smithsonian, we walked up to the Capitol Building and then over to the National Archives, where we saw the original Declaration of Independence, The Bill of Rights and the Constitution of America among other artifacts from American History. We headed to Georgetown that night for dinner and a drink.
Day 2 in Washington was a miserable day but we headed out none-the-less towards the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument and to the White House. No sightings of George Bush to report, he was probably all warm and rugged up inside, while Mike and I partially froze from our sopping wet clothing due to lots of rain and absence of umbrella. After grabbing a bite to eat downtown, we headed back to the hotel to get our stuff and made our way to the airport for our final destination, Las Vegas. My next and final update will come from there in a couple of days.
Dave
After arriving back in NYC from Paris, Mike and I hopped a train down to Washington DC which took about 3 hours. We arrived in the mid to late evening and quickly grab a bite to each up near Dupont Circle, which is an area near to our hotel.
Day 1 in Washington saw us hop the train out to Arlington Cemetery where we visited the burial site of JFK, the tomb of the Unknown Solider and a few other notable memorials. After Arlington, we headed to the Pentagon but got out to find that no photos were permitted at all and there was really nothing we could do there; so we hopped back on the metro and headed for the Mall. The Mall is a long strip of parkland through the middle of DC that has the Lincoln Memorial at one end, the Capitol Building at the other and the White House somewhere toward the middle, near the Washington Monument.
Most of this visit to the Mall was taken up by our visit to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, which we wandered around for about 3 and a bit hours. Considering this is a free museum, it was really good and really interesting. After the Smithsonian, we walked up to the Capitol Building and then over to the National Archives, where we saw the original Declaration of Independence, The Bill of Rights and the Constitution of America among other artifacts from American History. We headed to Georgetown that night for dinner and a drink.
Day 2 in Washington was a miserable day but we headed out none-the-less towards the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument and to the White House. No sightings of George Bush to report, he was probably all warm and rugged up inside, while Mike and I partially froze from our sopping wet clothing due to lots of rain and absence of umbrella. After grabbing a bite to eat downtown, we headed back to the hotel to get our stuff and made our way to the airport for our final destination, Las Vegas. My next and final update will come from there in a couple of days.
Dave
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