I am back from my week long trip to Washington DC. I went there for a work conference, but decided to go early so I could do a little sight seeing, as it was my first time on the east coast and to DC. I'm so glad I did!! It was beautiful, safe, fun and very historic (go figure!).
Here's a bit of show-and-tell for you...
On Sunday, I spent the day sight seeing by myself. It was hot and humid - I felt like I was walking around in a sauna.
This building is one of my favorites - the National Gallery of Art. Seriously, check out those columns!!
I spent well over two hours there. It was beautiful. I had to take my picture in front of the column...they were just so big!
In the center of the building was this...
Again, beautiful! (I found myself saying that every 5 minutes... "beautiful!")
My next stop was the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History...I had to check out the Hope Diamond (sorry, no picture of it!!).
I also saw the original Smithsonian Museum, which is now called the "castle"...I bet you can tell why:
The statue is of Mr. Smithson, the founder of the Smithsonian.
I also went to the Museum of American History and spent a LOT of time there (my favorite museum after the National Gallery of Art). One of the most moving things I saw was the Star Spangled Banner - our country's first flag.
The people off to the right were in line to get in to the exhibit (sorry, no picture - photography not allowed).
The national mall is over 2 miles long and I was kinda in the middle of it on Sunday. I could see the Capitol building...
And the Washington Monument...
Which stand 555 5/8 feet tall!
To get to DC from Alexandria (which is where I was saying), I took the subway - the Metro. It was super clean and safe and really easy to use.
I'll post more pictures of my other sight seeing days soon, but I hope you enjoyed some of my pictures from DC!!
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