MyLunaRose: Washington DC

Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Washington DC

The White House

I went to Washington DC on vacation for a week back at the end of April. I flew with Virgin Atlantic from Heathrow airport and 8 hours later landed at Washington Dulles airport. I stayed at the Residence Inn hotel near the Pentagon.

I used the Washington Metro a lot, I got the SmarTrip Card, it’s like a London Oyster card for traveling around Washington. The weather was sunny and warm on our first day when I went to the White House and the Eisenhower Executive office and later went to Chinatown to have lunch at a restaurant, the food was OK. The next few days were very wet, but I still went to the Capitol, walked along the National Mall, saw the National Monument which is an obelisk shaped structure, the Reflecting Pool up to the Lincoln Memorial, saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the way there. The next few days I visited some Smithsonian museums, the National Museum of the American Indian, the National Gallery of Art, the Freer museum. It was all stunning.

I went to Georgetown, which had very old houses. The town is lovely and had lots of shops and boutiques. I also visited the second biggest cathedral in the world. It was situated in a stunning area; all the houses were beautiful and looked very expensive.

The day before I left I went to the Arlington cemetery. On top of the hill you could see all the famous monuments, such as the Capitol, the Reflecting Pool, the Lincoln Memorial, etc. There were lots of flowers and plants everywhere, and because it was spring, the colors were amazing.

On the last day, because my flight was late at night, I went to Alexandria, which is an old town along the Potomac River. It is a charming town, not unlike a European seaside resort, with all the small restaurants and boutiques.

Unfortunately, I had to leave; I wished I could have stayed a little longer. I will certainly come back one day.