So here it is, the capital of the United States of America.
First stop, Lincoln Memorial.
“In this temple as in the harts of the people for whom he saved the union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln” is enshrined forever”. Powerful words. His two most famous speeches are also written on the inside walls in his remembrance. “This nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people by the people for the people shall not perish from the Earth.”
Directly in front of the monument, is the reflecting pool. Too bad there was construction at the time, otherwise it’d looks way nicer.
On the south side of the memorial, there is the Korean War Memorial.
This phrase beside it is probably one of the most well said quotes.
Freedom is definitely not free.
On the north side of Lincoln Memorial, there is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The names etched into the memorial are everyone who was killed or missing in action.
This is where politics happens. The Capitol, where Obama pwns his political opponents and passes bills through congress.
Next stop, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Definitely lots of interesting things here!
To show off the history of aviation, naturally there is a model of the Wright Brother’s plane.
Eventually, we built fixed wing aircraft.
Fast forward a few decades, and there is a lunar lander.
In the present day, we are now blowing people up from afar using Predator drones…
Too bad there wasn’t enough time to visit other museums in the Smithsonian. Would have liked to see the natural history exhibits too. But at least I got to briefly see the Smithsonian Castle.
We then took a nice and relaxing boat tour on the Potomac River.
Of course there’s also the Washington Monument.
Then there is the White House, where the boss aka Barack Obama lives. There’s even three guys on the roof to see if there’s anything out of the ordinary.
Then while leaving the city, the tour bus driver had the great idea of driving into the Pentagon parking lot.
And here is a nice picture of sun rays passing through clouds that I managed to capture while we were on the road to the next destination.
We spent the night in Atlantic City, where those interested got the chance to visit the casinos and “try” to win money. I on the other hand, was pretty tired. I pretty much went to sleep right away when we got to the hotel. Needed some good rest for the trip to Philadelphia the next day.
More photos here