After Atlanta, we drove to Washington and it was pretty easy just that I was too tired on the way and stopped for a few hours of sleep. though it was not very comfortable in the car, the energy was back… maybe just 40%… still it was not bad at all.

we reached Washingont DC about 5:30pm and we parked our car at Pentagon City, a big shopping mall. we did not have the time to shop. Pentagon is not far from the mall. We walked there and started our tour in Washington DC.

This is the capital city of USA. The other Capital cities I have been to are Beijing and Paris. I found that there is some similarity among the capital cities… the buildings are huge, grant and solemn. There are a lot of history and stories about the cities and many events took place.

We took the subway to Archives. However, by the time we reached Archives, they have closed and we missed the Declaration of Independence. On the way to the White House, we saw the US Post Office, Freedom Plaza (it has a map of the washington D.C. there. ) and the Washington Monument. All the buildings look very old and veteran.

World War II Memorial was nice… there were many people there. Two regions s of the war, Pacific region and Atlantic region. the States links the two regions together.

Lincoln Memorial was really nice. I have seen the picture of his statue for so many years. It was finally great to see the actual statue. Jefferson Memorial is located some where on the small island. It was a long walk to reach there. Initially we wanted to skip it as we thought it was too long a walk to do, considering we still have a long way to go. However, in order to go back to the nearest subway station, we have to pass by it. In the end, we went in. What a nice Memorial. I liked it a lot.

Walk after walk, we finally got back to the nearest subway station. by the way, the subway stations we have visited in Washington DC all looked the same inside… by then, we were starving and thirsty. I felt great that we finally saw our car… it was like seeing home! yes the car is the home for these few days.

before midnight we left Washington for Philadelphia.

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