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Today we left Washington DC to fly to New York. We were lucky as Dad received a free upgrade for all of us to sit in Business Class seats. These are bigger seats and we have attention from the air hostess. Once we landed in New York we caught a taxi to our hotel. We [...]

Today we had to get through a LOT of things! We started off by catching the train on the Blue Line to Arlington National Cemetery. Arlington National Cemetery is a military cemetery that was established in the Civil War to honour those people who fought in wars and for American freedom. It has about 320,000 [...]

Today my Mum and I walked to the Metro Centre to catch a train on the Red Line to the National Zoological Park.The escalator from the Metro Station near the zoo was really steep. It is the biggest and steepest escalator I have ever been on! This station is the second deepest station in Washington [...]

Today we went to the National Air and Space Museum, which has exhibitions about space and air travel. This museum has the largest historical spacecraft and aircraft in the world. We spent the majority of our day here because there was so much to see. When we walked into the entrance I spotted the Apollo [...]

The National Mall is not a shopping centre. The National Mall is where all the national museums and monuments are. The Mall basically begins at The Capitol and you can then walk all the way along it to the Lincoln Memorial. Yes, it was another day of walking The National Mall is sort of like [...]

The day started by walking from our hotel to The Capitol. The Capitol was built in 1793, to house Congress,  where the US government makes decisions on laws. It is similar to what happens in the Australian Parliament, i.e. it has a Senate and a House of Representatives. However, I think The Capitol is way [...]

G’day, this is Hannah’s Dad, Steve. I’m just borrowing Hannah’s blog for a moment to let folks know that today, 27 November 2007, is Hannah’s 10th birthday. She’s managed to make double figures without major damage to herself and has turned into quite the remarkable young lady – smart, funny and worldly. I have high [...]