Smithsonian Institution Washington DC

Monday, June 4, 2012

Today we're spending the day in Washington, D.C. Dan recommends not taking any backpacks as they're frowned upon by security in some of the museums and buildings. So I've just got my camera around my neck and what I can fit in my pockets. Still a bit sunburned, plus I know I'll be in the sun all day, so I'm wearing the …

We left our hotel at 6.45am on the 27th of Jan to get to park avenue to start a bus tour of Washington DC. this was a bit of a struggle since our Australia day festivities didn't wrap up until after 3.30am. We arrived in Washington at around 12 after a quick stop off in Delaware. First we headed to the Lincoln memorial which is a marble and …

Woke up to no power today, but luckily it came back on around 9:00am. With no major road closures and very little rain, we ventured into DC and had a museum day. Since it was Sunday and parking is free on Constitution Avenue, we decided to drive into the city. We found great parking and just left the car there all day. It was pretty convenient and …

We needed to get to union station to begin our hop on hop off tour through Washington. We walked 20 minutes or so to the subway to then catch the train into the city. Compared to New York this happened quite effortlessly. We jumped on our hop on hop off trolley and on our way through Washington. We began to think we were going in circles as the …

May 2, 2012 - Day 1 -
On the morning of the trip, we had to be at the school by 2:30 a.m. My dad drove me to school. We left the house at 1:45 a.m. It was pouring down the rain. By pouring, I mean, we could barely see and had to run into the school. We were 5 feet away from the door and still ended up soaked. I went in and sat down in the …

Our first trip of the day was to the Amish House and Farm. This was not, however, run by Amish people. It was a kind of living history museum, and the guide was very informative. It was great to be able to get some pictures of Amish style clothes and living conditions. The small, one-room schoolhouse was also fascinating. The desks and chairs …

Washington DC.
It is really hard to actually take in that I'm here!
As always your so excited to do it all on the first day and we did ....
I was awake at 6 am (bloody jet lag) so up and off we went, traveled on public bus that's an experience the drivers just wanna drive no customer service needed for this job!!! it is $1.70 for where …

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&# …

went here on a trip w/ my parents when i was a child.
...on our way to AZ Josh and I stopped here …

Am Mittwoch den 27.03 hab ich mich kurzerhand entschieden nach Washington DC zu fahren. Von Baltimore mit dem Marc Train dauert das etwa so lange, wie mit dem Metronom nach Hannover, da auch der Marc Train an jeder Station anhält, aber für 7$ ist das mehr günstig.
Mittwochmorgen gings los, aus dem Hostel ausgecheckt und um halb elf saß ich im …

... a National Zoo. 'Night at the Museum 2' with Ben Stiller (as mentioned in the previous blog entry ;) is set in Washington DC at the various Smithsonian Museums. We were at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum for a good 2.5 hours. We took one of the ...

... of Engraving and Printing, Library of Congress, Supreme Courthouse, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Smithsonian Institution(one of the many), Archives of the United States, War World II Memorial,Thomas Jefferson Memorial. Enjoy the pictures and be ...

... Luther King Jr Memorial Library which houses one of the biggest collections of books on the world. Our next stop was the Smithsonian Institution which is a huge museum of modern art, we then walked through China Town, then past the Bank of America.... ...

... we braved the National Museum of Natural History.  This is one the many fantastic and free museums that make up the Smithsonian Institution in DC and I am a big fan.  Today was not the day for visiting them though as people were queuing out the ...

... sore at this point!) and arrived at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum on The Mall. There are many museums that make up the Smithsonian Institution and it was difficult deciding what to see first, but we figured this would be a good place to start. ...

... $1 note lives for 22 months and then dies, and it shredded and recycled nto new notes. 2) 10 museums make up the Smithsonian Institution 3) America's best ever speech was by Abraham Lincoln and was only 2 minutes long ("Four Score and Seven years ...

... as with everything else was well presented and interesting. After that Hughie and I went on along the street to the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum. This was huge - and free - which was unbelievable. It covered everything from the ...

... National Air and Space Museum. The 71,000 m2 museum was made possible by a US $65 million gift to the Smithsonian Institution by Mr Hazy, an immigrant from Hungary who made his millions in the US by being a pioneer in aircraft leasing. ...

... lawn. We continued up Pensylvania Avenue, Main Street USA, to Capitol Hill. In the afternoon we took the opportunity to explore the Smithsonian Institution. We visited the Air and Space Museum, The American Indian Museum and the National Gallery of ...

... was to increase my understanding of American history. Where better to start than the National Museum of American History, one of the Smithsonian Institution museums also located on The Mall. So much to see and where to start. I began with the American ...