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Washington, D.C. Reviews

lparisya
9 reviews

Sep 25, 2007

I would recommend seeing Maya Lin's Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. Here is what she had to say about the war:

“the politics had eclipsed the veterans, their service and their lives.”

The memorial is comprised of three components: the Wall of names, the Three Servicemen Statue and Flagpole, and the Vietnam Women's Memorial.

Information:

Hours:
Open Daily
8 a.m. to midnight
Closed: Dec. 25
Location:
Bacon Drive & Constitution Ave.
Metro:
Foggy Bottom
Facilities:
Bookstore, Restrooms, Concessions
Park Information:
202.426.6841

Chinatown, Washington, D.C.

This neighborhood developed in the 1930s and has a fascinating history. It's located east of downtown, and has a handful of ethnic Chinese and Asian restaurants. Chinese businesses are located along H and I streets and between 5th and 8th streets. I would recommend you see the Friendship Arch, which is a gate built over H and 7th Streets. It makes for some nice photo ops.

The easiest way to get to Chinatown is to take the metro and get off at the Gallery Place-Chinatown station.

Other attractions I recommend are:

Botanical Gardens
National Air and Space Museum
National Gallery of Art
Newseum & Freedom Park
Smithsonian Institution

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djinn88 says:

Take a day or two to walk the whole section known as "The Mall," it has all of the museums which are free and you can see most of the federal buildings while on that strip. Other than that, I know nothing of D.C.

Posted on: Sep 26, 2007

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Washington, D.C. Blogs

pinchora

Sep 11, 2008

so there's A and B gate in one terminal, C and D in another and i think E is by itself. But to get to the gate you need you have to take a transit. When I first went to get on the transit I thought it was going to be like… where the droid shop meets the short bus... Washington Dulles!

ejames01

Oct 19, 2008

Our plane got into Washington D.C. early which turned out good. We had to go from terminal D to C. We needed the extra time. When we arrived at gate C6 they had started baording the plane. Our seat numbers were 9E-F.… Layover in Washington D.C.