September 1, 2017
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| Jefferson Memorial |
Back on the Big Bus, we headed to the Jefferson Memorial.
For the most part, we had the entire place to ourselves. We spent probably
about an hour there before hopping back on the bus and heading to the Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Memorial. The site was interesting. It was divided into 4
different open air rooms, each representing an elected term. There was a lot of
water and quotes incorporated into the design, for sure worth a visit. Next door, to this memorial is the Martin
Luther King Jr Memorial. The monument again is unique, with quotes and the
memorial kind of cut out and pushed out of the wall. Another nearby site the DC War Memorial.
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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial |
Upon recommendation of the Big Bus Tour guide, we had lunch
in the Ronald Reagan Building. It was an excellent choice – there were many
options! We did have to go thru security
to get into the building, but the line was pretty much not existent!
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial |
After lunch, we visited the visited the Old Post Office
Tower, which you access thru the Trump Hotel.
The clock tower provides nice views of the city. The elevators do not
hold many people, so be prepared to wait. Lucky us, there was not much of a
wait when we arrived.
We checked out a place called Elephant & Castle for
dinner – it was good! The dessert was not quite as good as the night before,
but for sure worth it for dinner.
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| A view from the Old Post Office Tower |
Since the bus pass included the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
we decided to check it out. It was our first time in a wax museum, it was not
quite as creepy as I thought it would have been. This particular one was mostly about the
presidents. I probably will never go to a wax museum ever again, unless it is
free.
September 2, 2017
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| Capitol Building |
The day started with a visit to the Capitol. I had reserved tickets online. Once thru security,
you can redeem the email confirmation for a real ticket. The tour started with a video and then
everyone was divided into groups. The
tour guide that we got with was really good – informative but funny! The
architecture is for sure worth the visit. From the capitol, you are able to
take an underground tunnel over to the Library of Congress, doing so means you
get to skip the security line. The Library of Congress is another beautiful
building that is worth a visit.
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| Capitol Building Dome |
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| Library of Congress |
We went over the Union Station for lunch. There were quite a
few options, just nothing much sounded good to me. I ended up getting a wrap of
some sort that was just okay.
The afternoon was spent at the Smithsonian Natural History
Museum where the main highlights included: the Hope Diamond (not as big as you
might think), an 80-foot dinosaur skeleton, a life-size model of a blue whale,
and a prehistoric white shark.
For dinner, we checked out a Mexican place called Oyamel
Cocina Mexicana which translates a type of fir tree that monarch butterflies
winter at. It was a small plates type of
place. We were told it would be an hour wait, but we got in before that. There
was a cupcake place nearby (Red Velvet Cupcakery) that we purchased cupcakes
from for dessert. The Mexican food and cupcakes were both tasty!
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