There’s so much to see in our’s capital, Washington, DC that it is kind of very unlikely to see them all in a single visit. However, that didn’t stop my other half and kids from attempting to cover everything on our current vacation. Here are only a few of the highlights we experienced on that vacation.

Our first challenge before we even left home was finding an affordable place to remain in the Washington, DC area. For the main part, hostels are pretty high priced in that area and make it tricky to locate a good place for a family of five to stay without fully blowing the old budget. We ended up selecting the American Inn in Bethesda, MD and are awfully happy with our choice. It’s not the most glamorous hotel in the area but extraordinarily convenient, clean and affordable. So, we highly reccomend it when looking for Bethesda hotels.

Then, on to the traveller sites we enjoyed. Of course we started with the famous Countrywide Monuments and Commemoratives . These included the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial,the Washington Monument, and the Arlington National Cemetery. There were many more as Washington is a town of monuments and commemoratives. Many are located on the nation’s Mall but others are pretty spread out so that you will get an excellent walk exercise if you plan to visit them all on foot as we did. (I admit I had to visit my Sacramento podiatrist when I got back home to deal with some foot pain from so much walking)

Next came our tour of the 3 different branches of official Executive buildings.When sightseeing in Washington, D.C., the govt, the Capitol and the high Court are key places to go to. Touring these galvanizing buildings will help you understand more about our government and its history. Plan ahead and find out about schedules and special events. The White House is the home and office of the President and is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. To order a tour you should make a request thru one of your members of Congress. Group tours are held Tuesday through Saturday from 7:30 a. m. through 11:30 a. m. and are lined up one month in advance.

At the east end of the nation’s Mall stands the majestic U. S. Capitol Building. Due to raised security, the Capitol is open to the public for steered tours only.

The one thing you will need to do for sure is take a lot of pictures as you tend to remember everything as you will remember everything as you are time but listen to me, your memories have a tendency to fade and it is always better to have some photographs to help bring those memories into sharp focus. I’m not one of those food photographers but wish I was to have better captured some of the beauty we saw on ths vacation

Also, as well as the typical traveller attractions mentioned above, you may find the Washington, DC area has some of the finest eateries in the country. I suppose this may be due to all of the important politicians that live there as well as the many dignitaries that visit the area and need to go out to eat.

Well, that rather sums up our trip and I can only hope that you get the opportunity to visit the Washington, DC area.