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Washington D.C. is such an interesting city as there is so much to see and do. Naturally we saw the White House, the Washington monument, the Lincoln memorial. The US Capital, the very moving Arlington Cemetery and several of the Smithsonian museums. Being Memorial Day we watched their huge parade with many, many high schools from all around the US marching with their brass bands, drummers and flag twirling girls and guys. Pity it rained but it didn't deter the thousands lining the streets as Americans are very patriotic with everyone waving their flags.
We had a wonderful time staying at a friend of a friend,'s home and it was so nice to relax and not have to constantly eat out for every meal.
We are now near the end of 4 days in New York and again have had a brilliant time experiencing Time Square, the Statue of Liberty, the 911 memorial and the New York subway network. There are so, so many people here and I certainly could not live here permanently! Today we walked around Central Park which is huge and it was really hot weather. We had to try out an American hotdog from a street vendor
which was really tasty. We then had happy hour drinks at an Irish bar and hopped on a night tour of the city which was great as it took us over the Manhattan bridge givings us great views of the skyline plus Brooklyn bridge. Just seen the musical Chicago on Broadway and wow it was brilliant! We fly to Toronto, Canada tomorrow so will be bidding farewell very soon to the good old USA until next time.
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Dawn and Howard
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Happy holidays
Great to hear you are back travelling, we know how much you both enjoy it. New York sounds amazing. Enjoy Canada look forward to hearing about it