Washington sightseeing

After a very hectic week and finally getting our independence, we were able to relax. And to celebrate that, we went for sightseeing in Washington. We went to most of the hot spots of Washington DC, and when I say hot spots, I really mean it, as it was over 35 ºC degrees all day long!

Washington DC is a very nice city, especially in a sunny day. We got to see the White House, the Capitol, The Treasury, The Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. These are all places I’m used to see on the movies so it was very cool to see them live.

The most striking thing for me is the scale of everything. The streets are amazingly large with four lanes each way and the buildings despite not being very tall are massive!

It’s also new to navigate in a city where the streets have no name. Instead, they are Excel-spread-sheet like: they have numbers for rows and letters for columns. I guess it makes it easier to know exactly where a certain street is.

The day ended with a visit to a shopping mall (guess whose idea was it!). It's amazing how everything looks like it's on sale once you leave the UK! Hurray for the weak dollar!