We succeed to leave York pretty early, around 10:00. We drove directly to Washington. The hotel we took is in the Foggy Bottom historical district, close to Georgetown and the mall.
We left the luggage at the hotel and drove to the center.
We parked at the Ronald Reagan building which is both a government office and a very big parking. The hour we went out was 13:30 and it was very hot.
 |
| preparing for the walk |
Since the White House is close by we went there first. A picture is a must so here it is together with an Indian fellow who didn't want to move out of the way when we took the picture. We did wait for him to finish his photo.
Before continuing to the National Museum of Natural History on the mall we stopped for some refreshments. It was so hot that the kids begged to enter the museum. The air condition was indeed a relief.
We made a small tour of the second level where we saw the Hope diamond (a 45 karat diamond, the biggest in the world). Additional, very beautiful, gems were displayed. There was also a live butterflies exposition but there was no tickets left, so Yoram and kids went to the IMAX to see a 3D dinosaurs movie. Meanwhile, Ioana rested on the lower level coffee where we also had a small snack.
 |
| a very big topaz |
 |
| Hope diamond |
After the museum we went to finally check in to the hotel and rest for a while. While looking for restaurants we decided to eat at home and go out only for ice cream. Yoram parked the car in Georgetown and he said it was a very nice area. So we headed there after some bribery for the children. (Amir will be able to install minecraft on Ioana's laptop so he and Yoni can play together). The walk was nice. We stopped to have a crepe for Tamar and an ice cream and went back to the hotel at around 22:00.
אין תגובות:
הוסף רשומת תגובה