5) Washington

The next morning (26.05.) we hopped on a bus from Philadelphia to Washington D.C., where we arrived at the massive Union Station. A cab brought us to our hotel near the Capitol. We started a little afternoon sightseeing tour at the Capitol and walked back to the Union Station for a closer look. From there we walked back to the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress. Then we walked along Pennsylvania Avenue, had dinner at Hawk and Dove (my dad didn't like the food though), and continued along the 8th Street to the Yards Park. There we enjoyed the river view and relaxed before we returned to our hotel.
I started early the next day (27.05.) hoping to get a ticket for the Washington Monument, but I was unlucky and the tickets were sold out about 20 people in front of me. So I met my parents near the Capitol and we walked along the Washington Mall to the White House. After taking some photos we cooled down in the White House Visitor Center. We continued to the World War II Memorial and Lincoln Memorial. My parents were quite exhausted at that point, but much remained to be seen :) My dad and I climbed the Lincoln Memorial for some good views. After a short break we visited the Korean War Memorial and the Martin Luther King Memorial. We continued around the Tidal Basin to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial and Thomas Jefferson Memorial. There we finished our tour, returned to our hotel where my parents took a break from the exhausting tour. For my dad's sake we had Japanese food for dinner^^.
On 28.05. we visited the Air and Space Musuem and the Museum of Natural History. Both are worth a full day visit, but we packed both into one day. Both museums were amazing, although I'm often no fan of visiting museums. In the evening I also visited the Library of Congress while my parents took a rest at the hotel.
The last day (29.05.), we visited the Pentagon and the Arlington Cemetary. The Pentagon was rather boring, but the Arlington Cemetary was impressive. Before entering the Cemetery, we saw the largest motorcycle parade ever. For Veterans Day, the Rolling Thunders riders parade took place with more than 100,000 bikes! In the evening we flew back home with a lot of impressions from the USA.

The Capitol

massive Union Station

My parents in front of the White House

Myself and the White House

My dad at the Lincoln Memorial

Washington Monument and the Capitol seen from Lincoln Memorial

Martin Luther King Memorial

Washington Monument seen from the Jefferson Memorial

Inside the Air and Space Museum

Inside the Museum of Natural Sciences

Inside the Library of Congress

Starting point of the Rolling Thunder Riders Parade near the Pentagon

The police presented their bikes too :)

Arlington Cemetery

Arlington Cemetery