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2009年1月12日星期一
DC pics.......(Cont'd) Basilica of the First Conception Basilica at night.. Franklin Roosevelt's tomb..or grave..or maybe..'grave stone'.. Virginia - in a candy shop full of tubs of sweets! Virginia - old town Me and Barack Obama!! LOL Capital Building - inside..doing a free tour..the tour guide explains the paintings surrounding the building's center dome - mostly on american history. Capital building - dome ceiling Capital Building - another hall where all the statute senators representing each state have their are placed.. Space museum - free! - if u like planes/ american World War air fighting history/ Rockets/ space race etc..this is a good place for u to spend a whole day in... I love this pic!! (in Space museum)  Freer & Sackler Art Gallery - Houses asian art - free. Love this painting..so serene and green.. Saw this 麒麟! omg this art gallery houses alot of asian collection which are now impossible to find in Asia now..or in China..cuz they date back all the way to only a few hundred AD!! Natural History Museum - about how organisms evolved on this earth..hehe spent the least time in this cuz i not that interested in learning about how microrganisms onced lived in the sea and got killed by some meteor... National Art Museum - a must visit if u're an avid-art fan...this place has quite a few famous works like those from Van gogh, Leonardo Davinci, Millet, Titan, Paul Cezanne, etc..the one i'm standing next to is a painting by Leonardo Davinci..(i forgot the name, but definitely not Mona Lisa lol). The guard actually asked me whether I want a photo with this painting! He was like 'this painting is very famous...want a photo?' LOL i wonder what the guards do in this museum! I still remember in the art gallery in london i got scolded a million times by guards for taking pics of paintings..  I spent one of my nights in DC sitting in Borders reading and drinking Latte...cuz Audrey was having her 48 hr paper and i din wanna go home alone early having nothing to do...so i bought Obama's 'The Audacity of Hope', but found something rather attractive lying on the table..it's a discounted book called 'Why We Suck' - all about American social behaviour. The entire book is hilarious and informal..with frequent swearing and sexual terminologies. The content revolves around describing three main things Americans center their lives on - sex, money and ....FATS..hehe..quite an illuminating book! The author says on its Preface not to buy his book unless u wanna waste money on crap..but i recommend u search it out and read it in a bookstore...for a laugh.. A high class street near the Whitehouse..where a high class hotel is..there's this night event going on when i walked pass..and i saw alot of pple dressed in gowns and suits holding champange glasses through the hotel window..haha i felt so 'lower class'.. White House! Holocaust Museum - free - also a must visit!! One of the first museums i stepped into in DC. It's all about history, process, pollitical ideologies and religious conflicts lying behind the holocaust. Pictures, video clips, real holocaust leftover things like boots (which were the only things left when bodies were burnt) etc..P.S - dont eat before u go in..or else u'll...er.. National Cathedral - i like visiting religious buildings cuz they give me a very peaceful feeling.. Reflecting Pool - WWII Memorial Washington Monument Lincoln Memorial Roosevelt Memorial Thomas Jefferson Memorial Xmas tree in front of the White House...with toy trains surrounding it. Ended my DC tour with a night near the Xmas tree, listening to high school students singing Xmas carols..all i can remember is their voices sounded heavenly in the freezing cold night..Other places went: --> National Building Museum - a place for pple who love architecture - archive of building plans! --> Hirshorn Museum - modern art - a lot of sculptures (including a piece from Rodin, a series from Monet, and also from Frank Lloyd Wright)! --> Spy Museum - only need-to-pay museum..but a worth it place to visit...cuz u'll learn about all u wanna know on espionage..history..equipment...tricks etc..quite interesting (includes history of espionage till 20th century) That's all abt DC! Happy CNY everyone!! |
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