Day 6: Last Day in DC

Today is our last full day in the nation's capitol. I can't believe this trip if half way over already. We used our hop on/hop off buses again today. This morning our buses took us to tour the U.S. Capitol building. After that tour we were on our own to get to the Holocaust Memorial Museum for a group tour. It was a very quit and touching place to be. I don't have any pictures of that because you couldn't use cameras. I can officially say I worked for the U.S. Government today! At the Holocaust museum Erin volunteered 4 people from our group to help hand stuff out as the rest walked in. Sadly I didn't get paid. After we that we were on our own. Our little group decided to tour Ford's Theatre, the place where President Lincoln was shot. After we got in we figured our that the only original thing was the front wall. The rest was a replica. The reason it is a replica is because a month after Lincoln was shot, the theatre changed into an office building. Then the park service changed it back into a theatre that looks exactly like the original. After the theatre we headed to Union Station, one of the largest train stations in the world. It is almost like a mall. I got the best Danish pastry there! After Union Station we headed back to the hotel. We were going to use the bus service, but that would have taken about an hour. So I thought of the idea to take a taxi back to the hotel and we got there in about 15 minutes! When we got back to the hotel we ate, then Mom and I walked to the White House to take a night photo.

U.S. Capitol Building

The Presidential Box where Abraham Lincoln was shot

Union Station

Inside Union Station

night picture of the South side of the White House

night picture of the North side of the White House

Tomorrow we leave DC and head for Ocean City, Maryland, and on our way we stop a Mt. Vernon, George Washington's house. ~David