We all had a good night's sleep. The (included) breakfast ends at 9 so we make sure to not miss it. We have (free) tickets for the Museum of Air and Space for 1 pm, the first ones of the day available. Otherwise we really don't have an agenda.
Well, not quite true. William wants to see the White House.
So we just start walking and looking at things which interest us on the way. It is amazing how much there is to see every few steps. Here is the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial.
This pictures the D-Day address to the troops June 6 1944.
Walking along the Mall something is always sticking out, especially the National Monument. It is looking different every time depending on the sun or the clouds.
Ha-ha, could not resist to imitate a photo we took when William was here just as a little boy. We made him hold up the monument even then too.
We had time and were walking past the National Museum of American History. It was an impressive building from the outside. Good place to cool of for a while.
I had received an important telephone call and sat in the lobby for a while. The others went to enjoy the exhibits. After my call I just went into one wing and thoroughly enjoyed it and took these photos. It reminded me of a lot.
Finally. The White House! We can check this activity off.
I think William was disappointed. He said he remembered that when he was here before he could go much closer to it. Yes, he was right. He could then go all the way to that fence. We could take a photo through the fence. Oh well, times have changed.
With the White House in our backs we wonder what this circle fence is for. A plaque says that this is the place for the National Christmas tree.
Ha, further away with a zoom you can take a better photo of the White House.
It is very hot by now. It is almost noon. Papa and I find a bench in the shade. William wants to touch the monument and asked. Of course.
With the zoom on the camera I can even see where he is.
But this is his selfie.
Yup, right there on the right corner!
Then he calls and wants to go quickly to the World War II Memorial. Sure.
Finally 1 pm and we managed the ticket business perfectly. Do not come to early before your ticket time or you might have to stand in a long line for too long. From "your" time you have a whole hour to get in. Ha, 15 minutes after the time there was no more line and we walked straight in. And I even had managed to get them from the internet into my wallet.What we could view was incredible. James and I started with the Brothers Wright exhibition. Years ago we had vacationed in the Outer Banks and had gone to the Wright Brothers Museum there. So impressive.
William went around by himself. Here is a photo from him. But later he voiced his disappointment that half of the first floor was not exessable (renovation) at the moment. As always, after a while I am on "information overload". So much to see. We just have to come back.
We had to chill in our room. And we even didn't have lunch. It was passed 3 pm by now.
Take out from the hotel restaurant. Everybody happy.
Before the trip William and his father had talked about a statue of a "thinker". Which one? There are actually several famous statues named that. I found the "Thinker on a Rock" by Barry Flanagan in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. When we wanted to see it the day before on the way back to the hotel we were too late. All the museums close at 5 pm.
William and I decided we should just quickly go to take that photo. Oh no, we forgot to check the clock. When we arrived it was after 5 pm again. I had fun taking these two photos though.
A bonus though: the National Monument looked different again.
William had to run across the lawn for his photo. Don't know what he had in mind.
When it was time for dinner we asked William to do the search and pick where he wanted to go. He found a roof top place "Sushi By Bou" not far away in another hotel. We started outside to enjoy the view but in minutes it started to rain. We relocated inside.
William (our expert) declared that the sushi was 'ok' but we had some strange entertainment. Shortly after our arrival a speed dating game had started. The was on the small side but the dating game was all around us.
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Awesome, as always. Julia x
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