Day Seven - Washington D.C. (Monday)

Monday morning we headed to Washington D.C. and checked into our hotel, then headed out to the National Mall to see some more of the sights. It was pretty hot this day, and I was now wishing that we had a little more cloud coverage like we had in Boston, just without the rain.

First stop: Smithsonian Castle

We just walked inside briefly, most of the sight seeing we did was outside.

Botanic Garden

Ulysses S. Grant Memorial

Fountain outside the Capital

U.S. Capital

Washington Monument from the Capital

Idaho Press Tribune at the Newseum

National Archives

Looking across the street from the National Archives

The back of the National Archives

We were going to go in the National Archives, but once we went around to the front and saw the huge line that we would have to wait in, we turned around and continued our sight seeing.

Portrait Gallery

We went to the Spy Museum which was just across the street from the Portrait Gallery, we thought it was going to be more interesting than it was, but there were a few cool things in there.

National Building Museum

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

There are more than 15,ooo names of officers inscribed on the wall who have been killed in the line of duty.

Mark A Stall - BPD officer that was shot and killed in the line of duty

For dinner we went to this Italian restaurant called Il Mulino and lets just say it was quite the experience. They give you complimentary appetizers before you even get the menu, but I didn't know that's how it worked, so I of course asked the waiter for our menus after we had been sitting there for 15 minutes and he had to explain about the appetizers. The food was pretty overpriced for the most part, and it wasn't the most delicious thing in the world either. Needless to say, we were pretty disappointed.

These next few pictures are just some buildings that we passed by as we were walking back to the hotel.