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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..

More museums..

National Archives
So we didn´t get that early start after all:P But we went to the National Archives. And there was not that bad line this time. But like 10 minutes after there were so many people behind us that it was incredible. Well after like 20 minutes we got in and after a security check we were in. Well we just walked around and saw papers that were confidential in one point of their excistence. Then we headed to the room were is all the important papers like Magna Carta, Declaration of Indepedence, Bill of Rights and so on.. And talking about lines, there was a mother of all lines!! God, we had to wait over an hour to get somewhere near that room. And then after like 15 minutes we were out there. But we saw all the important papers and we were happy about it, or something..

After that experience we went to see the Library of Congress, because I´m really a book freak. And that is like the worlds biggest library so off we go. And it was huge, and really beautiful building. We went in a balcony where you could see the library part but other wise we didn´t went on with that tour because the guy talking was really really boring old man:D But we went to see some exhibitions about early American like Maya´s, Inka´s and so on and Creating the United States. We spend there like three hours and after that we headed back to hostel to back our thing because we were leaving to New York tomorrow!
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And it was a Drug Free Zone! :D
And it was a Drug Free Zone! :D
Thats one big library!
World largest library, and probably the most beautiful as well. The building is amazing! There is so many little details that you can spend couple hours just to amazed. There is some free tours during the day and that is the only way to see Thomas Jefferson Buildings amazing Main Reading Hall. Or so that guy told us, but I didn´t stau that tour long because the tour guide was really boring. So I just wandered off. There is always couple exhibitions going on and when I went there they were really interesting and well made. It is really nice place to spend hour or two or even more!
Lots of important papers..
It was an interesting place. Here you can found everything that has anything to do with history of United States. Here you can walk around the Public Vaults and see papers that has been one time confidential, but not anymore. There is also some exhibitions that change time to time.

You can also see here the most important papers to this country. Like Declaration of Independence, Constitution of United States, Bill of Rights and Magna Carta.. So what else can you ask for from this museum, or archive what ever. :D
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