I Quote, "Not So Busy Washington"

Getting Inaugurated at Capitol Hill

The journey to Washington begun with a funny experience whilst we were about to cross the boarder into America. Basically there were three of us going to Washington, Nic had a minor issue with boarder control as she did not have her study permit paper! So we laughed for a couple of minutes up until the coach doors shut and Nic still wasn't on the coach. So we got prepared to let the driver know that our friend was still at boarder control. Luckily he went back and Nic made it back onto the coach...along with a new study permit paper! But yes she was one of those that held the entire coach behind! haha! After 15 hours on the coach, crossing through 3 states and a women talking so loud on the phone that a couple of people told her to keep it down, we made it into DC. 

First initial thoughts when driving into DC were....well lets just say a bit run down. It was only until we got to our accommodation that we were told to keep away from the area we arrived in, basically the whole East side of the city. When dropping off our luggage we met possibly one of the funniest Asian women i have ever met. She was from Hong Kong, most likely to be in her 50s and she cracked out the funniest one liners. Her main feature was to rate locations around the world according to how busy they were and according to her "Washington was not so busy and boring". She was a character and she also went to mexico for 2 months, you get the idea; she gave us a lot of info on where to go as well as what she has done and what she also wants to do when she returns back to Hong Kong, which is to become a translator for those who wanted to know.

So we made our way around Washington seeing all the landmarks it had to offer. Surprisingly the city itself is pretty small as we managed to walk everywhere. My favourite landmark was definitely the Lincoln Memorial where we were able to read the Gettysburg address. I feel it is also worth mentioning that the Supreme Court of the United States is also a pretty cool building as everything was made from Marble, including inside. One thing i have realised since crossing the pond is that poverty is definitely more apparent. Whilst visiting the White House there were people sleeping outside the gates on the floor in their sleeping bags. Pretty surreal considering the President is living life in luxury while temperatures outside plummet below zero.

             
     

lincoln Memorial

One thing i loved about Washington was the fact that the majority of the Museums were free! We spent at least 4-5 hours in each one. The national air and space Museum and the Natural History museum are definitely ones to visit, we spent around 4 hours in each and could of spent much longer if we had the time. Overall, there is a lot too see and i can imagine it being even better in the Summer as you can hire paddle boats near the Cherry Blossom trees. So we headed back on the late night to get ready to depart in the morning. I also have to mention the Asian lady was a very light traveller, she would wash her clothes each night and hang them in the bathroom to dry, we stumbled into her spiderman pants quite often haha!!! I felt it was worth a mention.

Overall, I really enjoyed Washington and i definitely recommend taking a visit when you are given the chance! After Washington we headed to New York to celebrate the arrival of the New Year! More on that on the upcoming post.

Washington Memorial in the distance