Washington DC

Hey there everybody!! Well, sadly, our time in Erie is coming to an end. We visited what will most probably be our last major city on the East Coast of the USA last weekend, Washington DC. My mum, Liz, Bromley and I left snowy Erie and drove 5 and a half hours Friday night to a very icy and breezy DC (no snow though!!).

DC was extremely cool. As most of you would know, it is the capital city of the USA. Because of this, everything is pretty much free (thanks to the American's tax dollars)!! It houses the Smithsonian collection of the best museums in the states, as well as plenty of offical Government offices such as the White House, Pentagon, Capitol Building and also all of the USA's famous monuments to past presidents as well as wars (amongst other things).

DC was sooo clean and pretty, lots of old buildings, grand buildings, nicely dressed people and cool cars. Oh, and lots and lots and lots and lots of police!! So here's some pics....

This is us at the Capitol Building. Don't ask me what goes on inside there, but I know it is something political (in one ear and out the other!!). We took a tour Saturday morning that was guided by what seemed like a drill sergeant!! It seriously felt like boot camp - 'You have half an hour at the Capitol Building. HALF AN HOUR. That's right people, thirty minutes! 3, 0, thirty minutes. Not a minute more not a minute less, don't make me mad!!'.

4 crazy Aussies at the World War 2 monument. It took Bromley like half and hour to work out how to take this photo!! That famous tall pointy thing in the background is the George Washington Monument.

Liz and Kimbo.... future Washington Monuments. That's the reflection pool in the background (it's frozen). You might recognise this area from Forrest Gump when Jenny runs through the pool in her clothes to see Forrest who is receiving a medal on the steps of the Lincoln Monument.

The White House. This is pretty much as close as you can get to it. Mum was on a different tour from us and she got to see all the presidential cars lined up coz the President was about to leave. So by the time we got there, ol' Georgey had left the building. Police EVERYWHERE still.

South I put this photo in for you. This is the Air and Space museum. It is rated as one of the best museums in the world. It had like the Wright brother's plane and the first ever rocket that was successful in space. Also, first ever passenger plane and first ever Boeing plane. That's right isn't it Brommles? Anyways, we did a tour and tried to be interested but Liz and I got bored so we went to another exhibit on American History. Oh my god - best move ever - we saw the Ruby slippers and scarecrow costume from the Wizard of Oz movie, Marilyn Monroe's white satin gloves, Ray Charles' sunglasses and Carrie's laptop off sex and the city. Oh, and Seinfield's frilly pirate shirt. Fabulous!!