Spent today on the hop on hop off bus but this time we went to Arlinton Cementry. Saw JFk 's burial site and the tomb of the unknown soldier. It is guarded 24 hours/day and every hour there is a changing of the guard, very cermonial. We then drove past the Pentagon but could not stop at it. We then came back to the White house and were able to go through the visitors centre, police everwhere. Saw the Declaration of Independace and the Bill of rights in the Na...

Spent today on the hop on hop off bus but this time we went to Arlinton Cementry. Saw JFk 's burial site and the tomb of the unknown soldier. It is guarded 24 hours/day and every hour there is a changing of the guard, very cermonial. We then drove past the Pentagon but could not stop at it. We then came back to the White house and were able to go through the visitors centre, police everwhere. Saw the Declaration of Independace and the Bill of rights in the Na...

Day 2 was spent on a hop on hop off bus. Visited Capital hill (parlament house) we were able to see the senate and the representatives sitting and voting. the building itself is full of history and huge. Travelled around and saw the sites- national monument, Linchon Memorial, koren and WW2 memorials + lots of other memorials and statues. We finished at Grand Central station and had dinner their, huge selection for about $6 a meal. Got home at about 8 pm big ...

Arrived here at about midday and our hotel is only about 150m from the Smithonian museums. We spent all of the afteroon at the Air and Space museum. COuld have spent another day there. At night we walked up in to the main part of the city and found a place that only sold meatballs - great meal.