Tom's trip to DC

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Well I went to Washington DC for 2 days because mum was going to be in town and I really wanted to see the city. I went down and walked around the city for a day before I met Mum at her hotel at night. The following day we went to the airlington national cemetary and I went to the JFK arts centre. It was a really fun trip and I have posted the best of the 350 photos I took below.

P.S. Sorry I'ts been a while coming I've had a fair bit on my plate until now. I'll be putting up the Vegas and Boston ones soon as well.

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Photos

National Gallery of Art
This building was the first one I stopped at on my tour of the Mall. Everything was closed becasue I came straight from the airport.

National Gallery of Art
Cool Sculpture

Lion
Mufasa is remembered for eternity here in DC nearby the Capitol Building.

Capitol Building
The centre of US democracy

Capitol Building
I think the Guard has an M16

Library of Congress
Believe it or not, this is a library. I went for a tour around here because it was the first place I came to that was open, wasn't all that interesting but they had a Gutenberg Bible.

The Supreme Court
The guards weren't too happy when I stood on the bench to take this photo.

Aussie Tree
I walked through the rest of the botanic gardens, and this was the only aussie tree in the place.

Blue Gums
I've seen a couple of these in real life and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't fit inside the greenhouse I was inside.

Orchids
Ok the next few photos are slightly batty, but I really like the varied shapes of orchids so I put the best couple up.

Orchids
This one was really strange.

Orchids
This one reminded me of a passion fruit.

The Smithsonian 1
Almost all the museums on the Mall are part of the Smithsonian institute, this one was kind of cool so it got a photo.

Smithsonian 2
This is the main Smithsonian building.

The worlds largest .... "Spaceship"
Notice the number of US flags at the base, they sure like the flag in DC.

Patriotism gone to far
Even the Coke cups have the US flag on them in DC.

The Lincon Memorial
The guy just would not move. I had my "Meals on the Move" lunch here on the steps, and rested my legs a bit beacuse I had been walking solidly for about 4-5 hours by now.

Lincon
This is a very impresive statue. It's also really cool to see in real life after seeing it in movies so often.

The Reflecting Pond
It was a shame it was so windy because it ruined the reflection.

Bathing ?????????
Pea bladder had to make a toilet stop on the way back to the washington monument, and I thought this sign deserved a mention.

Jefferson Memorial
After lunch and a little walk to back to the Washington Monumet I was a bit tired so I sat down against the tower and had a sleep. This picture was from the top of the monument.