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Capital of the United States

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I went to visit a friend who is studying in Boston and we decided to make a trip to Bahamas, Nassau. After that we back to Boston then head up to Niagara Falls, Canada. From there we went to Washington D.C. and after that to New York and from New York to back home to Finland..

Capital of the United States

We slept long, so it was way after 11am when we finally set on a mission to get to know Washington D.C. Of course first thing to do was to get lost while trying to find that metro station. Well after a while we found it and in and went to see the Washington Monument first. That is one big obelisk. After that we went to Smithsonian info center and ate some ceaser salad and watch a some kind of a information video, free. After that we walked to Smithsonian Space & Air Museum. There was everything from II World War airplanes to NASA space modules, like Apollo 11. And there was so much to see, it was really interesting. And I don´t normally could care less about some machines. :D

After that we walked to Capital Hill and took some pictures.
And after that we went to see the Natural History Museum, which was more my taste. It was one of the best Natural history museums that I have been. There was everything from dinosaurs to stuffed animals and Hope diamond of course. After that we walked to the National Archives, but the line was killing long so we decided to go there tomorrow early. Or try to be there early at least :D So after that we just walked around and made our way to the White House. And took some pictures, and I have to say it is smaller that I though. And when we were there in frontside suddenly this SWAT guy come to us and told us that they are going to close this street or something, so go away. But he was a nice guy, but I freaked when I read that SWAT sign in his shirt. I was immediately thinking what I have done now:P But luckyly nothing..

After that we hanged around a while to see what was going on but we got bored and went back to hostel. We just realxed in a common room and watched South Park. After a while we went to eat out, and after that we went to bed. Because we were exhausted after walking around the whole day. I have to say that I like Washington, it´s nice city. And I like the fact that almost every attraction is free!:D
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A lots of Planes..
Here you can see everything from Wrights brothers machines to latest NASA thing. It is quit interesting museum, even I liked it and normally I couldn´s care less about all this machines. But here you can see for example Spirit of St. Louis, the plane which made first nonstop tranatlantic flight. You can see Apollo 11 command module and other space stuff obviously:D

There is planes from every decades and every sizes. And the exhibitions will change time to time. So there is always something new to explore.
Really nice museum!
It is a really great Natural History Museum. There is almost everything you have ever heard of. There is dinosaur fossil and other animals fossil too and much much more. There is lots of stuffer animal, and some of them are put on display like they are hunting something or roaring or something like that.

There is everything from mammals that live on ground to sharks and whales and other weird fishes. There is also lots of different kind of minerals, and of couse including Hope diamond! Thats one big stone..

And of corse it´s on of Smithsonian Museums so it´s free!
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