Day Two: Washington DC Trip

Washington, DC: Day two of the trip got off to an early start. We hit the streets walking to the Grand Hyatt Hotel at 11th Street and H St for breakfast. On the ground level of the hotel is the Grand Buffet, an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet with made to order omelets, and the usual breakfast items.

After breakfast, we hopped on the Red Line at Metro Center and headed to Union Station to begin our tours for the day. At Union Station, we met up with Grey Line Tours and picked up our two day passes for Open Top Sightseeing, a double decker bus tour of Washington DC.

We began the bus tour at Union Station and rode the bus tour to the Ford’s Theatre stop. We toured the Ford’s Theatre and went across the street to the Peterson House where President Lincoln spent his last few hours before he died.

We then took the short walk from the Ford’s Theatre to the National Museum of Natural History. The highlights of the museums were Mammal Hall, the dinosaur artifacts and the Hope Diamond.

From there we walked next door to the National Museum of American History. The three story museum was a look back at some of the items from American History.

Once we completed the tour of the American History Museum, we hopped back on the tour bus and took the complete tour through the city. The tour lasted almost 3 hours as we took the bus almost completely around the 26 stops.

We disembarked the tour bus at the Washington Monument and walked back to our hotel from there. Passing through the National Mall and other landmarks among the way. We strolled over to National Place for dinner, eating at Five Guys Burgers and Fries.

After dinner we took a walk through President’s Park and around the White House. We browsed a few shops near the White House before returning to the hotel for the night.

For more pictures from the trip, visit the Washington DC photo page.