The Nation's Capital

The Washington Monument





Washington Monument viewed from the Capitol and to US Flags flying at half mast with the WWII Memorial, the reflecting pool and the Lincoln Memorial in the background!


















Here are some pictures of my day trip to Washington, D.C. Kimmer and I got up bright and early and took the train into DC, about an hour and a half away. We got down there, grabbed some much needed coffee and headed to the Metro station and jumped on the subway. We took two Subways to get us to the Smithsonian where we began our tour. We walked from there to the Washington Monument, to the WWII Memorial , too the Reflecting Pool, then to the Lincoln Memorial. We took the same route back on the other side of the pool then headed to the National Museum of Natural History. We looked around there, saw the Hope Diamond (a little bit of a let down since its smaller than I thought). We had some lunch then made our way to Capitol Hill. We had a friendly chat (not!) with a security guard there then made our way to the White House. We stood infront of a building we thought was the White House, but after we were puzzled for a while we realized that it was not the White House, it was the National Treasury. Oops.... Wondered why there was no security around. We saw the president drive by which was cool and then we waited for him to come out of the White House for a press conference, but we were lazy so kept on going. We hit Starbucks then headed back to Union Square and boarded the train back home. It was a great day and we saw just enough to be satisfied! We are very very thankful for the great weather we had!! Lots more pictures coming...