• Jan 7, 2009

    Jan Trip in Washington DC - [互惠生活]

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    Jan 3-4, I went to Washington DC for a trip, with my good friend, another Chinese aupair JL. Generally, DC is great, though a little boring. I think it is a city for sightseeing and museums (but museums take a lot of time). The buildings in DC are amazing, you will definitely can not help to have them in your camera!

    The capitol is Washington DC, exactly, on the east coast, we call in DC usually,  for there is a Washiongton State in west coast. Friends, donot feel confused about this. 

    This artical is mainly about the sightseeing, famous buildings in DC. 1st day, we arrived at Union Sation by Amtrak (US national trains). We settled down in Youth Hotel (we booked 2 beds in a female room), bought a day-pass ($3) for Circulator Bus then began our trip. At night, we went to Georgetown to have a look at the shopping street and China Town for dinner. 2nd we went to 2 museums. I bought some great stamps and postcards, happy!

    Photos are coiming!

    China Town is great, having so many Chinese food, we all miss them! It is a little bit crowded at night, people enjoy themselves here so much.It  is interested in walking here, for everything has both English and Chinese names, but the traslation is funny. 
     

    Fomous White House. If you wanna go inside to have a visit, you need to go to the Chinese Embasy to book, advanced 3-4 months. I am thinking about that, haha. 

     

    My foverite, the Capitol. 
     
     
    Behind the Capitpl,  it is the Supreme Court. 


    Monuments' time.Thomas Jefferson Memorial. 
     

    Lincoln Memorial.


    We are in WW2 Memorial. 
     

    Union Station in DC, a great building. 

     
    I am in front of the station. 
     

    We went to 3 museums totally in these 2 days. That was not enough for me, a crazy museum girl, so I will go maybe in Spring or Summer just for museums. In DC, most of the museums are free, the only thing you need to do is to let your bags check.

    The 1st one, the Old Post Office, free!

    2nd, we went to the National Postal Museums, also free. I bought some stamps and postcards there, and of course, sent some cards to my close friends in Ganton.In the hall, I like the airplanes and the horse cars.

    3rd, we went the big one, the National Gallery of Art, free, awsome. It has 2 buildings, the east and the wast one. It was designed by Chinese American. In the west building, there are art of antient time. The east building is about moden art.

    Between 2 buildings, behind me is the east building.

    DC has many great buildings to see and to enjoy. It surely is a MUST-visit city in US. I enjoyed walking, sightseeing, taking photos and visiting museums there so much. Maybe in Apr or later, I will go again just for museums. Actually, there are still so many I didnot get a chance to see.


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  • 最近兴之所至翻看了一下美国历史
    发现原来美国以华盛顿作为首都以前很多年
    都是以费城作为首都的
    费城几乎每个角落都发生过历史事件