We had planned a visit to the Washington Memorial, the WWII Memorial, and the Lincoln Memorial.
But, before we even got to those, we chanced upon what I thought ought to be the MOST FAMOUS AND WELL REGARDED Memorial of them all…
THE WILSON MEMORIAL!!!
Heh. I always knew I was born to be rich, famous, revered, and will have a memorial named after me.
LOVE MY NAME!
[Day 4: Wilson Memorial enroute to Washington Memorial ]
Ok ok… I was being indulgent… the Wilson Memorial was to commemorate James Wilson, but hey… its close enough.
Do you even have a memorial which shares your name? No right… ha! See.
Wilson 1 and Blog Reader 0.
So… shortly after we did a must-have photo at the Wilson Memorial, we arrived at the Washington Memorial.
The only disappointment there was that we arrived too late to get our free tickets to go to the top of the obelisk, so we could only admire the view and the majesty of the monument from the foot.
It was nice and breezy, however, and a good photo opp. So no regrets going (for me anyways).
Do you even have a memorial which shares your name? No right… ha! See.
Wilson 1 and Blog Reader 0.
So… shortly after we did a must-have photo at the Wilson Memorial, we arrived at the Washington Memorial.
The only disappointment there was that we arrived too late to get our free tickets to go to the top of the obelisk, so we could only admire the view and the majesty of the monument from the foot.
It was nice and breezy, however, and a good photo opp. So no regrets going (for me anyways).
[ Day 4: Us at foot of Washington Memorial & Washington Memorial Shot]
Next up, and in the vicinity of the Washington Memorial was the WWII Memorial.
Did you know that if your relatives served in the US Armed Forces during the WWII and, ermm, died… you can check their names and particulars at the registry located right next to the WWII Memorial?
Quite cool right?
I mean, you can actually check if you are a descendant of a war hero.
Did you know that if your relatives served in the US Armed Forces during the WWII and, ermm, died… you can check their names and particulars at the registry located right next to the WWII Memorial?
Quite cool right?
I mean, you can actually check if you are a descendant of a war hero.
[Day 4: WWII Memorial ]
Directly across the reflection pool (which is a sort of rectangular pond), directly opposite the WWII Memorial, is the Lincoln Monument, which was our next stop.
[Day 4: Lincoln Monument]
After the monument-memorial visit for touristy pictures, we took a subway train to spend the rest of our day in Georgetown.
Georgetown is a university suburb in DC.
It reminded us a lot of Holland Village in Singapore, except its bigger and has a more “atas” feel to it.
It has nice shopping along its main streets, although credit to the Wife for her self-restraint, we did not actually buy anything!!!
Well, we did not buy anything save for some fruits from Dean & Deluca, which we had been craving for the past few days.
Being away from home, and not having our lovely mums to cut up fresh fruits for us, we were having serious withdrawal symptoms from fruit shortage… (ok ok… I am exaggerating)… so when we chanced upon Dean & Deluca with its stacks and stacks of fresh fruits and delicious looking food, we gave in and bought a couple of bananas, 2 nectarines, and some chocolate croissant (for the next day’s brekkie).
I would have bought much much more – the scrumptious looking cookies, the chocolates, the chips, and other delicious looking food, had it not been for the Wife forbidding me to.
Apparently, we have both put on too much weight since the start of our honeymoon, and we have to exercise self-restraint, or actually exercise. The former was the easier option… so there… no cookies, no chips, no nice food… no taste of heaven although we walked right through the “Pearly Gates” (aka Dean & Deluca).
Georgetown is a university suburb in DC.
It reminded us a lot of Holland Village in Singapore, except its bigger and has a more “atas” feel to it.
It has nice shopping along its main streets, although credit to the Wife for her self-restraint, we did not actually buy anything!!!
Well, we did not buy anything save for some fruits from Dean & Deluca, which we had been craving for the past few days.
Being away from home, and not having our lovely mums to cut up fresh fruits for us, we were having serious withdrawal symptoms from fruit shortage… (ok ok… I am exaggerating)… so when we chanced upon Dean & Deluca with its stacks and stacks of fresh fruits and delicious looking food, we gave in and bought a couple of bananas, 2 nectarines, and some chocolate croissant (for the next day’s brekkie).
I would have bought much much more – the scrumptious looking cookies, the chocolates, the chips, and other delicious looking food, had it not been for the Wife forbidding me to.
Apparently, we have both put on too much weight since the start of our honeymoon, and we have to exercise self-restraint, or actually exercise. The former was the easier option… so there… no cookies, no chips, no nice food… no taste of heaven although we walked right through the “Pearly Gates” (aka Dean & Deluca).
[Day 4: Georgetown & the fabulous Dean & Deluca]
We did indulge ourselves at the end of the day though, when we visited another highly recommended dessert café, Kramers.
The raspberry pie there was quite good, and it was such a joy to have.
With the raspberry pie warming our stomachs, we made our way back to the hotel… and had a taste of another sumptuous Chinese food dinner at Eat First, which brought an end to our lovely time in DC.
DC was a lovely city to visit.
Thanks for the monuments, the history, the museums, the sights, the fabulous Chinese food, the desserts (and well… for me… the walking!).
So… up and on… and NYC here we come!
- WWCS
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