Tidal Basin Washington DC

Finally a little break to the heat. In the morning I took Metro and retrieved tickets to tour the Bureau of Engraving and Printing after boys' camps & had lunch w/ an old classmate in Alexandria area. There was thunderstorm forecasted for the evening, so I decided to drive to D.C. myself, which turned out nicely, roads are well marked and …

... one of the most powerful cities in the world. We waited till 9.30am to set off because it's quite expensive to travel around Washington DC, a $9 travel card and we were set. We headed out to the Pentagon first and as you would expect we weren’t ...

... The last blog won a spot on a Travelpod story about popular travel destinations.  They used it as the Washington DC feature: http://blog.travelpod.com/2009/04/09/top-10-most-disappointing-tourist-spots-in-the-world/ ...

... As we walked up to the momument, which was completely surrounded by USA flags, we began to appreciate the layout and grandness of Washington DC.  As we approached the momument (from the White House), we could see the Captiol Building on our left and ...

... along the street until I got to the Ford’s Theatre. The Ford’s Theatre is the most famous theatre in the United States because of the moment in history that occurred there. On April 14, 1865, days after the American Civil War had ended ...

... ; We paddled across the basin to the Jefferson Memorial to have a look from the water.  All along the shore of the Tidal Basin are Japanese Cherry Trees, a gift from Japan in 1917.  I bet they are gorgeous in the Spring!  We ...

... one. We close aptly at the Jefferson Memorial at night.  Rain let up to allow some wonderful night shots across the Tidal Basin.  Aptly because it is from there that we head to Monticello in the morning.  Jefferson, the great writer of ...

... of the Memorial where Martin Luther King delivered his powerful and moving  "I have a dream" speech. The highly dysfunctional United States Capitol occupies the eastern end of the National Mall.  Despite how poorly its ...

... dull as we headed straight out of NJ onto the highway and towards Phillidelphia.  There was no stopping between here and Washington DC, except for a cheeky McDonalds Lunch.  We laughed at our Big Mac Xmas lunch but enjoyed the refillable drinks ...

... on the ground showed how beautiful it must of been so I made the most of what I could find as we walked around the tidal basin.  As we made our way we got to see the Martin Luther King memorial with today actually being the anniversary of the day ...

... & the reflecting pool (used in Forrest Gump!). We then took the long route round to the American History museum via the Tidal Basin; unfortunately this wasn't as interesting as the Air & Spance museum so we only spent half an hour there and made ...