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Tauck Bridges: Another Day in Washington, D. C.

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

July 4: 

 Another Day in Washington D.C.  

The tour was officially over after breakfast, but we opted for an additional night.  From our hotel we could see the Washington Monument to our left, the Capital to our right and a part of the White House straight ahead.  We enjoyed seeing them lit the 2 nights on the tour, but now we got to see the fireworks from our balcony.  We moved the chairs to the balcony and left the TV on to the music and experienced a magical evening.  Many of our tour had the same idea, and we had a wonderful extra day to see the sights. 

Festival on the Mall

The Smithsonian was holding a festival on the mall.  This coincided with our dates so we also had the opportunity to learn, hear music and taste food from Wales, the Latin America and African American cultures as we walked on the mall in Washington DC.  We packed so many experiences into just 7 days. What we took away was priceless!

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Tauck Bridges: Washington, D. C.

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

July 3:

 Washington, D.C. 

We woke to our last day on the trip and our last day in Washington DC. Our driver took us to many of the monuments.  We saw The Lincoln Memorial, where we were privileged to hear to a group from a high school singing in front of the monument in honor of the 4th of July celebration.  Many groups were performing throughout the city in celebration of the 4th of July! 

We ended our day at the Museum of America History.  We saw Archie Bunkers chair, Dorothy’s Ruby Red slippers and Abraham Lincoln’s hat. 

We had the afternoon free and many museums to visit.  We decided on the Air and Space Museum, after which we went back to our hotel for our farewell dinner.

It was hard to say good- bye to so many wonderful people and our bus driver and Tauck Tour Guide.  The people made the tour.  We all came away with many memories and so much knowledge about our history and culture.

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