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Daniel: The next day in DC we went on the duck tour. We drove around some more monuments and the whole city then we went on the river. We even got to drive the duck. I was the first person to do it and we drove around and around in circles. After that the driver gave us all quackers (quackptain Franklin was the captain) and we made a lot of quaking noise! But sometime we weren't allowed to quack (but I did it at every chance I got). The name of the boat was Lucky Duck, and the other one was called Rubber Duck. And we were lucky because our duck was the last duck off the day. When we got back to the station we had to walk past an armed guard who had a huge machine gun. And when I say huge, I mean HUGE! We went to the museum of natural sciences. We had to earn points to earn a virtual badge (that means one that is just on the computer). You got points by doing science experiments with microscopes and stuff, and by watching videos and Collecting things In your virtual field book. It was so awesome. My friends would definitely love it. It had a gift shop as well, so we just had to get something sciencey from it We got to see the Hope Diamond. It is dark and shiny, and part of a very sparkly necklace. It is the only one like it. We saw lots of other diamonds, and lots of other gems but I kept calling them all diamonds and people were laughing at me being mesmorised by all the "shiny diamonds". We saw a piece of rock Quartz that was humongous, as tall as the ceiling. Talking about Quartz, I later found a piece of Quartz, which I can show you. We also saw a cave of mineral rocks that glow when the lights go out because the electrons on their surface reflected light back, and they glowed green or orange. I have never seen anything like that before. We also saw a giant elephant, and amazing skeletons, including one of a swordfish, and one turtle whose shell I could have had a bath in. We went to the famous dinosaur exhibit and saw a giant T. rex and a triceratops with thick bones. We also saw the skull of of baby triceratops... It was actually kind of cute, for a dinosaur skull! The unlikely thing to do In America that we did was we met our cousin, Aunty, uncle and nan for dinner. I mean, seriously, they live near Whitby, so why were we having dinner with them in Washington? But anyway, we did that, and then it was back to our hotel room to finish the day playing PlayStation. Washington DC is a perfect place. I especially loved the green trees everywhere and the super cute squirrels. I am definitely going back to Washington...and hopefully next time my legs are long enough to go on the Tandem bike! Gemma: Today we went to the Smithsonian museum of natural history. There is a lot of really cool stuff in there, like the Hope Diamond, Q?rius, and a small (due to renovations) dinosaur exhibit. Q?rius is a thing where you have a card with a QR code which you can scan at different ports, which give you different activities, and you have to complete them all to get a virtual badge. Now, the Hope Diamond. To get to the diamond, we walked through a rocks and gems exhibit, in which Daniel kept saying "ooooo...diamond..." at everything he saw. The diamond was beautiful, and very big! At the dinosaur exhibit, we saw the complete skeleton of a T-Rex, and a triceratops. After that we went and played on Albert Einstein. I think he is hot. No, no... not that kind of hot! He is made of bronze, and had been in the sun all day, so he was sizzling to touch! The statue is 21 feet tall and very detailed, the book he holds even has the famous e= mc squared equation engraved. Apparently rubbing Einstein's nose is going to make you smart. To get back uptown was going to be a long walk in the heat, so we hired a pedicab, who took us around and told us heaps of facts, like that the famous roads in Washington, D.C. Actually used to be a canal. We went back to our favourite - Union Station - for lunch. After lunch we went on a Duck tour. We got to see most of the things that are famous in Washington, including the bureau where they print their money (they print a lot as American money is made of yuck paper and only lasts 22 months), the Arlington Cemetery, and the Pentagon. We learnt that the Pentagon can't have wifi because it could compromise security, so instead they are connected by enough cable to go around the world 7 times! 23,000 people work there, and there are 17 miles of hallways. That is one big building. While we were on the river, our driver, Captain Franklin, let all the kids drive the Duck, which was really fun! He also gave us quackers, which made a heap of noise. We quacked at a guard outside a building to see if we could make him smile (he did), and at everyone else for that matter. For dinner, we met up with our cousin and uncle and auntie because they had just arrived in Washington. We went to Hank's Oyster Bar and not one of us had oysters. Overall, we had a great day, and Washington is definitely one of the best places we have been so far!
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