Washington DC May 27, 2011

Sitting in Starbucks enjoying a coffee frapp. I just got off a 3 hour bus tour. Hop-on Hop-off but I just stayed on the entire time. I am meeting Season in an hour to do the third route. It is hot and sunny but I love it.

So far today I have seen the Pentagon, Arlington Cemetery both of which are in Virginia, as well as the Jefferson memorial, crossed the famous Potomac bridge a couple if time, the White House, although you can't get really close, the Ford Theatre where Lincoln was shot - it is still a theatre to this day.  

Ford Theatre

This city is full of embassies from various countries and the houses they live in are ridiculously large. They must have staff there as well. I took a photo of the Turkish ambassadors home. The largest by far is the Australian ambassadors home. I was surprised to see the Vatican has a huge embassy as well.

I had never heard of the Washington National Cathedral but it is the 6th largest Cathedral in the world and was built using medieval methods, stone on stone with no steel or concrete framing even though it was only completed in the late 19th century. It is spectacular from the outside