Washington DC

Between 7-9 of April I was in Washington DC. I've been very lazy with writing this post, but here it is. Leaving at noon we got to DC super late and the Friday pretty much just was get there and go to bed.

The day where things happend was the Saturday (8th of April). The day started with a guided tour of the monuents of the city. It was a great day for the tour beeing sunny and fairly warm. However it was not too hot either so it worked out great. The tour started with the Iwo Jima Monument.

Iwo Jima monument

Iwo Jima monument from a different angle

A monument for the Marine Corps. It shows how American soldiers raise the American flag on the island Iwo Jima near Japan during World War 2. The monument has all the places where the Marine Corps have been serving around the monument. I think it's an iconic monument looking very cool getting close due to its size.

Continuing the war theme of the tour we went on to the Vietnam War monument. A large black wall with all the names of the casualities and soldiers missing in action.

Vietnam War monument

Nothing very visually appealing but definently amazing with how many names there are on this list.

Women of Vietnam War monument

Close by was the monument for all the women who served in the war. They mainly served as nurses wich the monument shows as the three women take care of a wounded soldier.

A more visual monument than the wall, wich makes it more interesting to look at.

From the Vietnam monuments we made our way to the Abraham Lincoln Memorial a huge and very iconic monument seen in many movies.

Abraham Lincoln memorial

Abraham Lincoln memorial

Abaham Lincoln himself

The monument is huge and is just amazing to walk up to due to it's size. Going into the monument you see Abraham Lincoln sitting in his chair looking down at tiny you. On the walls around the place are different of Abraham Lincoln's different speeches.

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

Turning your back on Lincoln and you would find yourself at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and a great view of the Washington Monument. Another sight seen from a lot of movies.

Korean War Memorial

From the Lincoln memorial we went to see the Korean War memorial. Definently the one I liked the most with the soliders walking through looking for enemies.

Part of the WWII victory memorial
with Washington Monument in
background

The wall of Gold Stars Symbolising
all the American losses in WWII

We then went by the World War 2 victory monument. A huge monument with some nice aesthetics.








After a longer walk we came to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial.

Statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A huge rock with Dr. King carved out. His legs are not finish as he wasn't able to finish his work.

The last memorial we saw was the Franklin D. Roosevelt
a memorial made up of several rooms showing the different periods he was president. I didn't take any pictures of it unfortanetly.

After that monument we got on the bus and got dropped off outside the museum of American History. From there we were free to move around on our own and I made my way to the White House first.

The White House had a bunch of security around it and it was hard to get close. Definently a must see while in DC.






From the White House I made my way to the Spy Museum with a short stop for food at a food truck.

The Spy Museum was very cool and had some fun information and a lot of different stations where you could experince and learn about different spy techniques. It reminded me alot about the Stasi Museum in Berlin.

While I was there they had a special exhibition about Bond villans something I think my dad would have been very intrested in.


After another long walk I got to the Capitol Building. Here is where most of the actual politics happen.

The Capitol Building

A Selfie of me near the capitol with the
National Mall and Washington
Monument in the background.

Haven't taken many pictures of myself so far but here is a selfie of me with the National Mall in the background.

The Washington Monument

Looking at the Lincoln Memorial from
The Washington monument

Ending my tour at the Washington Monument I made my way back to the hotel by walking. A fairly quick march taking about an hour. Yes I'm probably crazy but I finished my challenge with hurting feet feeling proud of my achievement. Finished the night with some Tacos for dinner.

On the Sunday I pretty much just packed my bag, ate breakfast and got some snacks for the ride home. After a long trip home I finally got home, tired but happy for the weekend.

The weekend was great with nice weather. I could've wished for a little bit more time but I guess that just gives me more reasons to go there again. I definently liked the city with all the history and politics. Although it looks very 1920s-30s wich large square buildings it fits the thought of it beeing the capital city.
Ludwig