welcome to the nation's capital Washington DC. Today were visiting some
of the national symbols including the Capitol building and the Supreme Court
as well as free museums and funky neighborhoods. let's go check it out. we
start our tour and one of the most diverse and eclectic neighborhoods
called Adams Morgan where we check into the Line Hotel. This boutique hotel was
transformed from a 1912 neoclassical Church the guest rooms include unique
details such as vintage books rugs paintings and furniture in the lobby the
church's pipe organ has been given new life as a chandelier. Even the hymnal
boards were repurposed for wayfinding throughout the hotel. After grabbing a
cup of coffee in the lobby it is time to head to our first museum of the day - the
National Museum of the American Indian.
The American Indian Museum supposedly they have a really good cafe in here
this museum not only offers impressive architecture but it boasts one of the
most expansive collections of native artifacts covering the entire Western
Hemisphere these canoes were used in Hawaii
we're inside the Native American Museum here in DC it's a really beautiful
building a Native American going into the native
foods company stop it silly Orlando with the wild rice and the three beans
we got the fry bread
and solar-powered IPA
After trying the delicious Native American cuisine it's time to head into
the extensive collection to view the artifacts from over 1200 indigenous
cultures throughout the Americas the
objects in this museum showcase how just about every facet of our culture from
sports to film have been influenced by the native peoples here's an exhibit on
the grand Incan Road. Gran camino Inca.
After checking out the creative pottery it's time to switch gears completely and
head to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. This free museum highlights
the iconic artifacts from the history of flight and space travel
upon entering the museum we view some of the most rare and historically
significant aircrafts including space crafts that landed on Mars and the moon.
So this is the space race exhibit and it showcases how the Russians in the US
to space to land on the moon the space race occurred right after
World War two and was a US Soviet space rivalry. The gallery showcases the
impressive achievements between the two rivals to showcase how they were able to
embark on a human presence in space
this is an Apollo 15 spaceship and the dirty stuff to see on it is moon dust
especially on the legs
right here is the first they suit ever from 1961 that the first satellite ever
created small it is
it was inspiring to see one of the greatest human achievements on display
here you can see just how big these Rockets were some of them can't even fit
in this exhibit
this rocket is a German v2 developed during World War two
and was used as a testbed for a lot of future rocketry in the 50s onboard right
here is the space hall where you can see all the different types of rockets
developed for commercial and military Freight. They are currently renovating
the National Air and Space Museum and this is what it will look like. Going
inside the Skylab this is the shower
switching gears completely it's time to check out where laws get made with a
free tour of the Capitol building. The US capitol's design was selected by
President George Washington in 1793 and is now one of the most architectural a
symbolic buildings in the world. So who makes laws here at the Capitol building?
Well there's two chambers - first is the Senate represented by two people per
state these people include ...
Second is the
House of Representatives which includes 435 representatives based on population
including this woman. And God bless America.
we're taking a tour of the US Capitol going in here it's open from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. You gotta make a reservation online. We're about to take
the Capitol Visitor Centre tour whoo. US Capitol! We enter the rotunda the large
domed circular room that's 96 feet in diameter we are inside the rotunda it is
huge dizzy big and round. If you like these views as
much as we do hit the thumbs up on down below. So in the center is George
Washington
so this right here is an increase of the American history right here is the
American Gold Rush so these are stands of American Revolution Declaration of
Independence and some of the other models
this painting is of General Washington's giving his resignation as a general and
to give the people the power now we passed through a series of seemingly
endless underground tunnels that reach one of the most impressive buildings
very elegant
these are all collections of books from Thomas Jefferson the green bookmark
indicates it's from Jefferson so here's some bucks in French these are from
Jefferson's collection some books on philosophical works and an opera as he
spoke French we are in the Library of Congress which is part of the Congress
building
and got the right to vote was really challenging it is on Rosa Parks and
right here is her paternal grandfather
Rosa Parks's grandfather is Irish and Cherokee
maybe it's really interesting especially
Jefferson's original books so we just exited the Capitol building tour they
did not take us into the chambers that's only during the week so be sure to do
that on your trip schedule in advance then we took a tunnel underground and it
went to the Library of Congress if you're loving this tour of DC so far hit
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so this is the supreme important building
walking up the steps of the Supreme Court this building is very imposing sun
is shining right through the Capitol
around 5:30 almost all the museums are closed so it's time to check out
georgetown which is a great area for shopping and restaurants Georgetown is
only about a 10 or 15 minute drive from the capital and includes a beautiful
cafe called cafe Georgetown after dark many of the monuments are beautifully
lit up at night and on that note it's time for us to say goodbye to beautiful
DC we hope you get a chance to visit very soon the city is filled with so
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