It is a 1.5 hour flight from Boston to Washington DC's Ronald Reagan International Airport. The airport is pretty grand with its high ceilings.
We stayed near Du Pont Circle, a nice up and coming trendy area with a lovely park and fountain around the Circle.
Washington has a couple of traffic circles - Washington Circle, Logan Circle, Du Pont Circle, etc.
Traffic is hectic, every few minutes you either hear someone hooting or a siren going off. They also have the longest walking time across roads that I've ever seen - 62 seconds was the highest that I saw on the countdown! Pity the traffic lights by the circles are not synchronized!
Washington DC is also well known for its cupcakes - the bus tour operators told us that apparently you can get all kinds of cupcakes, one with candy floss on top, or with an apple pie stuffed into the centre. They are also a lot of Starbucks, almost one on every corner - about 90 in total!
Washington DC has tons of memorials:-
Our first stop was The White House. You can view it from the front and back. At the back they even had the Kitchen Garden where they grow the vegetables for the first family. There used to be White House tours but after September 11th they decided to stop.
Front of The White House
Back of The White House
We could see the Washington Memorial, apparently the tallest concrete structure in the world. Unfortunately they were renovating it because a recent earthquake had damaged it so they needed to strengthen it.
We passed the World War II Memorial.
Our next stop was the Lincoln Memorial. It was a beautiful walk next to the Reflecting Pool.
The spot where Martin Luther King Jr said his 'I have a dream' speech.
Then we walked through the Korean War Memorial.
Then we walked to the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial. A very cool statue of him.
The Jefferson Memorial.
On the Friday, it rained the whole day as a result of the first Tropical Storm (named Andrea) of the season. We did an Old Town Trolley Tour around Washington DC and Arlington Cemetary. We stopped at Capitol Hill, which was very grand.
During our walks we also came across the Longfellow Statue and the Gandi Statue.
I like Washington DC, it is like New York but just more spacious and slightly more relaxed. There were a couple of beggars around and traffic can be a nightmare. However it is a nice city with lots to do and see.
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