Day 3 - Hannah

Right well I thought i'd make a first entry to the continuingly special trip. Today, what did we do? Well first of Oliver decided he would not run, he would instead proceed to irritate me to the fullest levels. The usual inane chatter and general annoying quality he has down to a tee being my brother!

After the hurrah with renting a car for the following day; we finally made it out of the hotel, proceeding to the Native American museum just across the way. I have to say it didn’t really grab me but the multimedia presentation at the start of the visit was definitely thought provoking. However the part I did take notice to the most was the music. It’s the sort of music you wouldn’t think of listening to normally but when you hear it, it makes you stop and think.

Next we made our way toward the Library of Congress, stopping to admire the beauty and scale of the botanic gardens. They are split into separate parts with an array of different species of plants from common to rare all holding there own element bringing the gardens together. However, the electric frog brought it all back down to earth! =]


The Library of Congress was interesting in the arcitecture and seeing the Guttenburg Bible in reality was definitely a great viewing for the lifetime and shows just how accurate the printing method was. The toilets were real nice! Aha

Finally the highlight of the day for me was the Newseum…yep you saw it right. It’s the museum of the history of news. From the recent back to the 15 hundreds. We didn’t get time to explore the whole museum but the parts we did see were really great. The most emotion and thought provoking exhibit was the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington. The raw emotion the video brought out was evident. It was as if I were reliving it all over again. It brought back the memories of finding out in school and my best friend’s brief turmoil as her mum was supposed to be on one of the planes that hit the twin towers. The final part of the Newseum was the 4D IMAX show. It was about reporters throughout history and you were pretty much in the action.

Overall I had a great day, finishing with dinner at a tapas bar…