Reflecting Pool

One of the highlights towards the far end of the National Mall is the Reflecting Pool. The large man made lake reflects the Washington Monument at one end and the Lincoln Memorial at the other.
One of the highlights towards the far end of the National Mall is the Reflecting Pool. The large man made lake reflects the Washington Monument at one end and the Lincoln Memorial at the other.
At the far end of the National Mall and Reflecting Pool is the Lincoln Memorial, dedicted of course to President Lincoln who preserved the Union when it was on the verge of breaking and also abolishedもっと詳しく
My final stops on the Mall where to smaller monuments for the Korean and Vietnam wars. There were a few Claytons and dozens of Wilsons that died in the Korean war, including a Leslie Wilson whomもっと詳しく
Arguably the most famous building in the world the White House was next up! From the front at the tip of the Ellipse you can barely see it and can't get very close due to the numerous fences in theもっと詳しく
Neighbouring the White House to the west is the probably more spectacular Eisenhower Executive Office Building and to the east the Treasury Department.
This evening I headed to my first ever baseball game at Nationals Park, the 41.5k capacity home of the Washington Nationals.
A few things I spotted here was that it had hosted many musical artistsもっと詳しく
The game got under way at 7pm. I had no idea about the rules so I was having to Google them as the game went on. And even when I thought I understood the rules something would happen that didn't makeもっと詳しく
The game had a post game show from none other than Carly Rae Jepsen. Despite only knowing two songs from her hour long set, I thoroughly enjoyed myself, particularly during 'Call Me Maybe'.
After theもっと詳しく
Overnight I slept for 8 hours without waking up once which is a miracle for me and shows how tired I evidently was.
But I had to be up to join the 10am Capitol tour that I signed up for a few weeksもっと詳しく
Does what it says on the tin really. Every state in the US gets to select two state icons to have statues installed of in the Capitol and this is where many of them reside as well as in the Cryptもっと詳しく
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