Here is the second day of the trip which was Sunday.
A picture of me and my mom outside the Metro Center on top of the tour bus we rode. It was like the British double decker buses. IT WAS AWESOME!!!
Pictures of the Metro Center. The first one is of the Columbus Statue in front, it was pretty cool. The second picture is of the six statues on top. The two statues are of the fire and electricity. I forgot what they are supposed to mean.
These are of the Capital building. The picture of me is like the 200th picture I tried to get of me and the building, which is why I don't look very happy. I took a picture of the sign because I thought it was cool that I was there while they were doing work on the lawn and whatnot. Although, they could do that all the time, I don't know. It's my first time.
The first picture is of the Smithsonian Castle. We didn't go there. I don't know what's in there. The second is of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The third is of a sculpture that I don't remember where it is. The fourth is of a car that was completely covered with pictures of the flag. I don't know who was in it or whatnot, but I thought it was interesting.
The next pictures might seem a little weird. We had stopped to eat, but I wasn't hungry, so I got a bottle of water and found a squirrel. I've never seen a squirrel in real life so this was a new experience for me.
I also took a video of the squirrel jumping around from the benches and stuff. It was fun following the squirrel outside of the Jefferson Memorial while my parents finished eating.
Pictures of the Jefferson Memorial.
I just realized I have a lot of pictures of buildings that I have no idea what they are of... :D The second picture is of the National Archives Building, but I don't know what the first is.
This is some fancy schmancy hotel where celebrities and rich people stay. It was pretty cool looking.
Ah, Arlington Cemetery. Ya know, I don't see why people like cemeteries. THEY ARE DEAD! DEAD! ... Anyway, The first picture is of the eternal flame at JFK's grave, that was pretty cool. The second picture is of a random rusty cannon. I assume it was copper originally. The third picture is of the Unknown Soldiers. An unknown soldier from every war except Vietnam on (there used to be a Vietnam in there, but they did DNA testing and found out who he is) is buried there. The fourth picture is of the ampetheather that I don't know what they use it for.
These pictures are of the "Changing of the Guard" which, and I don't care who knows this or thinks I'm un-patriotic or whatnot, is the most pompous and unnecessary ceremony ever! I have like 5 pictures of it because that's how freaking long it was and they walked funny and spoke funny. They only cool thing was their shoes (which were also funny) because every time they stopped moving they clicked their heels together (in a funny way) and had little metal things in the heels. They were kinda like sideways tap shoes. My mother loved Arlington... :P
A replication of the Hindinburg and THE original Wright Brother's plane. These were taken at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. It was pretty cool.
Sometime during this day (I forget when) we went to the International Spy Museum. It was my favorite place we have been so far. My parents weren't all that excited about it, but I liked it. :D I got a new identity... Angelena Falcone, 21, from Italy. I was going to Hanoi, Vietnam on business as a travel agent. I don't remember the reason and I can't spell or say the name of the guy I was meeting there since he was Vietnamese. I got two rubber bracelets there. One is yellow and says, "I lie for a living" and the other is purple and says, "Not just a pretty face." I am probably going to buy a hoodie off the internet from the store because I really wanted it, but my parents were in a hurry. I don't have any pictures from it because we weren't allowed to take pictures, but let me tell you, it was pretty awesome.
One of the freakin' original Magan Carta's! I think I was more excited to see this than the original declaration or constitution...
The original declaration and constitution. You couldn't read either of them. Also, the movie National Treasure is so wrong. It's very dark in there and the only guards are around the Constitution and the declaration does not have little temperature stuff in it.
The Louisiana Purchase document. I was pretty excited to see this too. I tried to see if it had Napoleon Bonaparte's signature on it, but people kept pushing me on, so I didn't get to check very hard.
So that is the good pictures that I took from that day. So apparently, these pictures are actually from two days... The spy museum and tour bus stuff are from Sunday. The Air and Space and National Archives are from Monday. Today, we were going to go to Montecello (where Jefferson lived) and some other place like that, but none of us felt very good so we just lounged around the hotel all day. Wait, this morning we went to Buena Vista to get everything okayed for my school stuff. All in all a very productive Tuesday... ;D
More pictures probably tomorrow where we are going to Montecello (and the other one) and then Jamestown. I'm pretty stoked about that. Jamestown! YAY! First
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