Washington Monument Washington DC

"Well here we are back in the good old United States of America!" My friends think so too. It sure is good to be back in the homeland. Shelby wants to check out Washington D.C. “Great!” I finally get to visit our nation's Capitol.

Connor wants to see the White House, especially the front lawn. “What’s so special …

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 …

Entry containing 8 photos titled: Holding up the Monument, In front of Capitol, Monument, White House, Victoria and I, Tiny Monument, Jefferson Memorial

I arrived in Washington DC this morning after a three and a half hour train journey from New York. As soon as I arrived I dropped my bags of at the The Jefferson Hotel and headed straight to the Washington DC monument, it is the world's tallest stone structure, standing at 169.294m. It shaped like an egyptian style obelisk. The statue was built in …

Frohes neues Jahr 2010!!! Fuer David und mich begann es frueh, da wir zum Flughafen mussten. Zwar Davids Flug erst viel spaeter als meiner, aber da wir so ziemlich alles in San Francisco gesehen hatten, entschied er sich auch schon mitzukommen. Ich versuchte dann noch meinen Sitz anzutreten, da mein in den USA beim einchecken immer gefragt wird ob …

Today, I went to Washington DC.. First I went to the Washington Nationals baseball game and they beat the Giants badly. There were many homeruns and some were very close to our seats. After the game, we went back to our hotel for a little bit and then we took the subway to the National Mall to watch the fireworks. I waited for three hours, It was a …

A really good breakfast in the morning at the Holiday Inn was enough to keep us filled up til later, however Rich wasn't exactly awake as his first right hand turn took us straight into oncoming traffic which had us in terror at first then we saw the funny side as rich got abuse from some American's driving the correct way. No sooner had this …

Entry containing 24 photos titled: Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Capitol, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, White House, Jefferson Memorial, National Air and Space Museum

Today we got around in a few taxis to see some of the memorials. First stop, the Lincoln Memorial was most impressive but it's a shame that the Reflecting Pool was drained and closed for renovation. Next we caught a taxi across the Potomac to Virginia and the Arlington National Cemetery where we saw JFK's and his family's graves. After that we …

On the 4th, I listened to Queensland’s win in the State of Origin on the (internet) radio before we headed off to witness the reading of the Declaration of Independence. That was followed by the big parade along Constitution Avenue after which we visited the National Archives and saw the original Declaration of Independence and the …

... too unkind to him.  After a brief catch up we went for a walk and saw the White house, Reflecting pool, Lincoln, Washington Monument, Korean and WWII memorials.  All very impressively lit up at night.  Really couldn't believe we were here, ...

... ! All the museums and sights and trips are paid for by the state so absolutely everything is free. There are somethings like the Washington Monument where you have to get a timed ticket to control numbers but the ticket is still free. Washington is the ...

... information building which had photos of the interior then headed over to some of the monuments.  We saw the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, WW2 Memorial, Korean War Memorial and the Jefferson Memorial.  After walking to all of those we ...

... seeing. We went to Capitol hill, where the Congress Library, Supreme Court and Capitol building are. We then walked down The Mall to Washington Monument - a monument to George Washington. We went up to the top of the monument as it was free and had a ...

... the metro and I headed to L'efant Plaza, right near the central mall area. I did the whole tourist thing, The Capitol, Washington Monument, Lincoln memorial, White House, Jeffeson etc etc. The day was blazing hot, but clever Hodge took a mac and the ...

... of note is that in 1791, Washington DC was the first planned national capital in the world. The U.S. Capitol is at one end of "the mall" and the Lincoln Memorial at the other end with the Washington Monument in the middle. I think pictures say it ...

... which is a long strip park, lined with government buildings and the Smithsonian Museums.  2/3 of the way down is the Washington Monument, where you could  continue on to the Lincoln Memorial or turn right for the White House (which is ...

... , make your own sundae and then weigh at the end. Dangerous but I managed to keep it under $4! Since I couldn't go up the Washington Monument, Arthur suggested the Old Post Office tower, which was free and had just as good views (I imagine). Although the ...

... back, the Einstein Monument, the Lincon Memorial, war memorial, reflection pool (the one from Forest Gump), WW2 monument, Washington monument, the Smithsonian museums including the American History Museum, Air and Space Museum, we walked around the FBI ...

... of the weather kicked in I managed to wear out some more of my shoe leather to have a look at places such as The Capitol, Washington Monument and of course, The White House . Most of you know about my mild enjoyment of the West Wing TV series, so I was ...