After an uneventful flight Colin, Steve & I arrived in Washington DC! We picked up our hire car and made it thru the traffic of downtown to our amazing retro Hotel Helix (http://www.hotelhelix.com/). Our rooms were fantastic and we got changed and met up with Zach & Ellen. It was great to see Zach and felt like I had only just seen him last week. Ellen was Zach's friend from Chicago and was so much fun. After the rounds of hugging we headed ove
r to the Washington Nationals stadium for a game of baseball game against the Atlanta Braves. It was fantastic and the atmosphere was electric. Even though we lost it was extremely entertaining and afterwards we headed back to the hotel where the others went for a drink in the lobby but I decided to go to bed to get ready for the big tourist day.Sunday we met Zach & Ellen in the National Archives to view the original 
Declaration of Independence. It was amazing to see even though you couldn't really read it. I took a picture of Colin whilst we were in there and forgot to take off my flash and got in trouble with the guards. Luckily it didn't cause a national incident. After lunch we headed over to the National Crime Museum where we ended up spending 3 hrs walking around. It was great fun and felt a bit like CSI operatives. Then it was down to the Lincoln Monument, Washington Monument, Korean Memorial, Vietnam memorial at sunset the pictures were amazing. We
headed out that night and had mexican for dinner and tried to get into some of the local clubs. Unfortunately the lines were long and we couldn't be bothered waiting so we decided to go back to the hotel lobby for a drink. On the way home we noticed some people hanging out on a fire escape and being the friendly person I am shouted out hello. They invited us up to their house party and we decided to go up! Whats the worst that could happen? It was fantastic. We made a huge group of new friends and rocked the party all night! We ended up leaving about 2ish after dancing and eating oreo's!
Declaration of Independence. It was amazing to see even though you couldn't really read it. I took a picture of Colin whilst we were in there and forgot to take off my flash and got in trouble with the guards. Luckily it didn't cause a national incident. After lunch we headed over to the National Crime Museum where we ended up spending 3 hrs walking around. It was great fun and felt a bit like CSI operatives. Then it was down to the Lincoln Monument, Washington Monument, Korean Memorial, Vietnam memorial at sunset the pictures were amazing. We
headed out that night and had mexican for dinner and tried to get into some of the local clubs. Unfortunately the lines were long and we couldn't be bothered waiting so we decided to go back to the hotel lobby for a drink. On the way home we noticed some people hanging out on a fire escape and being the friendly person I am shouted out hello. They invited us up to their house party and we decided to go up! Whats the worst that could happen? It was fantastic. We made a huge group of new friends and rocked the party all night! We ended up leaving about 2ish after dancing and eating oreo's!Monday we drove to Alexandria where Zach lives and met up for br
unch at 
a local restaurant. The time was going to fast and I was sad to leave Zach and Ellen. Zach gave me a lovely jumper for my birthday to commemorate my time in Washington, then it was off to go to Wilmington, 6hrs away.
unch at 
a local restaurant. The time was going to fast and I was sad to leave Zach and Ellen. Zach gave me a lovely jumper for my birthday to commemorate my time in Washington, then it was off to go to Wilmington, 6hrs away.
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