So I decided to miss the basketball game today so I could sight-see. Good choice right? I got to see all kinds of monuments and stuff. So of course I started with this:
We walked around it and travelled down the national mall towards the Lincoln Memorial. The day was cold, and the wind whipped at our clothes. It was so cloudy and gray, I almost thought I was back in my other Washington. A previous snow still covered the ground. Coldness aside, the air was crisp, and it was a lovely day. Unfortunately, the reflecting pool is being remodelled, so I didn't get any cool pictures of that, but as we progressed towards the Lincoln memorial, we came upon the new World War II Memorial. A beautiful ring of rectangle columns representing each state that fought in the war.
Of course I found Washington's column. At four points in the circle were small towers with statues inside.
There was also a plaque of stars. Each star represented every 1,000 American casualties... I think.
Next came the Lincoln Memorial.
Some lady awkwardly offered to take a picture of us. "Pictures are so much better with your other half!" she exclaimed... ohmygosh, lady. We're just friends and he's like wayyy old. Awkward... Cute picture though!
Here's a better one ;)
Hehe.. but seriously.. look at this guy!
He's so cool. So while deciding where to go next.. I took this awesome pic:
(Lol)
And attempted to take a picture of a black squirrel, which I've never seen before.
So next, with wet feet and cold hands, I went to the White house, and it was my lucky day. There were Iranian protestors in front of the white house gate.
Next we saw Occupy Washington D.C. It looked like a bunch of homeless drug addicts living in tents. But...all power to them!
Silly people...
So we walked by a bunch of cool buildings. I will post those pics on facebook to save room. But we also passed the FBI building. Sweet!
I saw the capitol building very last, but it was beautiful as ever.
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