We caught the early Hop On Hop Off bus as our tickets were good for two dauys. We just stayed on for the tour of Georgetown and got off at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. It was not really any more impressive than other Natural History museums I have seen but we did see the Hope Diamond. I think that was the main reason Season wanted to go. It is a 45+ carat deep blue coloured diamond from S. Africa and has been in circulation since 1846. Henry Winston donated it to the Smithsonian in 1957.
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| The Hope Diamond |
From there we went to the Old Post Office, had lunch in the food fair and then took the glass elevator to the top of the clock tower. We also stopped to see the bells in the same tower. We had spectacular views of DC from the top of the tower.
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| Old Post Office Clock Tower |
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| The Old Post Office |
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| view of the Capitol from top of the Clock tower |
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| View of Washington Monument from the clock tower |
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| Bell room in the Post Office Clock Tower |
We then went over to Union Station via the metro, did some shopping and then went back to hotel.
By then it was about 5:00 pm so I went to read by the pool for a couple of hours before we went back to The Diner, apparently our favourite place to eat. Home by 9:30pm on a Saturday night, our last night in DC.
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