Day: 28 September 2014

It was an unusually warm Fall day for Washington, about 27C, so after applying plenty of sunscreen it was time to explore.  The White House was the first port of call as it is only 2 blocks from the hotel and then onto Arlington Cemetery.  It takes up an area of about 600 acres and … Read more

Saturday 27th September We drove into The Mall – it is home to the Smithsonian Institute e.g. the Air & Space Museum, American Indian Museum, Natural History Museum, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Castle, Museum of African Art, Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery to name just some of them.  At one end of Mall … Read more