As we're leaving DC soon, we realised we needed to look at some of the sights! So we packed ourselves up for the day and started walking with the aim to go to the Lincoln Memorial....
It is so fun that we walk past the Capitol Building so often. It has become a fun habit to call out "Look right!" (or left) to each other as we cross East Capitol St, also serving as a fun reminder that we really live here.
First stop was outside the Botanical Gardens. They recently had things fenced off, but now it's looking superb. Lyle and Emma took a moment to peek at the fish.
Further along the mall we saw a carousel and of course Emma was very excited to have a ride...however, this was at the beginning of the ride before it moved. She clung on the whole time with all her might and when it finished, sure enough, she cried. Gotta love the 'bad parent' moments in life!
This was after the carousel ride heading towards the Washington Monument.
We finally made it past the Washington Monument, the WWII memorial, the Reflecting Pool (where there was ironically loads of construction and no water) and into the Lincoln Memorial. As you can see the kids were just thrilled to finally get there.
On the way back we walked past the White House to see the tree and the trains. I always find it amusing that 'Thomas the Tank Engine' makes his appearance all over the world.
After this (I did some clever google maps calculations and we had walked about 8km) we were too tired to keep walking back so we jumped on the metro (train) to Union Station and finally home again!
It was really fun being tourists for the day. The last few months have gone by so fast with Lyle working so hard that we've almost missed lots of the fun of DC.
