As a result of Margartia and fizzy wine last night we didn't quite make it up in time to queue for the Washington Monument. Apparently you really needed to be there before 8am to ensure getting a ticket to go up it. I am sure it is an amazing view but neither of as were that keen to get up at 6 for it! Our day didn't go exactly to plan. We had wanted to go to the national geographic society to see their exhibition, but when we got there it was closed. We had als...

We got up early today as we were keen to see the holocaust museum. It is free but it is also the most popular museum in DC so you need to get there at stupid o' clock to get a ticket for a certain time of the day. We got there at 8:30 and by 9am the queue was enormous. We saw most of the museum quite quickly since a lot of it we knew already (history of the war etc). However we could understand why it is the most popular museum and it leaves you feeling quite str...

Washington is a beautiful city, and reminds us of London in a lot of ways; big parks with wide walkways, low rise buildings and lots of history. (Though it is a lot cleaner!). It also seems like it was designed with the tourist in mind. We did a lot of walking but nothing is futher than 45 minutes by foot from the capitol building. We are staying with Alex, the brother of a girl we met in Guatemala, his girlfriend Karyn and their huge ginger cat Banjo. They are ...