Today we got up early (7:30am) to take advantage of the free breakfast in the hostel - cornflakes, bagels, a blueberry muffin and coffee - we had to wash our own dishes but we thought that was a fair deal! We left the hostel for our full day of sightseeing in DC - first stop, the back of the White House for a few photos. It looked like Obama had the builders in as the whole back of the building was covered in scaffolding. We also spotted a press gantry filled wi...

Today we said goodbye to New York City after a memorable few days, and headed for our bus to DC. The bus trip was pretty uneventful apart from the unintentionally hilarious driver, who was a big scary fella that you definitely wouldn't mess with! His announcements included 'We're leaving 6 minutes late...no big deal', 'If you're late back from the rest stop, all the other buses are full today so getting to DC will take you a looooong time!', 'I'm gonna be generou...