2nd August 2011: Washington DC
Day 2 of our tourist time in Washington, with lots more to do :)
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Lincoln National Memorial
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Lincoln National Memorial
Statue of Abraham Lincoln, and yes it's as big as it seems on telly!
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Lincoln National Memorial
better perspective of the size
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Lincoln National Memorial
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Lincoln National Memorial
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Lincoln National Memorial
views across the Reflecting Pool towards Washington Monument
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Lincoln National Memorial
views across the Reflecting Pool towards Washington Monument
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Lincoln National Memorial
views across the Reflecting Pool towards Washington Monument
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Lincoln National Memorial
Arlington Memorial Bridge and Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge
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Lincoln National Memorial
Arlington Memorial Bridge ... and a helicopter!
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Korean War Veterans Memorial
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Korean War Veterans Memorial
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Korean War Veterans Memorial
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Korean War Veterans Memorial
Pool of Remembrance
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Korean War Veterans Memorial
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District of Columbia War Memorial
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World War II Memorial
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World War II Memorial
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World War II Memorial
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Tidal Basin
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Thomas Jefferson Memorial
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Thomas Jefferson Memorial
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Thomas Jefferson Memorial
and Tidal Basin
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Tidal Basin
and Kutz Bridge
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and Kutz Bridge
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Washington Momument
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John Paul Jones Memorial
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The National Society of the Children of the American Revolution
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American Red Cross National Headquarters
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First Division Monument
commemorates those who died while serving in the 1st Infantry Division of the U. S. Army
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First Division Monument
located in President's Park
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Corcoran Gallery of Art
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Corcoran Gallery of Art
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Eisenhower Executive Office Building
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Hotel Palomar Arlington
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Views from Key Bridge
looking East over Potomac River to Georgtown and Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
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Views from Key Bridge
looking East to Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial and some kayakers on Potomac River
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The "Exorcist steps"
from the top
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The "Exorcist steps"
from the bottom, though luckily I managed to walk down rather than being hurled down the 75-steps!
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Likers Development's DC Party Elephant
Nope no idea why
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Shops along M Street Georgetown
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Shops along M Street Georgetown
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Shops along M Street Georgetown
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Shops along M Street Georgetown
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Shops along M Street Georgetown
think Jackie has been here and folding paper like a demon!
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Shops along M Street Georgetown
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Shops along M Street Georgetown
SunTrust bank
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The Old Stone House
built 1765, is the oldest standing building in Washington
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Former Riggs Bank building
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
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Francis Scott Key Park
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Francis Scott Key Park
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Francis Scott Key Park
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Views from Key Bridge
looking West over Potomac River
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Views from Key Bridge
with an Army helicopter hovering overhead
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Views from Key Bridge
looking West over Potomac River
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Hotel Palomar Arlington
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Hotel Palomar Arlington
back again for dinner. Caesar salad again you say? Don't mind if I do!