Library of Congress Washington DC

Richtig gelesen, zumindest was alles im Inneren von Gebäuden betrifft. Den ganzen Urlaub über hatten wir regelrecht Respekt vor dem Wetter in Washington, da es doch mit Abstand der wärmste Stopp unserer kleinen Reise werden sollte mit über 30°C. Draußen trifft dies auch zu (auch wenn wir es noch wärmer erwartet hätten), aber sobald man irgendwo …

Our group of Walsh students traveled around and visited multiple monuments. This was out final night in DC so we got on a bus and took the whole route, but didn't get off once …

Hanks Oyster Bar for lunch …

We started in the National Air and Space Museum with a free tour - not so interesting for me but Dominic enjoyed it. We did see the first Wright brother's plane though. The Capitol building was quite interesting but had really tight security. I wasn't impressed when they said we had to get rid of all food and drink before entering, as we hadn't had …

The fastest route from the Embassy Circle Guest House to the Library of Congress is via the metro. Although fellow guests were recommending this route, when we learned that it is only about 2.5 miles and it's sunny and in the 60’s, we couldn’t resist the opportunity to walk-the-walk through our leafy Dupont Circle area toward the …

arrive in Washington first surprise at 7pm there is a bus every hour only from the airport : Seriously ?
I mean it is a big city I expected a bus at least every 20 minutes but ..... welcome to USA

Despite the ****** weather and a silly bus system DC is a nice city people are really friendly especially bus driver i missed my stop and …

21 March 2012 was a big day for our exchange group. Finally, after month of preparation, combing through applications, seeking approvals, and planning adventures, our exchange partners from Germany arrived at Dulles Airport. Nervously, we were holding our signs, flowers and posters, waiting for our partners to finally embark from the customs check …

Nachdem wir uns gestern auf der Fahrt ja etwas erholen konnten, waren wir heute wieder anständig zu Fuß unterwegs. Bis Washington zu unserm Hotel, das in einer noblen Gegend lag, waren es ja nur rund 20 Meilen. So ging's zu Fuß zum weißen Haus. Wie wir dann festgestellt haben, war gerade das Spring Festival mit einer großen …

Took Metro Red line to Union Square and walked in the blazing sun to the Library of Congress, then joined 1:45 tour in U.S. Capitol Building, finally had a quick walk around in the Supreme Court.

We had pretty much planned our trip up until New York after that we were heading onto Canada and our good friends Abo (Bau, Brown Bear, Catkins, Chris) and Mel's place in Toronto until we flew out later in the month. Given we had some time up our sleeves we decided to pull a shifty detour south west 4 hours to Washington DC….home to America&# …

... , most depictions of slavery and its contribution to the wealth of America was omitted. Underground, I proceeded to the Library of Congress. Originally a generous sale to the US Government by Thomas Jefferson, the library has extended its reach under the ...

... father figure for those studying Naxi culture, in particular the shamanistic tradition of the Naxi dongba. There's a new display from the Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/intldl/naxihtml/ ...

... and had sore feet.  We quickly checked out the Capital Building and the National Mall before Rick went to the Library of Congress and Supreme Court, while Megan and Carlie rested their weary legs.    The following day we headed straight ...

... last full day in Washington DC we especially wanted to see the Capitol Building (like Parliament House) and also the Library of Congress, which is basically the National Library.  Between the subway and the Capitol we came across the National Museum ...

... style, when it was only built 200 years ago. All columns and statues and white walls and domes. The Library of Congress was no different, with the interior even more decadent that the outside. Marble floors reflect the intricately painted murals that ...

... the building, what state they were from and why they were famous. it was crazy. crazy cool. After our tour we went to the library of congress just to have a squiz and its a pretty cool place, would've like to have gone to the main reading room but you're ...

... in the Exorcist - they probably don't have the same draw during the day as at night! On Friday morning I went to tour the Library of Congress, the largest library in the world although many of the books are stored in the 17 underground levels so didn't ...

... 8216;Folger Shakespeare Library’ holding more than 600,000 Shakespearian books, manuscripts, and paintings; and the stunning ‘Library of Congress.’ Unfortunately I did not get offered a job in any of the above so we caught the Metro to ...

... statue.  One is in Honolulu, which I've seen, but not as close up as this one in D.C.  The Library of Congress (Jefferson Bldg.) has beautiful mosaic ceilings.  And the highlight at the Museum of History was seeing the original "Star ...

... R&R.  Tonight we will see the Lincoln memorial lit up for the evening, and tomorrow, we will be able to visit the Library of Congress and squeeze in another museum before flying back home. Just over 24 hours, and we will have completed an incredible ...