robbo and leeazaa’s travel adventures

We have spent the last couple of days exploring Washington D.C. – which is mostly museums and memorials.

First up is the Capitol Building. Pretty impressive and it looks a bit bigger than the one in Austin which we seen.

Capitol Building

We also went to the Museum of Air and Space which Rob enjoyed a lot. It wasn’t too “kiddified” and it was free admission which made it all the more enjoyable.

The Moon Lander!!

Second-up was our third Museum of Natural History which we have seen in USA. It was pretty good, but I think the one in Chicago was by far the best one we have seen. The one in D.C. did have the Hope Diamond though (along with dedicated security guards) which was nice to see.

Hope Diamond

Next up was the Vietnam War Memorial. It is a big wall with the names of all of those killed or missing in action. What makes it more interesting is that people leave things next to the wall (medals they have left over from one of their relatives that died, photos etc) and they just leave them there until some official goes around and collects them every night (they take them to the Smithsonian Museum).

The Three Soldiers

Vietnam Memorial

The reflective wall of the Vietnam memorial

Lastly was the Korean War Memorial which is made up of numerous soldier statues in a staggered pattern. It’s quite an amazing sight.

Korean War Memorial

So we are all done in Washington D.C. now – heading to Orlando for some theme park fun tomorrow.

Leeane

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