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Originally Posted by Thad
the holocaust museum is a must!
that place shook me up !
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I opted to pass on the holocaust Museum. I found out that DC closes once a week- every week. Sundays.
I get to Capital South and it is a cold day but I wanted to look from the porch of The Capital back down the mall. Only the Police would not let me on the Capital grounds at all! As I walked ALONE beside the Dirksen Senate Office building, I began to think of all the Peach marches, the Million man march, Martin Luther King Jr and over 100000 men marching, yet here I was in what could have been a science fiction film because there was NO ONE around for about 4 blocks. Had I not seen a squirrel, it would have been totally lifeless. No cars, no one walking until I was right up on Union Station- weird feeling. They say there is Free Internet at Amtrak in Union Station, but I did not find it. I had 8% from one router and Starbucks/Tmobile is $10 per day. I settled on a city bus called The Circulator, because they would not let me on the other Tour buses carring a laptop bag. I met a lovely couple from Australia (who were amazed to find this Yank has very good knowledge of Aussie Geography, customs, and autos!) Also had a great time with a bus driver normally bored with his job. I personally hate Safeway Stores.... but stopped to buy water 3500 miles from home- in a Safeway Store!.
Air and Space on The Mall was
not as impressive as the collection at Dulles unless you like the Nasa Space Program. Upstairs, they had a set of rooms painted to look like a hangar deck from an Aircraft carrier, and had this ultra cool model of The USS Enterprise that took 1000 hours a year for TWELVE YEARS!
I got back to get the PT Cruiser Rental and at 845 I was at the Lincoln Memorial speechless at the view. Amazing I parked at the base of the Monument as Sunday night is not busy at all downtown. The flags set up for Veteran's Day were nice to look at.
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