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Doing Hard Time
... and had a radical design. They believed that in order for a prisoner to be truly penitent, that they needed time to think about what they had done so they built a small cell for every single prisoner and they were in lockdown for 23 hours a day in complete silence. The system was eventually abandoned and the prison doubled in size and quadrupled in numbers due to increased demand with prisoners sharing cells and common areas. The most famous inmate here was Al Capone albeit only ...
Hirshhorn Museum
... Untitled (Big Man). That was because of the realism of the piece. Other than the size of the work, it looks like a real man.
After a quick stop at the gift shop I went outside to enjoy the fountain. There were 12 works by Ai Weiwei placed around the fountain, Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads.
The building is a four-story, hollow cylinder. It is supported by four large column structures. ...
Zoe's "Did you know?"
Here are some interesting facts that Zoe learned on the Tour of Washington.
1) a $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 ago..."
4) Washington Monument took over 30 years ...
Highs and lows in the capital city!!
... 8pm. We headed to find the trusty backpacks but as all very tired after vegas and the long journey we got a tad confused and ended up taking a train somewhere and getting off at the wrong place. So we got on another and thankfully found the right place. We loaded all four bags onto one trolley as we were too stingy to pay for two and let natassa struggle with it out of the airport (quite amusing watching her little legs running after it down a slope!). We found a taxi and away we went. ...
Fish Wharf Feed
This morning we got up mice and early and went for a run through Washington DC to Dupont Circle and Embassy Row. After a good breakfast we visited the Museum of the American Indian which gave a a great insight into the indigenous people of this country and the struggles that they faced during the establishment of the united states. We then headed to the fantastic Ait and Space Museum and ...