Just delaying packing (who likes it) after a 3 night stay in Washington DC and we have thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The city is really well thought out – being designed to be the capital from the start REALLY shows, and there are some fantastic neo-classical buildings.

Well we have visited the Capitol Building (nice), Smithsonian Museums (Air and Space, Native Indian, Natural History), The Spy Museum – which is really cool, so much so we spent 4 hours there; The Lincoln Memorial, WWII Memorial, Korian War Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Walked passed the White-House. Unfortunately the Library of congress was closed when we went to visit it (bummer for a couple of Bibliofiles such as X and Me).
Had some great thrills in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum where they have a V2, ME109 and a ME262 – even got to touch some genuine moon rock :) . Unfortunately only half the museum is in Washington DC the rest is by Dulles Airport where they have a Space Shuttle and Blackbird SR71 spy-plane; but we don’t have the time :(

People are all friendly and polite here – although you don’t see many caucasians in the “menial” jobs. American’s in DC all seem to have a skewed view of history regarding what is and is not Treason. But History is rarely objective, which is a pity.

For the final few hours we are going to visit Arlington Military Cemetry and GeorgeTown.

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