Saturday, 7 July 2007

2 July Washington D C

Went on a one day bus trip organised by the company to Washington DC. The journey from wildwood took like 3 hrs plus.. But we slept most of the time coz it was 7am.

Our bus!
Got to watch Ocean Eleven on the way back..

The bus dropped us at Air & Space museum.
Not reallie my cup of tea..
Wright brothers airplanes..
As it was free and easy, we chanced upon this garden on the way.

Lovely flowers and castle..
A nice break away from the boring-looking offices and buildings in the area.
We saw quite afew ppl enjoying their lunch in the garden.



Here with jean

Just when we were feeling nice & relaxed after a walk in the garden, we went into the holocaust museum. As the itinerary warned us: you may leave this museum a changed person - the exhibit is simply that powerful..

Note: This was taken b4 we went inside.. =)
It was a very enriching visit, learned quite abit about the holocaust. The exhibits were very good with videos, pictures and props. But it left me feeling quite grey & sad.. =(

Washington Monument

Saw a little squirrel on the way..

ALong the roadside, there were many vans like this selling food & souvenirs


One of the few unique buildings..

$$ US treasury $$

Presenting the White house!!
We had a hard time finding exactly where it was.
There were afew guards ard but they werent very helpful.
Alittle disappointed as it wasnt as grand as we thought.
A group pict b4 we go!

Just opposite the white house was this woman with anti war protest

Final stop, Chinatown!
But this one is not as big as phili's. Not as many chinese ppl & shops too.
We had dim sum and it wasnt as good as the one in phili's.

US Capitol building

Before long, it was 7pm n we had to make our way back to wildwood..

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