This morning we ate at little cafe next to our hotel, instead of our usual yoghurt and coffee.
We then meet a local guide for a morning city tour at Arlington National Cemetry, a military cemetry that was originally the home / acreage of George Washingtons ( 1st President ) grandson. It is a place of rest for 410,000 military personal and their immediate family. There are 25 burials a day.
We drove past the Pentagon, which you can no longer visit since 9-11, it is the largest office building in the world.
Washington DC ( district of Columbia) was chosen as the capital of the USA in1790, and named after Christopher Columbus . It has a population of 650,00 in the CBD, and 5 million in surrounding suburbs.
We visited the Korean War Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial ( which lasted 20 yrs with 56,000 casualties), the Lincoln Memorial, The Whitehouse ( back of, no longer able to view the front of the whitehouse) and Capitol building.
We then had a free afternoon, and we spent the afternoon visiting the National Gallery of Art. We enjoyed the renaissance period, but did not feel cultural inspired by the works of modern and contemporary art.
It has been a beautiful summers day in Washington, there are lots of kids around, end of school term excursions and a Girl Guide celebration weekend with 30,000 gg's all doing the tourist thing!
This evening we went to the old town of Alexandria, a beautiful town full of cafes and shops on the river Potomac. There is a shuttle bus from our motel, so many of our group have spent their last night in the old town. We had fun shopping, walking around and bumping into other passengers. We caught the shuttle back at 930 pm, and organized our heavy bags for our return to New York tomorrow.
Cheers Leanne and Greg xx
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