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Greetings from Washington DC.
We arrived here from New York on the Greyhound bus which I (Andy) hated! It was 5 1/2 long hours with no seatbelts. We took a taxi to our hotel from the bus station - what a driver we had. He had a Tom Tom which he had brought from his friend on credit and he didnt know how to use it! We were convinced he didnt know where he was going right up until the hotel was in view. When we did eventually arrive I (Andy) then had to show him how to use the Tom Tom. The taxi cost 20 pounds, we was robbed!
We started off by going to the Smithsonian musems, there are about 20 in total and they are all free. We visited the Natural History, Air and Space and the Zoo. We also visited the National Aquarium which you have to pay to see but I thought it was dissapointing (Grace). We tried to go up the Washington Monument several times but only a few people can a day and we were too late. On one of they days there, there was a religious festival - lots of halleliugh singing and a big crowd. We did a sightseeing tour on the 'Tourmobile' bus. The tour guides were normal compared to the New York ones. This took us through Arlington Cemetery, to the US Capital, Union Station and many more sights. We visited the Whitehouse vistor centre, again free. We found pedalos - much to my (Andy) excitement. We basked in the sun in the middle of the lake watching the planes landing over our heads.
It has been a heatwave since we arrived in America, always in the high 20s and in the early 30s the last couple of days - long may the sunshine continue to Chicago! We are travelling there tomorrow.
Thats all for now, keep the messages coming, lots of love Andy and Grace xxxxxxxx
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