Today, we took again the subway to go to the city center, this time to see the memorial monuments that lie in "the National Mall". At first we visited the Washington Monument, a marble-obelisk more than 165 meters tall that is both the world's tallest stone structure and the world's tallest obelisk.
After that, we continued walking throu the park, seeing some amazing birds and plants. In one edge, we entered the Lincoln Memorial, with a giant sculpture of hiself in marble. We saw then other memorials (the Vietnam veteran memorial, the Martin Luther King memorial, etc. ), and also the white House far away from the outside, and we went to the capitol that were on the other edge of the very large National Mall.
While going to that building, I noticed how many of the statal structures had marble columns simulating old Greece; this can be due to the neoclasicism in the period they were built or be cause it reminds to Greece, where the democracy was born.
Once in the Capitol (that were under restorarion), we took a guided tour where we were informed about how and when it was built and how it works currently. We walked also to the congressional library, world's largest one.
When it was lunch time, we ate in a suburb at an asiatic restaurant. The portions were very big, and the food tasted good. Later, we went back to downtosn looking for a museum; this time the American history. We saw many american inventions and people that helped evolving the society. The museum was very didactive and easy to understand what they were talking about.
At last, we returned to the town where our hotel is located, Alexandria. We strolled in the waterfront and in the streets full of beautiful old houses. Then, we returned to the hotel room after walking around 25 km!
Valdemar
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