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Sunday, 10 January 2016

Day 18

What the ....?  17 degrees today!

Rather than stop for breakfast this morning and take up more time, we grabbed a ‘coffee to go’ then headed off to the Washington Memorial to see if I could get tickets for today – done and dusted for the 2pm journey to the top.

We then headed down to the Newseum.  This is a fairly recent museum and, as the title suggests, it’s focus is journalistic achievements of the past and present and how the delivery of news has shaped society.  Really worth seeing and very well set out.  While there, we viewed a 4-D presentation of news through the ages.

I have four tickets for the Washington Memorial so as Regan has just arrived in DC, we have arranged to meet for the 2pm tour.  The memorial is 500 feet tall, 555 with the pointy bit on top!  With the two windows on either side of the obelisk you get an unbelievable view of Washington.  We then set off for the Air and Space Museum and spend the remainder of the afternoon there until closing time.  GC and I went in to watch a couple of the IMAX shows – I think I woke myself up when I started snoring, then it was Gordy, then it was the guy across the aisle J

A taxi back to the hotel.  Getting a teeny bit chilly and we just can’t be bothered walking.  The city blocks here are HUGE!   

Off to Oyamel Cocina Mexicana tonight for dinner.  This guy owns the Zaytinya and this is his Mexican version – very tasty, so would recommend.


A nightcap back at the Hay-Adams now it’s time for bed!

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