Charlie's Visit - Washington

During Thanksgiving we went to Washington for 3 days. We stayed at the Sheraton at Arlington. It was a lovely hotel - here is the lobby.
















This is our room:

















On our first night (Thanksgiving) we went to a restaurant called David Gregory. It was a lovely meal. Unfortunately we got a bit lost trying to find the metro back! Thankfully a lovely couple came to our aid.
































The next day we went visiting the sights. We did a lot of walking!

















First we saw the Whitehouse - but we didn't see President Bush!





















This is the Washington Monument. Thankfully we had a beautiful day - I love the stream of light in front of it - clever heh!
















This is the World War II Memorial which then leads on to the Lincoln Memorial:

















This is the statue of Abraham Lincoln which is inside:





















This is the new (newish) Korean War Memorial:

















We then went and visited the various Smithsonian museums. Here is the Natural History one:

















Inside they have the Hope Diamond:





















We then walked to the Ford Theatre where Lincoln was shot. Here is the actual booth he was shot in. They even have his coat that he was killed in at the museum.


















After we had walked for what was miles we went back to a Mexican restaurant near the hotel and had lovely food.

The next day we went to Georgetown. It is very posh there and the shops, restaurants and buildings are very historical. Well historical for the USA anyway!
































They even had a Dean and Deluca!
















This is where we went for lunch as it was a lovely day we ate outside.
















The next day we had to leave. But on the way home we visited:
















Need I say more!