Washington District of Columbia 1

On the 25th June, my Goddess and her group of friends decided to visit DC for 2 days.

The DC gang

First, they headed to the Old Post Office.

Sights of and from the Old Post Office

Then they went to White House Visitor Centre.

Pictures of how the White House look like inside

The White House looks really big and grand. Too bad they didn't have a chance to tour around the inside. In order to tour in the compound, application has to be sent in at least 6 months in advance with loads and loads of documents. So this is the closest view of the White House as they can get.

This is the closest we can get!

More views of DC

And then, the US Archives - archives on everything about the US, from its Constitution to it Ammendments, Bill, history of the presidents of US, and even classified data on the Titanic, Apollo 13 and the death of John F Kennedy.

Rotunda for the Charters of Freedeom - the place where the original Constitution is kept.

Mural on the wall of Rotunda - one depicting the Declaration of Independence which has Thomas Jeffersen presenting a draft of the Declaration to John Hancock, and the second showing The Constitution of the US showing James Madison offereing the final draft of the Constituion to George Washington.

The Charters of Freedom

Ending the day was a Chinese dinner at Chinatown.

She had a craving for Chicken Rice the day before and so ordered Chicken Rice with Char Siew. The portion was super huge, but super not nice as it was really salty.

After dinner, there were more sight seeing - all because 2 days were not enough to travel around.

George Mason Statue
Washington Memorial - Night View

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

Franklin Roosevelt Memorial

6 people squeezed into one small motel room

Washington Monument - Day View

The monument has 2 colours because it was built one third way, then stopped, and later completed years after.

Views from above the monument

Armed forces seals from the WWII Memorial

WWII Memorial

Korean War Memorial

Lincoln War Memorial

The Awakening - An interesting sculpture that has the giant in the mud (The horny devil's favourite)

Arlington Cemetry - The place where all the soldiers who died in the war were burried

Iwo Jima War Memorial

They were very lucky to have come on the day of the 'Sunset Parade' where the Marine Corp soldiers performed and did a colours ceremony.

It was a sight to behold.

And finally, to end our DC trip 1, we visited the Union Station.

And signing this post off with my most favourite part of my trip.